Environmental Risks and the PPRA of a University Restaurant in the Northeast

This work was carried out and presented at the Federal University of Paraíba, under the supervision of Professor Fábio Morais Borges. With the aim of obtaining the degree of Mechanical Production Engineer. The management of occupational risks is a factor that managers should pay close attention to, as it has beneficial consequences for both the company and the workers. In order to have effective occupational risk management, the rules established by law must be complied with, one of which is the mandatory development and implementation of an Environmental Risk Prevention Programme (PPRA). That said, the aim of this final project is to develop a PPRA for the University Restaurant of the Federal University of Paraíba, campus I in João Pessoa. To this end, several employees were interviewed, knowledge of the activities carried out by the workers was obtained, and the occupational risks found in each sector of the University Restaurant were identified qualitatively. After the qualitative identification, the need was identified to carry out quantitative assessments of certain risks.