Health workers occupational accidents evaluation: a historical series

Objective: to analyze the historical series of occupational accidents occurrence to health personnel in a city from the southern region of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Method: this is a descriptive, historical series exploratory, with quantitative approach, developed through Observatório de Saúde e Segurança do Trabalho data, from TrabalhoDecenteSmartLab platform, for the southern region of Minas Gerais city, Brazil. The studied population was all the healthcare workers who suffered work accidents from 2002 to 2018. The data from SmartLab platform from 2002 to 2018 were used as a collection instrument. Results: the historical series showed a considerable elevation of occupational accidents notifications from 2007 to 2014 and a mitigation in the following years, with a posterior increase in 2018. Auxiliaries, medical technicians and nurses were the most affected by accidents. Exogenous intoxication and exposure to biological material were the most notified types of accidents. The injuries that most affected these professionals were cuts, lacerations and contusion wounds, attaining mainly their fingers and eyes. Conclusion: work accidents are always present in health personnel's working environment. For this reason, actions must be implemented to promote more safety to workers at their workplace.