WORK-RELATED INJURIES NOTIFIED IN THE WORKER HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM

Authors

  • Eloise Cristine Franz Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões – URI, Campus de Frederico Westphalen
  • Marcia Casaril dos Santos Cargnin Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões - URI. Campus de Frederico Westphalen.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v23i1.52345

Keywords:

Worker’s health, Notification, Occupational accidents, Occupational diseases, Health Information System.

Abstract

objectives: describe the sociodemographic and work-related characteristics and identify the work-related injuries,
reported in the Worker Health Information System of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Method: a descriptive documentary study that
gathered information by examining the records of the Individual Disease Notification Report, year 2015, at the Sistema de Análise
de Negócios (SAN) of the 26 municipalities comprised by the 19th Regional Health Department of Rio Grande do Sul. Data analysis
used simple and relative frequency calculation. Result: in total, 1,016 injuries were reported, mostly in men: 760 (74.8%); aged 18-29
years: 273 (26.8%). The most commonly reported injury was other occupational accidents, 787 (77.5%); 809 (79.6%) occurred in the
workplace and 398 (39.2%) in the urban area. Conclusion: most injuries (accidents and illnesses) involved young individuals, at
working age, often resulting in permanent physical and mental disabilities.

Author Biographies

Eloise Cristine Franz, Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões – URI, Campus de Frederico Westphalen

Acadêmica do VII semestre do curso de graduação em Enfermagem da Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões – URI, Campus de Frederico Westphalen-RS-Brasil

Marcia Casaril dos Santos Cargnin, Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões - URI. Campus de Frederico Westphalen.

Enfermeira. Especialista em Saúde do Trabalhador. Mestre em Enfermagem pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Doutoranda em Enfermagem pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Docente da Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões - URI,Campus de Frederico Westphalen

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Published

2018-04-18

How to Cite

Franz, E. C., & Cargnin, M. C. dos S. (2018). WORK-RELATED INJURIES NOTIFIED IN THE WORKER HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM. Cogitare Enfermagem, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v23i1.52345

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 1 (2018)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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