0917/2008 - Shellfish fishing hellish rhythms and Repetitive Strain Injury: a study case in an inshore fishing community of Maré Island, Bahia, Brazil.
Trabalho artesanal, cadências infernais e lesões por esforços repetitivos: estudo de caso em uma comunidade de mariscadeiras na Ilha de Maré, Bahia.
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• Paulo Gilvane Lopes Pena - Pena, P.G.L. - Salvador - Universidade Federal da Bahia - Faculdade de Medicina - <plpena@uol.com.br, pena@ufba.br>ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9653-5509
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AbstractNon-industrial labor is still significantly widespread in Brazil. An appropriate approach to it ought to consider different social specificities from those of salaried-work relations. The purpose is to examine non-industrial work practices, specifically those of extractive shellfish fishing, and their relation to health conditions in a small-scale fishing community. It focuses on the rhythms and time contingencies, as well as other labor conditions, related to the development of ailments such as repetitive strain injury - RSI. A qualitative-ethnographic study was carried out from 2005 through 2007 in a community of 800 inhabitants, located in Mare Island-Br. In a population consisting of fishing households, thirty families were interviewed, observed at work and, in cases of suspected RSI, referred to a specialized health service. The seriousness of the working conditions became evident, especially with respect to RSI. As an illustration, an average frequency of 10.200 repetitive movements per hour were verified in extractive shellfish fishing, while the official Brazilian norm (NR17) for a keyboarder states a maximum of 8.000 movements per hour. Suggests that shellfish women fishers ought to be included in work overuse risk groups.
Keywords: Small-scale fishing; shellfish women fishers; health; work; Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI); work overuse.
