Abstract

NOMELLINI, Patrícia Ferreira; ALVES, Marta Maria Malheiros  and  SANTOS, Gessi Carvalho de Araújo. Deaths from work-related accidents and violence in Palmas-TO, Brazil, 2010-2011: case series and investigation through verbal autopsy. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2013, vol.22, n.3, pp.413-422. ISSN 1679-4974.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742013000300006.

OBJECTIVE: to describe deaths from work-related accidents and violence in Palmas-TO, Brazil, 2010-2011 and to verify the applicability of verbal autopsy for improving the quality of information on such deaths. METHODS: descriptive case series study of deaths from work-related accidents and violence in workers aged 18 or over using Mortality Information System (SIM) data and investigation through verbal autopsy. RESULTS: 14 of the 74 deaths investigated related to work. 4 of them were typical accidents, 5 resulted from commuting injuries, 2 could not be classified and 3 resulted from work-related violence. Fatal injuries at work were 100% underreported on the SIM. CONCLUSION: work-related deaths were not identified on death certificates and verbal autopsy proved to be instrumental in enhancing information about such deaths on the SIM.

Keywords : External Causes; Information Systems; Occupational Health; Epidemiology; Occupational Mortality.

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