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

ABSTRACT:

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.

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SUBMITTER: Shimizu HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8048148 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature