The media frequently reports disasters with significant damage worldwide, causing collapses of schools, sequelae and deaths of members of school communities, disruption of the school's functioning and, consequently, of the schooling process. Many schools are built in high-risk areas and, associated with the fact that elementary school is attended by children and adolescents, this public becomes more vulnerable to disasters, especially when it comes to poor communities. A major disaster that occurred in June 2014, in the neighborhood of Mãe Luíza, at the city of Natal, caused, from an intense rain, the landslide, the dragging of buildings and a huge crater, which reached an area close to a schools in the neighborhood, where he attended about 600 students a day. Worldwide, approximately 1.2 billion students are enrolled in primary and secondary school; of these, 875 million school-age children live in high-seismic risk areas and more than hundreds of millions face flood, landslide, extreme wind and fire hazards. In developing countries, especially, the degradation of school building infrastructure is a very present reality. Some factors may be associated with this reality, which makes school communities even more vulnerable: the inadequacy of construction projects, which do not take into account the threats to which buildings are subject; the low quality of the construction material; the inadequate execution of school buildings; lack or precarious maintenance of school buildings in use; lack or precariousness of the school building inspection system. Public authorities and civil society bodies (CONFEA / CREA system) would be responsible for establishing and ensuring compliance with regulations in order to prevent and mitigate accidents and disasters in schools, such as: establishing laws and regulations to ensure the construction of safe schools; inspection of the project and execution of school buildings; regular inspection of school buildings in use with consequent determination to implement corrective measures. This project aims to analyze the inspection process of public school buildings at the city of Natal-RN, identifying their contractors, and their relationship with the prevention and mitigation of the risks of disasters in these establishments, considering the structural performance factors, local structural criticisms , non-structural components, functional aspects and site conditions. It is believed that Ergonomics can contribute to the improvement of the building inspection process in the municipal schools of Natal-RN, aiming at reducing the risks of disasters in school buildings. This project will be carried out at the Municipal Education Secretariat (MES), the institution responsible for the design, construction and maintenance of school buildings located in Natal (Brazil), and in municipal schools where building inspection operations are carried out. For that, the Ergonomic Work Analysis (EWA) method will be used, through the application of techniques for observing the building inspection process and interacting with the technicians of the MES inspection teams, with MES managers and with school community members (managers, teachers, staff and students). In the data collection stage, an observation plan, questionnaires and dynamic conversation scripts will be applied. As a result, it is intended to contribute to society in promoting a strategy that favors disaster risk reduction in schools, providing indications of improvement on municipal schools building inspection process, in order to contribute to prevention and / or mitigation of possible disasters and, consequently, in the reduction of social and economic damages.