The work affects the children''s development and of c, they expose them to suffer accidents
and it predisposes them to develop multiple illnesses. The children are in a dynamic process of growth and
development, they present characteristics that make them prone than the adults to
the factors of risks in the work that you/they propitiate the offences the health and they can be of several nature:
- Physical and chemical factors: The machineries that generate resonant vibration, the chronic exhibition the dust, smoke, steams or gasses (in confined spaces), the exhibition to extreme temperatures and exhibition to dangerous products causes larger alterations to the organs in development, what is especially important for the nervous system that has been limiting regeneration capacity. Could cause lesions neurological, heart, breathing. Because the children, when compared to the adults, they are less tolerant to the heat, noise, chemical products, radiations etc.
- Ergonomic factors and mechanics: Work places, equipments, pieces of furniture utensils and methods are not projected for use by children, therefore, they can happen ergonomic problems, fatigues and larger risk of accidents. The children''s system osteomuscular is characterized by having bones with less elasticity and for so much with smaller force and capacity of load support, what turns them prone to suffer different disorders osteomusculares when transporting loads manually, to accomplish repetitive works or when adopting postures for lingering times or uncomfortable positions, bringing hopeless compromising of the column, of the balance and of the child''s physical development.
-Biological factors and psicossociais: The hygiene lack and well to be turns the children more subject to the work accidents, because these ignore the risks the one that are exposed and they don''t have experience to work with those risks. That larger exhibition is due to the immaturity, precarious conditions of nutrition, larger predisposition to the physical fatigue and mental, larger precariousness of the protection conditions in the work.
- Factors psicossociais: The sadness, discouragement and apathy among the precocious workers, they are also significant. For they be submitting them to a load of tiring work and of high responsibility to for an adult, they end for committing their psychological organization. The weakening of his/her physical condition takes to restrictions to the possibilities of social relationships, depriving the child of playing, that is an important contribution for a healthy infantile development.