Health status of a group of cellulose industry workers

DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.2013372185191

Abstract

Healthy workplace, according to the World Health Organization, is one in which workers and managers collaborate in
a process of continuous improvement in order to protect and promote health, safety and welfare of all employees and
sustainability of the environment. This article is a part of a program which has been implemented by a company linked
to a papermaking industry, specifically in the biological domain and aiming at health promotion. It presents the results
obtained by a “screening” performed both in industrial plants in the Southeast and in the Northern region, pointing to
the differences found. In this case, we highlight the challenges, not only in deploying the programs themselves, but those
coming from so diverse cultural, social and epidemiological realities.