Abstract

RIOS, Marcela Andrade; NERY, Adriana Alves; ALVES, Murilo da Silva  and  JESUS, Cléber Souza de. Occupational injuries and diseases in the municipality of Jequié, state of Bahia, Brazil, registered in National Institute of Social Security, 2008-2009. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2012, vol.21, n.2, pp.315-324. ISSN 1679-4974.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742012000200014.

OBJECTIVE: to investigate the profile of accidents and occupational diseases among workers of the municipality of Jequié, state of Bahia, Brazil, registered in the National Social Security Institute, in 2008-2009. METHODS: cross-sectional descriptive study based on data from the Occupational Accidents Registries (CAT) provided by the Reference Center on Occupational Health (Cerest). RESULTS: 144 new cases of occupational accidents and diseases were registered; typical accidents were the most frequent (44.5%), followed by commuting accidents (333%), and work-related diseases (22.2%). The majority of notifications (80.6%) were by the employer, followed by Cerest (11.1%) and the union of workers (7.6%); industrial transformation sector had the highest number of accidents (40.6% of typical accidents; 54.1% of commuting accidents). CONCLUSION: similarity was observed on local occurrence compared with types of accidents and occupational diseases involving workers in Brazil.

Keywords : Work; Occupational Accidents Registry; Surveillance of the Workers Health; Descriptive Epidemiology.

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