Abstract:
The activities carried out in laboratories of Federal Institutions of Higher Education (IFES)
cover several areas of knowledge, being essential for the development of scientific research,
teaching activities and university extension. However, the laboratory environment exposes
individuals to various occupational risks that are inherent in carrying out activities. In view of
this, risk management at IFES becomes fundamental in these environments, as it reduces the
risk of accidents, promotes the health and satisfaction of workers, in addition to improving
operational results and the institution's image. This research presented an analysis and
proposal for the use of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique in the risk assessment
process of risk management, based on the ISO 31000:2018 Standard, which applied methods
of identification, analysis, evaluation and control of occupational risks in an academic
laboratory of an IFES in southern Brazil, in order to assist the specialists in occupational
health and safety of that institution in prioritizing risks, making the actions of elaboration and
implementation of prevention programs in occupational safety and health more assertive . For
this, the Preliminary Risk Analysis method was used to identify the risks, the Risk Index
method for the analysis of the severity and probability of these risks and in the evaluation
stage, to prioritize the environmental risks and assist in the specialists' decision making, the
final development of the research indicated the order of importance of environmental risks
through the AHP. The results indicated that the environmental risks of the laboratory with the
highest priority and importance for the implementation of control measures analyzed by the
specialists were the Accident Risks (39.28%) and the Chemical (34.08%), followed by the
Physical Risk (14 .46%) and Ergonomic (12.17%).
