The security in the work is a subject that has calling the attention of the agricultural sector, due to its importance as one of itens considered for the acquisition of the certification, which aggregates value to the coffee plant and consequently improves the price for the producer. Considering the existence of the risks in all the activities and the lack of perception by the employer and the worker in the process of after harvesting of the coffee plant, as well as the non conformance of the farms concerning the application of the Regulatory Norms of the Ministry of Labor and Employment (M.L.E), the objective of this work was to diagnose the involved risks in each one of the stages of the after harvesting of the coffee plant and its perception by the workers and farmers. Moreover, to verify if units of coffee processing are in compliance with the regulatory norms, in order to determine the risk points that would be interesting for governmental organs to assist the producers in the modification of the process to make possible the exportation of the coffee. The work was carried out from the application of questionnaire in thirty properties located in three agricultural associations in the São Sebastião do Paraíso county - MG defined by assartment. The analysis of the questionnaires showed that only 23% of the interviewed people had perception of the existing risks in the farms and only 3% of the farms were in accordance with the standards of conformity with the NR's. These data are related to the low technological level, to the lack of training of the workers and to the difficulties of accessing the information by of the producers.
Ergonomics and security; certification; coffee
