The psychosocial risk factors of work (FRPT), as pathogenic pressure, stress, workload, socioprofessional relations difficulties and inadequate conditions and work organization can be considered variables that interfere in the mental and physical health of the employee. The prevention of these aspects must occur through awareness, motivation and organized action of the social actors in the organization. Santa Catarina's civil servants are subjected to FRPT and there are relations between these FRPT and work-related illness. This article is part of a case study, through documentary analysis concerning psychological expertise for the characterization of accident in service/work-related illness in 2008. The case study showed that the exposure of the employee throughout her labor life to FRPT - related to cognitive and mental overload, intensive pace, long workdays and precarious working conditions - were the factors that played the major role in the occurrence of incapacitation to work. It was concluded that the assessments shall consider FRPT in cases of illness and disability, as well as in the implementation of the legal provisions related to the protection of the civil servants occupational health in the executive power of the state.
Psychosocial factors; Occupational health; Occupational diseases; Occupational stress; Quality of work life
