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      Analysis of work-related accidents and ill-health in Brazil since the introduction of the accident prevention factor

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          Background

          Since 2004, Brazil has had a national policy for occupational health and safety. This policy means companies’ tax burden is altered according to the numbers of work-related accidents and ill-health amongst their workers. In 2010, a multiplication factor was introduced to this policy, called the Accident Prevention Factor. The idea of this new multiplication factor is to encourage individual employers to take initiatives to prevent accidents and ill health in the workplace. This study was designed to investigate the incidence of work-related accidents and ill-health in Brazil according to their causes, their severity, and the economic activity in which they occur, and to compare the data before and after the introduction of the Accident Prevention Factor.

          Methods

          An ecological study was conducted by analyzing the time series of work-related accidents/ill-health between 2008 and 2014 from the Brazilian social security system (Previdência Social) statistical yearbooks. Incidences were calculated per cause, economic activity, and severity of the accident/ill-health. Data from before and after the introduction of the Accident Prevention Factor were compared using the Mann-Whitney test per cause and per economic activity. Statistical analyses were made using the SPSS software, with significance set at 5%.

          Results

          A reduction in the incidence of work-related accidents/ill-health was found across all the groups of causes analyzed, except for the groups “external causes of morbidity and mortality” and “factors influencing health status and contact with health services.” Greater reductions were found for diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue and diseases of the nervous system. Reductions in work-related accidents/ill-health were found in the different economic activities and in the different severity groups. The highest reduction after the introduction of the Accident Prevention Factor was in manufacturing and production ( p < 0.05).

          Conclusions

          Overall, the incidence of accidents/ill-health was found to be on decline, except those with external causes of morbidity and mortality and those involving factors influencing health status and contact with health services. The biggest reduction was found in manufacturing and production. However, generally speaking progress still needs to be made in accident prevention and occupational health across a whole range of work environments.

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          The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-021-10706-y.

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              Effect of Occupational Health and Safety Management System on Work-Related Accident Rate and Differences of Occupational Health and Safety Management System Awareness between Managers in South Korea's Construction Industry

              Background The study was conducted to investigate the current status of the occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS) in the construction industry and the effect of OHSMS on accident rates. Differences of awareness levels on safety issues among site general managers and occupational health and safety (OHS) managers are identified through surveys. Methods The accident rates for the OHSMS-certified construction companies from 2006 to 2011, when the construction OHSMS became widely available, were analyzed to understand the effect of OHSMS on the work-related injury rates in the construction industry. The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency 18001 is the certification to these companies performing OHSMS in South Korea. The questionnaire was created to analyze the differences of OHSMS awareness between site general managers and OHS managers of construction companies. Results The implementation of OHSMS among the top 100 construction companies in South Korea shows that the accident rate decreased by 67% and the fatal accident rate decreased by 10.3% during the period from 2006 to 2011. The survey in this study shows different OHSMS awareness levels between site general managers and OHS managers. The differences were motivation for developing OHSMS, external support needed for implementing OHSMS, problems and effectiveness of implementing OHSMS. Conclusion Both work-related accident and fatal accident rates were found to be significantly reduced by implementing OHSMS in this study. The differences of OHSMS awareness between site general managers and OHS managers were identified through a survey. The effect of these differences on safety and other benefits warrants further research with proper data collection.
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                Contributors
                shimizu@unb.br
                Journal
                BMC Public Health
                BMC Public Health
                BMC Public Health
                BioMed Central (London )
                1471-2458
                14 April 2021
                14 April 2021
                2021
                : 21
                : 725
                Affiliations
                [1 ]GRID grid.7632.0, ISNI 0000 0001 2238 5157, Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Saúde Coletiva, ; Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Distrito Federal, Brasília, DF CEP 70910-900 Brazil
                [2 ]GRID grid.441906.e, ISNI 0000 0004 0603 3487, Potiguar University, ; Av. Senador Salgado Filho, 1610, Lagoa Nova, Natal-RN, Natal, Estado do Rio Grande do Norte CEP 59056-000 Brazil
                [3 ]Unaí Municipal Department of Health, Secretaria Municipal da Saúde de Unaí, Rua Calixto Martins de Melo, 249, Unaí, Minas Gerais CEP 38610-039 Brazil
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                10706
                10.1186/s12889-021-10706-y
                8048148
                1cf33305-e216-49ad-b89c-1e9d5e72ece7
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                : 18 August 2020
                : 24 March 2021
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                Public health
                occupational accidents,occupational health,occupational injuries,social security
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                occupational accidents, occupational health, occupational injuries, social security

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