Análise de acidentes do trabalho na cidade de Lagarto/Sergipe entre os anos 2013 a 2015

Abstract

Introduction: Accident at work is a sudden fatality, totally or partially affecting the health of the worker, generating consequences of a material, physical or psychological nature. Objective: To analyze the number of work-related accidents in the town of Lagarto-SE, from 2013 to 2015, through the last statistical yearbook of occupational accidents of social security, prepared jointly by the Ministry of Labor and Employment (MTE), Company of Technology and Information of Social Security (DATAPREV) and National Institute of Social Security (INSS). Methods: This is an analytical sectional study with quantitative-descriptive-retrospective approach, which used as the data source the last Statistical Yearbook of Work Accidents. Results: A total of 99 work-related accidents were identified in 2013, 63 in 2014 and 59 in 2015, with a 40,40% decrease in the number of work-related accidents in the city of Lagarto-SE. In 2014, of the total number of accidents recorded, only 34 had notification with CAT against 36 cases in 2015, an increase of 6.5%. Conclusion: There was a decrease in the total number of work accidents in the city of Lagarto-SE, reinforcing the need for more strategic actions to prevent accidents, in an attempt to decrease more and more the total amount of annual accidents in the municipality.