Acidentes de trabalho : características ocupacionais dos funcionários do serviço postal em uma região sul do Brasil

Abstract

Work accidents are considered a problem of public health worldwide, expression of workers' social degradation, with high mortality, morbidity, disability and economic losses worldwide. Objectives: To analyze the absences of employees for work-related accidents in the postal service and occupational characteristics of the work environment. Methods: An observational, cross-sectional and retrospective exploratory, developed at the clinic of the Brazilian Post and Telegraph of Maringa, Maringa - Parana, from 2007 to 2012. The clinic serves employees of 107 municipalities. Data were collected from the work accident reporting form and submitted to univariate analysis using chi-square test of Pearson and Fisher. The R Foundation for Statistical Computing software was used for descriptive analysis. Results: we analyzed 142 work accidents recorded in the communication of work accident. The subjects were predominantly men, mailman occupation, completed high school, retired, married, mean age of 49 years and predominance of the age range of 50 to 60 years. The municipalities that had higher record of accidents were Maringa, Paranavai and Umuarama. The clearances were assigned to the variables: year of the accident (p = 0.0242), occupation (p = 0.0097), site of the accident (p = 0.0004 *), part of the body affected (p = 0.0005 * ), cause of the accident (p = 0.0003 *) and police record (p = 0.0089). The average time hours worked until the accident was 4 hours and 24 minutes. It identified a high incidence of this event with the attendant commercial category caused by assaults. Conclusion: The implementation of Surveillance actions to the Occupational Health and public and private security can minimize the risk of accidents.