Rogério Galvão da SilvaResearcher

rogerio@fundacentro.gov.brwww.fundacentro.gov.br

III Hemispheric Workshop on Occupational Health and Safety

Cuzco, Peru October 21 and 22, 2008

Population: ~190,020,000 (IBGE, 2008)Economically-active: ~98,846,000 (IBGE, 2007)

• Employed: 90,786,000 (91.8%)• Unemployed: 8,060,000 (8.2%)

Number of companies with employee(s): ~3,000,000

STATISTICS

FATAL OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT RATES - 2006

REGION FATALITIES INSURED FATALITY RATE

BRAZIL 2,717 26,482,803 10.26

North 183 1,155,229 15.84

Northeast 381 4,133,400 9.22

Southeast 1,289 14,272,177 9.03

South 520 4,973,504 10.46

West central 344 1,948,493 17.65

Source: Ministry of Social Welfare

MINISTRY OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

- Regulation and Inspection- Studies and Research through

FUNDACENTRO

MINISTRY OF SOCIAL SECURITY

- Benefits- Work accident insurance

- Rehabilitation

MINISTRY OF HEALTH - Health vigilance

- Cooperation on worker protection

PREVENTION

PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES INVOLVED IN OHS

CONCEPTSCONCEPTS

NATIONAL OSH POLICY

NATIONAL OSH SITUATIONCurrent situation of accidents &

diseases

NATIONAL OSH SYSTEMSAvailable infrastructures and

resources NATIONAL OSH PROFILEDiagnostic and analysis of situation and resources

NATIONAL OSH PROGRAMMESWhat we want/can do

STRATEGIC PLANNING Determination of goals & prioritiesSTRATEGIC PLANNING

Determination of goals & priorities

OPERATIVE PLANNINGFormulation, implementationand evaluation of activities

OPERATIVE PLANNINGFormulation, implementationand evaluation of activities

REVIEWImpact & achievements

ITCILO

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES

Workplace Health and Safety Program - MTE

INDICATOR

(MEASURE)

REFINED RATE EXPECTED RATE2005 2006 2007

Work-related accidents – 1/1,000 14.98 15.63 18.19 14.00

Work-related illnesses – 1/10,000 11.10 12.00 9.62 8.26

Work-related fatalities – 1/100,000 11.30 10.75 9.81 10.70

Workers covered by OHS inspection – 1/1,000

647.0 770.0 702.2 655.0

Percentage of fatal accidents investigated

19.63 22.45 20.46 25.00

Source: MTE (2008)

PRINCIPAL MANDATORY OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR ALL COMPANIES

Occupational Health Medical Check-up

Program (NR7)

Medical examinations:Upon employment,

regular,return to work,change of job,

and termination or resignation

Health Hazard Prevention Program

(NR9)

Anticipation, recognition,

evaluation and control of health hazards in

the working environment

MANDATORY COMPANY OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

SERVICES

Specialized Safety Engineering and Workplace Medical Services (SESMT)

(NR4)

Scaling of SESMT (NR-4)

With services

Withoutservices

Employees covered by occupational health services

~ 64%

~ 36%

Source: RAIS-MTE

INFORMATION SYSTEMS

INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Ministry of Social

Welfare

- Statistical Yearbook of Workplace Accidents (AEAT)

- Database of the Statistical Yearbook of Workplace Accidents

- Information on Illness Benefits based on International Classification of Disease (ICD) codes – ICD-10

Ministry of Labor and

Employment

- Annual Social Data Report (RAIS)

- General Survey of Employment and Unemployment (CAGED)

- Federal Labor Inspection System (SEFIT)

Brazilian Institute of Geography

and Statistics

- Population census

- National Household Survey (PNAD)

- Monthly Employment Survey (PME)

Ministry of Health

- Outpatient Information System (SIA/SUS)

- Hospital Information System (SIH/SUS)

- Notifiable Injury Information System (SINAN)

- Fatality Information System (SIM)

Information Systems

Information source

- Administrative records- Population surveys

General characteristics

- Not interchangeable- Not all potential explored- Represent minimum indicators- Availability of data via the Internet

Challenges - Data integration/incorporation- More diversified data- Making electronic tools available for cross-referencing and cross sections- Obtaining data on workers not included

LABOR INSPECTION

LABOR INSPECTION RESULTS

Year Total inspectors

Companies inspected

Companies fined

Workers

registered

Children or adolescents

removed

IERR* (%)

Workers released

2007 3,174 357,788 60,677 746,245 7,999 86.0 5,963

2006 2,873 357,319 61,809 670,035 12,458 86.5 3,308

2005 2,935 375,097 59,756 746,272 7,740 88.8 4,273

2004 2,927 302,905 56,086 708,957 4,040 87.1 2,887

2003 2,837 285,241 58,589 534,125 11,897 83.6 5,223

2002 3,044 304,254 53,622 555,454 10,289 84.9 2,285

2001 3,080 295,741 56,036 516,548 18,537 82.3 1,305

2000 3,131 353,617 58,213 525,253 14,404 80.9 516

*IERR: Inspected establishment regularization rate

LABOR INSPECTION IN THE OHS AREA

Action methods

Collective bargaining with union participation

Collective agreement or creation of a new agreement

Strengthening of a culture of risk prevention and control

Actions to comply with the law, focusing on

solutions