Abstract
ABSTRACT |Background: Commuting accidents might have serious consequences for the health of workers, in addition to considerable financial impacts on the national health system and the social security administration.Objective: To describe the epidemiological profile and calculate the incidence of commuting accidents in Brazil in the period from 2009 to 2016.Methods: Retrospective and descriptive study with time series analysis (2009-2016) based on official secondary data obtained from Social Security Statistical Yearbooks. Information on the economically active population was retrieved from the National Household Sample Survey. Annual incidence rates were calculated per 100,000 economically active population. Simple temporal linear regression analysis was performed with software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. The significance level was set to p<0.05.Results: The epidemiological profile of workers involved in commuting accidents corresponded to men, aged 20 to 29 and with leg/ankle fractures, which represented 24.78% of the total population of involved workers. The incidence of commuting accidents increased from 88.17 to 105.88 in the analyzed period, which represents an variation rate of 20.08% (R2=0.715; p=0.008).Conclusion: The detected rise in the incidence and number of commuting accidents point to the need for the government to formulate prevention plans targeting high-risk groups.
Highlights
The Law no. 8213, on the rights of workers involved in accidents outside the workplace and working hours, was passed in Brazil in 19911
A direct consequence of the increasing trend of occurrence of commuting accidents detected in the present study is represented by greater negative impacts on the health of Brazilian workers
The macro-mapping we performed evidences the main high-risk groups and injuries associated with incidents and should inspire micro-mapping to achieve a more detailed analysis of accidents, which is necessary for prevention
Summary
The Law no. 8213, on the rights of workers involved in accidents outside the workplace and working hours, was passed in Brazil in 19911. 8213, on the rights of workers involved in accidents outside the workplace and working hours, was passed in Brazil in 19911 This piece of legislation contributed to reorganize the labor rights and anticipated and characterized the Work Accident Report (WAR) forms currently in force, which require reporting the type of incidents[2]. Commuting accidents are incidents which occur on the way between home and the workplace in either direction[1,3] Their comprehension includes the workers with jobs related to urban traffic, such as truck and taxi drivers while on the routes alluded in the law[1,4]. Two other types of work accidents are the typical and those associated with work-related diseases[5]
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