Serious work accidents in teenagers

Abstract

Objective: to describe occupational accidents in adolescents, from 2007 to 2018, in the state of Bahia. Materials and methods: this is a descriptive study, with available data by the Notification Recording Information System, as analyzed variables divided into sociodemographic variables and related to accidents, notifications from 2007 to 2018 were included, that these were serious work accidents in adolescents aged 12 to 18 years. Results: between 2007 and 2018, 885 cases of occupational accidents involving adolescents were identified, in the state of Bahia. The year 2018 with (14%; n = 124) obtained the highest number of reported work accidents, the male sex was more affected with (91.3%; n = 808) cases, most of the victims were 18 years old (38.6%, n = 342), brown (52.4%, n = 464), resident in the urban area (69.2%, n = 612), the macro-region that accounted for more records was the East (35.3%; n = 312), the municipality with the highest prevalence was Salvador (18.8%, n = 165), the majority of adolescents suffered typical occupational accidents (TA) (69.5%; n = 615). Conclusion: Thus, the results found in the present study point to the need to create public policies to protect these adolescents.