[A monitoring system for work-related accidents in Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil].
The authors report on the development of a work accident monitoring system in Piracicaba, São Paulo State, Brazil, with the following characteristics: information feeding the system is obtained in real time directly from accident treatment centers; the system has universal monitoring, covering all work-related accidents in Piracicaba, regardless of the nature of the worker's employment conditions, place of work, or place of residence; health surveillance and promotion of health initiatives are triggered by identification of sentinel events; spatial distribution analysis of work-related accidents is a basic tool in designing accident awareness strategies and accident prevention policies. The system was implemented in November 2003 and by October 2004 had identified 5,320 work-related accidents, or a 3.8% annual proportional incidence of work-related accidents in the municipal area. We illustrate spatial analysis of registered work-related accidents and present a detailed investigation of one example of a serious accident.
Cordeiro
Ricardo
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Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil. cordeiro@fcm.unicamp.br
Vilela
Rodolfo Andrade Gouveia
RA
de Medeiros
Maria Angélica Tavares
MA
Gonçalves
Cláudia Giglio de Oliveira
CG
Bragantini
Clarice Aparecida
CA
Varolla
Antenor J
AJ
Celso
Stephan
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D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007256:Information Systems; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012111:Residence Characteristics