O perfil epidemiológico dos acidentes de trabalho na região da serra gaúcha

Abstract

The worker health surveilance seeks to identify and analyze the risks that are present in productive activities and the occurrence of accidents and other health injuries related to work, with the purpose of plan about evaluate and execute the region of Serra Gaúcha, through the analysis of the notifications in the intervention actions, aiming at the health care of workers. With this reflection, the present study sought to verify, through the analysis of the notifications in the Worker Health Information System of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (SIST / RS), the epidemiology of work accidents in the region of Serra Gaúcha, considering the profile of the working population of the region, as well as the main characteristics of work accidents reported between the years of 2013 and 2107 and to perform a critical analysis on the Worker's Health Information System, discussing the scope and trustworthiness of existing data. The data collection was performed on February 26, 2018 and showed that during the analyzed period 54801 accidents at work, especially accidents in the metallurgical industry, furniture and civil construction and among other characteristics, the main injuries were fist and hands. It was observed that there were failures in completing the data and evidenced the need for investments in improvement of the system and training of the teams Occupational Health Surveillance of the municipalities of the region.