Mortalidade por acidente de trabalho no Estado do Tocantins, Brasil: estudo descritivo, 2000-2010

Qualidade dos dados das notificações de hepatites virais por acidentes de trabalho, Brasil

“…This result was also demonstrated in reports of work-related mortality, with records of 0.9% among children under 14 years of age and 7.7% among children aged 15 to 19 years old 12 . In addition, date of birth also appeared inconsistent with age in the same report.…”

“…The low quality of variables related to occupation was also found in reports of communicable diseases in Cuba. 2 In various locations in Brazil, poor quality was observed in malaria records 11 and mortality due to occupational accidents 12 .…”

The Nurses’ Role With Regards to the Risks and Vulnerabilities Faced by Civil Construction Workers / Papel do Enfermeiro Sobre os Riscos e Vulnerabilidades de Trabalhadores da Construção Civil

“…Furthermore, it is an occupation in support of several other functions, thus involving a very large variety of activities carried out in a short period of time. 9 Some factors that are related to working conditions include physical environment (luminosity, temperature, noise); chemical environment (dust, vapors, gases and smokes); biological environment (presence of viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites), hygiene, safety, food and others. All these elements when improperly present in the workplace can cause problems and suffering to the life of the worker.…”

“…4 The occupational health nurse must present a set of professional skills and abilities that provides him with the means to elaborate a plan of care that involves the application of educative activities directed to the monitoring of the individual and collective health of the workers, stimulating the adoption of habits of life healthy physical activity, regular physical activity and changes in eating habits. 9 Nursing health promotion actions contribute to the empowerment of workers over their own health-disease process, with a view to building a productive and safe working environment that satisfies the worker's economic and individual needs. 6…”

Caracterização de vítimas de acidentes laborais atendidas em Unidade de Pronto Atendimento da Região Sul/Brasil

“…19 Os aspectos relacionados ao sexo e a faixa etária predominantes, entre as vítimas de acidentes no ambiente laboral, foram semelhantes aos achados de uma investigação realizada no Estado de Tocantins, que se utilizou do Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade (SIM) para descrever os acidentes de trabalho fatais, demonstrando que a maior proporção de óbitos em pessoas do sexo masculino (95,5%) foi na faixa etária dos 20 aos 49 anos (75,6%). 22 Na Tabela 2, no entanto, ficou evidente que qualquer ocupação está exposta a acidentes no desenrolar de suas atividades laborais, em todos os setores da economia, independente da escolaridade. No entanto, a maior parte dos acidentes esteve presente na área agroindustrial (33,76%), seguida da industrial (23,27%) e, posteriormente, o comércio é destacado com 60 acidentes (15,35%).…”