Road accidents with motorcycles among workers of a textile industry

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

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.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Weitere Titel: Acidentes de trajeto com motocicletas entre trabalhadores de uma indústria têxtil ; Accidentes in itinere envolviendo motocicletas entre los trabajadores de una industria textil
• ISSN: 2175-5361
• Umfang: Seite(n): 561-570
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Status: Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 6(2)

Klassifikation und Themen

• Thema: Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; Medizinsoziologie ; Arbeitswelt ; Arbeiter ; Textilindustrie ; Verkehrswesen ; Unfall ; Arbeitsunfall ; Arbeitsweg ; Brasilien ; Lateinamerika ; Südamerika

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Cavalcante, Eliane Santos ; Miranda, Francisco Arnoldo Nunes de ; Júnior, João Mário Pessoa ; Oliveira, Joana D´Arc de Souza ; Cavalcante, Cleonice Andréa Alves ; Robazzi, Maria Lúcia do Carmo Cruz
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wann): 2014

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2014.v6i2.561-570
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-54490-0
• Rechteinformation: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 21.06.2024, 16:27 MESZ