TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Workplace accident prevalence and associated factors among tobacco farm in São Lourenço do Sul-RS, Brazil
JO  - Ciencia e Saude Coletiva
A1  - Zago, Adriana Marchon
A1  - Meucci, Rodrigo Dalke
A1  - Fiori, Nadia
A1  - Carret, Maria Laura Vidal
A1  - Faria, Neice Muller Xavier
A1  - Fassa, Anaclaudia Gastal
SP  - 1353
EP  - 1362
VL  - 23
IS  - 5
N2  - Agriculture has the highest risk of accidents. In Brazil the reality of this situation is unknown owing to scarcity of studies and underreporting of workplace accidents in rural areas. This article aims to evaluate workplace accident prevalence and associated factors among tobacco farm in Sao Lourenco do Sul-RS, Brazil. Cross-sectional study with 488 tobacco farmers, assessing sociodemographic, behavioural, labour characteristics and association with workplace accidents occurring in their lifetime. The injury prevalence was 24%. Being male (PR 1.62; 95%CI 1.04-2.52), and tenant farmer (PR 1.87; 95%CI 1.29-2.72), bundling tobacco leaves (PR 2.00; 95%CI 1.14-3.52) and having minor psychiatric disorders (PR 1.58; 95%CI 1.06-2.35) were positively associated with accidents. 46% of serious injuries caused superficial lesions and 26% caused fractures. Rural workplace accident prevention policies need to be established, particularly for tobacco farming. Larger studies are needed to understand work process-related aspects that increase the risk of accidents.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1413-8123
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232018235.13172016
ID  - ref1
ER  -