Citation

Kirchhof AL, Capellari C. Rev. Gaucha Enferm. 2004; 25(2): 194-201.

Vernacular Title

Descricao das comunicacoes de acidentes de trabalho registradas no Instituto

Affiliation

Departamento de Enfermagem, Centro de Ciencias da Saude, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis. kirchhof@terra.com.br

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande e do Sul)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15683008

Abstract

The communication of work accident is the document which warrants to the worker who suffered an accident the right to social benefit, and also serves as a source of epidemiological data. This study described the work accidents notified to the National Institute of Social Security of Santa Maria, RS, Brazil, in the year of 2000, attributing to them classifications that could be compared to Brazilian data and similar studies, among those the kind of accident, production sector and the worker's days off. It was possible to evidence the significant increase of notifications registered during the year of 2000 in relation to 1999, beyond the sub-register, specially in the scope of less serious accidents.