OBJECTIVE The mortality by traffic accidents is discussed by means of the characterization of residents who died as a result of accidents in 1992. MATERIAL AND METHOD The study population was made up of all the victims of accidents which occurred in 1992 and who died in the same year. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS The majority of victims were males between the ages of 20 and 49 years who were ped...

This paper deals with a tool developed to support training and education in the field of security and safety in work areas, plants, or industrial environments. The tool comprises the dashboards enabling administrators and users to simulate risks and accidents to be ready for interventions in case of occurrence. Based on a computational model of risks, able to identify the causes and the signs w...

This descriptive research aimed to recognize the occurrence of work accidents (WA) involving exposure to biological material among health workers at Public Health Units in Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil. A quantitative approach was adopted. In 2004, 155 accidents were notified by means of the Work Accident Communication (WAC). Sixty-two accidents (40%) involved exposure to biological material that c...

The objective of the study was to compare the results of aviation accident analyses performed by the Center for Investigation and Prevention of Aviation Accidents (CENIPA) with the method Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS). The final reports of thirty-six general aviation accidents occurring between 2000 and 2005 in the State of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil were analyzed...

background because of occupational accidents, permanent disabilities and deaths occur and economic and workday losses emerge. objectives the purpose of the present study was to investigate the factors responsible for occupational accidents occurred in iran. patients and methods the current study analyzed 1464 occupational accidents recorded by the ministry of labor and social affairs’ offices i...