PROFILE OF WORK ACCIDENTS IN THE FOREST SECTOR IN THE STATE OF ESPÍRITO SANTO

Name: VINÍCIUS PEREIRA DOS SANTOS

Publication date: 17/02/2020
Advisor:

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NILTON CESAR FIEDLER Co-advisor *

Examining board:

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DENISE RANSOLIN SORANSO External Examiner *
WANDERSON LYRIO BERMUDES Co advisor *

Summary: The objective of the present work was to get to know the profile of occupational accidents in the forestry sector in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil, proposing a methodology for analyzing occupational accidents in planted forests, native forests and activities to support forest production. Information regarding forest exploration activities in Espírito Santo, from the years 2000 to 2017, served as the basis for applying a mathematical model of accident prediction and the creation of a new methodology for analyzing the occurrences of work accidents in the forest sector. Eighteen years of records were analyzed in which 1,613 work accidents in the forest sector were counted for the economic activities of Forest Production - Planted Forest, Native Forest and Support for Forest Production. Work accidents in the forestry sector were evident in all the micro-regions of the state of Espírito Santo, but were concentrated in the Northeast (65.4%) and Rio Doce (28.8%). Among the agents that cause accidents, wood (15.56%), the work area or environment (12.40%) and the floor (9.73%) were the most registered. The knee (19.16%), the finger (14.81%) and the foot (7.32%) were the most affected parts of the body. Of the injuries suffered by workers, the most recurrent were fractures (29.82%), followed by crushing (17.92%) and strains (11.34%). The field environment (79.67%) was the place with the highest record of accidents. The impacts of person against moving object (11.22%), impact suffered by person of falling object (9.49%) and imprisonment in, on or between objects (9.36%) were the main situations that generated the records. The “S” class of the ICD-10 was responsible for 73.8% of the occurrences, highlighting the ICD S83.6 “Sprain and distension of other and unspecified parts of the knee” with 6.01%. The accidents considered “Typical” (95.15%) were the most recorded along the historical series, followed by commuting accidents (3.60%) and illnesses (1.25%). The economic activity of Support for forest production (CNAE 0230) was the forest activity with the highest occurrence of accidents with 1,266 records (78.48%), accompanied by the activity of Forest production - planted forests (CNAE 0210) with 344 records (21, 32%) and lastly Forest production - native forest (CNAE 0220) with 3 records (0.2%). The age group with the highest record was Fx1 - workers over 18 and under 50 years old (76.68%) followed by Fx2 (17.29%) workers over 50 and under 59 years old. The initial records of Occupational Accident Communication (88.84%) were 8 times higher than the records of reopened communications (11.16%). Regarding the indications for medical leave, the “no indication for leave” (56.47%) was higher than the “indications for medical leave” (43.57%), but it is observed that the indications for leave were higher over the Last 5 years. The male gender (93.86%) was the one that suffered the most accidents. Among the injured, 49.59% of the injured are single, followed by married workers with 46.06%. For the Holt-Winters forecast model over the next seven years, there was a tendency to reduce occupational accidents in the forestry sector for Espírito Santo (17.5%).

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