Characterization of work-related accidents among professionals in a public university from 2015 to 2019.

Introduction: Accidents at work are a critical reality in public institutions and, therefore, a highlight of attention and care.

Objectives: To characterize the profile of work-related accidents among professionals at a public university, from 2015 to 2019.

Methods: A quantitative, retrospective, and analytical study on work-related accidents recorded by a worker's health care sector at a public university in the interior of the state of Minas Gerais. The unit of analysis was secondary data, that is, records in Excel 2010 spreadsheets stored in the worker's health surveillance and promotion sector from 2015 to 2019.

Results: 367 work accidents occurred, with a predominance of females (71.9%), the most affected professionals were those between 20 and 27 years old (26.6%), nursing (35.8%) and medical (28.9%) teams, the most prevalent were puncture wounds in the hand region (42.4%), the operating room sector (18.1%), the reactive source person for anti-HIV serology (9.3%) and workers with surface antibodies low (38.7%).

Conclusions: It is noteworthy that knowledge about the profile of work accidents can favor health promotion actions in the work environment, in addition to training and continuing education for workers.