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Objective: To identify the profile of victims of road accidents with involvement of motorcycles among workers of a textile industry in the Rio Grande do Norte State. Method: This is a cross-sectional and descriptive study, with data collected from medical records and registrations from the company itself in the period from 2008 to 2009. Results: It has unveiled 81 cases of accidents with workers involving motorcycles, of which 62% were males, with higher incidence between 22 and 25 years; 69% needed removal equal to or less than 15 days; when the removal time was greater than 15 days, the average was 274,3 days; 71% suffered injuries on the lower and upper limbs. Conclusion: The recognition of these characteristics is useful to subsidize strategies for preventing motorcycle accidents and improving the reference emergency service.
Objetivo: Identificar o perfil das vítimas de acidentes de trajeto com envolvimento de motocicletas entre trabalhadores de uma indústria têxtil do Rio Grande do Norte. Método: Estudo transversal, descritivo, com dados coletados nos prontuários e registros da própria indústria no período de 2008 a 2009. Resultados: 81 casos de acidentes com trabalhadores envolvendo motocicletas, dos quais 62% eram do sexo masculino, com maior incidência entre 22 e 25 anos; 69% necessitaram de afastamento igual ou inferior a 15 dias; quando o afastamento foi superior a 15 dias, a média foi de 274,3 dias; 71% sofreram lesões em membros inferiores e superiores. Conclusão: O reconhecimento dessas características é útil para subsidiar estratégias de prevenção dos acidentes de motos e o aprimoramento do serviço de referência em emergência.
Objetivo: Identificar el perfil de las víctimas de accidentes in itinere con envolvimiento de motocicletas entre trabajadores de una industria textil en el Estado de Rio Grande do Norte. Método: Estudio descriptivo, transversal, con datos recogidos en archivos médicos y registros de la propia industria en el período comprendido entre 2008 y 2009. Resultados: 81 casos de accidentes con trabajadores envolviendo motocicletas, de los cuales 62% eran hombres, con mayor incidencia entre 22 y 25 años; 69% necesitaron de alejamiento igual o inferior a 15 días; Cuando el alejamiento fue mayor que 15 días, el promedio fue de 274,3 días; 71% han sufrido lesiones en los miembros inferiores y superiores. Conclusión: El reconocimiento de estas características es útil para respaldar estrategias de prevención de accidentes de motocicletas y la optimización del servicio de referencia en emergencia.
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Accidents, Occupational , Accidents, Traffic/statistics & numerical data , Accidents, Traffic/prevention & control , Accident Consequences/prevention & control , BrazilABSTRACT
Reports of the World Health Organization make known that the non-intentional lesions and the violence (intentional injuries) are a threatening possibility for the world's health and they represent a 9% of the whole mortality. Around 5.840.000 subjects die yearly due to lesions (16.000 subjects each day). Eight of the 15 causes of death, of the persons between 15 trough 25 years old are related to violence or non-intentional injuries, whether they are produced by vehicular collisons, suicides, homicides, suffocation, burns, wars, poisoning or falls. In Argentina, each year 8.000 subjects die due to vehicular collisions. According with the National Ministery of Health, this number represents the 25% of the deaths due to trauma. We think that it is interesting to present two aspects that require a conceptualization with a scientific support: The recognition of trauma as a disease (the disease trauma), and the necessity to not use the term accident to design the lesional mechanism described for non-intentional trauma. The participation of Institutions in the control of the disease trauma is considered by the authors.