The objective of this work was to investigate the diagnosis of the health of the involved forestry workers in the activity of manual wood extraction. The study was carried out with 12 workers of a forestry contractor which executed manual wood extraction in May, 2006. A questionnaire was used for the health diagnosis evaluation of the workers with the following variables: self-evaluation of the health state, monthly wage, dental health problems and factors that harm health, among others. The data had been analyzed by means of the program Epi Info, version 3.3.2. Of the participants of the study, 100% were of the male gender, 56% were single, 100% hadn't finished the first school degree and they were also house owners. In terms of the self -evaluation of their health condition, 67% affirmed to have good health. At the end of the work, it was possible to conclude that the forest workers are subjected to precarious conditions of health and life.
Occupational health; Logging and Health perception
