Acidentes de trabalho não fatais: diferenças de gênero e tipo de contrato de trabalho

Abstract

In Brazil, workers without a formal job contract comprise more than half of the labor force, a contingent formed mainly by women. This study presents estimates of the annual incidence of non-fatal work-related injuries and their distribution by gender and type of job contract in an urban area of Brazil. This was a community-based study with a random cluster area sample of the inhabitants from the city of Salvador, capital of the State of Bahia. The study population included all individuals from 18 to 65 years of age who reported having a paid job (n = 2,947). Data were obtained through individual household interviews. The overall estimated annual incidence rate was 5.80%, with a non-statistically significant difference between men (6.05%) and women (5.53%) or workers with (5.67%) and without (5.92%) a formal job contract. These similarities between work-related accidents across gender and type of job contract highlighted the need for greater attention to this problem among women and informal workers, who are largely ignored in official statistics.

Incidência de acidentes do trabalho não-fatais em localidade do Sudeste do Brasil

“…Essa estimativa variava bastante de acordo com atributos ocupacionais e sócio-econômicos. Santana et al 17 , em 2000, estimaram em 5,8% a proporção anual bruta de incidência de acidentes do 20 , entre trabalhadores segurados pela Previdência Social. À parte o descrédito nas estatís-ticas oficiais, parece formar-se um consenso a respeito da ocorrência de uma real diminuição da incidência de acidentes do trabalho no país.…”

Acidentes de trabalho com mototaxistas

“…The fact that the accidents are events circumscribed in time (short-duration events) allows to estimate incident cases based on information referred in the past 16,17 . The annual incidences of occupational accidents were estimated according to variables of interest.…”

Faltas ao trabalho por problemas de saúde na indústria

“…Os entrevistadores foram treinados e o seu trabalho supervisionado, por meio de reentrevistas pessoais ou telefônicas. Detalhes da metodologia empregada se encontram em outras publicações 16,17 .…”