Meio ambiente do trabalho na construção civil : uma análise a partir dos princípios de direito ambiental

Abstract

This dissertation analyses the labor environment in Brazil, emphasizing particularly the building construction, through official data analysis concerning work accidents and the main professional diseases in this sector, as well as their irregularities and means of addressing them. Besides, the application of Environmental Law Principles is analysed in order to promote a healthy and adequate labor environment within the building construction sector, as a study of a concrete case is performed. The general objective of the present research is analysing the evolution of the labour environment in Brazil in the light of legal provisions and environmental Law, aiming to emphasize the inseparable relationship of labour environment with health, safety and labour dignity. The specific objective consists in contributing with the creation of a new prevention culture against work environment inherent risks within the building construction. In this study, the methods of bibliographical research and deductive were used for the analysis and the interpretation of collected data. The conclusion of the present study points that the work environment within Brazilian building construction is inadequate to ensure health and safety of Brazilian labour due to several factors that are analysed throughout the dissertation. By way of the present study, it is intended to arouse interest about the theme and its importance, which deserves all the attention by State and society once it has effects not only for the victim and his family, but also for the whole society which holds the responsibility for the social costs.