Acidentes de trabalho com idosos no Brasil de 2003 a 2016 / Accidents of work with the elderly in Brazil from 2003 to 2016 / Accidentes de trabajo con ancianos en Brasil de 2003 a 2016
This study aims to analyze the occurrence of workaccidents in Brazil with the elderly from the secondary data of the Ministry of Social Security and submitted to descriptive and inferential statistical analyzes. The results indicate a tendency to increase the number of accidents with older workers compared to the other workers, indicating the need for further studies and adoption of more appropriate protectionpolicies for these workers.