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0852/2012 - Evaluation of the strategy for identification and measurement of the Fatal Accidents at Work
Avaliação de estratégia para identificação e mensuração dos Acidentes de Trabalho Fatais

Author:

• Eliane de Freitas Drumond - Drumond, E. F. - Belo Horizonte, MG - Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Belo Horizonte - <elianedrumond1@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2159-4250

Co-author(s):

• Cleber Augusto Lapadula Heckert - HECKERT, CAL - Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Belo Horizonte - < gesatsa@pbh.gov.br>
• Jussara de Medeiros Silva - Silva, JM - Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Belo Horizonte - <jussara.medeiros.silva@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2825-7006

Thematic Area:

Saúde e Trabalho

Abstract:

Abstract&#8232;In order to evaluate the strategy used by the Municipal Health Department of Belo Horizonte (SMSA/BH) for reducing the underreporting of deaths from work accidents during the years of 2008 to 2010, we carried out a deterministic linking of data on deaths from accidents at work as reported in SINAN (Brazilian information system for mandatory reporting diseases) and SIM (Brazilian information system for death). As a complementary strategy to the deterministic linking, we analyzed the Investigation Data Sheets and Death Certificates that although not clearly declared,we suspected involved death by work accident. Death from an accident at work was confirmed when we matched the same victim, same accident, with a temporal connection between accident and death. This complementary strategy used by the SMSA/BH reduced the underreporting identified by deterministic linking, with an increase of 45 deaths. We found higher rates of underreporting of deaths in the SINAN (n = 117) than in the SIM (n = 70). We conclude that although data linkage between SIM/SINAN is a necessary strategy to reduce the undercounting of deaths from accidents, it is still not enough, considering the limitations still present in both systems.The complementary strategy adopted by the SMSA/BH, which is simple and easy to perform, yields good results.

Keywords:

Occupational Accidents Registry 
 Information Systems 

 Occupational Mortality 
Underregistration 
 
Death

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Drumond, E. F., HECKERT, CAL, Silva, JM. Evaluation of the strategy for identification and measurement of the Fatal Accidents at Work. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2012/Oct). [Citado em 15/05/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/evaluation-of-the-strategy-for-identification-and-measurement-of-the-fatal-accidents-at-work/11621?id=11621



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