Abstract
Wood product manufacturing involves many dangerous activities and a high incidence of work-related accidents. The objective of this study was to analyze registered and unregistered work accidents, as well as the most frequent type and rate increase over the years for different activities of wood product manufacture in Brazil. Total accidents were counted including both unregistered and registered accidents. The accidents were classified as either a typical accident, a commuting accident or occupational diseases. Evaluated production was subdivided into sawmill operations, manufacture of laminated wood and plywood, wood-derived pressed and agglomerated sheets, and furniture with a predominance of wood. Wood production presented 2,849,470 direct jobs. For the furniture manufacturing sub-sector, there was an increase in the growth rate for direct jobs. However, there was a greater number of total accidents and an increase in the rate of number of accidents over time. For sawmills and the manufacture of laminated wood and slabs, there was a decreasing trend in the rate of direct jobs and accidents. Of the total number of accidents, more than 20% were not reported. The primary accident incidence was the typical accident (88.3%), followed by commuting accidents (9.5%) and lastly occupational diseases (2.1%).
Highlights
The wood products sector produced a gross revenue of R $ 97.4 billion in 2019 (1.2% of the National GDP) and generated 3.75 million direct jobs (IBA, 2020)
The registered accidents were accidents with the Communication of Accidents at Work (CAT) and registration at the National Institute of Social Security (INSS), being subdivided into typical accidents - originating from the work activity performed by the worker; commuting accidents – during travel between the residence and the workplace, and vice versa - and occupational diseases - caused by any type of occupational disease peculiar to a particular sub-sector
Means followed by the same letter, in a column within the same code, do not differ at the 5% level of significance by Tukey’s test
Summary
The wood products sector produced a gross revenue of R $ 97.4 billion in 2019 (1.2% of the National GDP) and generated 3.75 million direct jobs (IBA, 2020). This sector has one of the highest rates of accidents, occupational diseases and early retirements (SAFETY AND HEALTH IN FOREST WORK: CODE OF PRACTICES OF ILO, 2021). Wood products manufacture showed the highest mortality rates associated with work and even after the training and identification of risks, the number of accidents that occurred were not reduced (ASSUNÇÃO and CAMARA, 2011). Wood manufacturing generates dust that is allergic to the skin, can cause conjunctivitis and FLORESTA, Curitiba, PR, v. 51, n. 2, p. 339-345, abril/jun 2021
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