Acidentes de trabalho relacionados ao abate de bovinos em Mato Grosso, Brasil

Abstract Introduction Cattle rising in the southern Amazon have grown rapidly, being Mato Grosso one of the top states in meat production. This growth led to the hiring of more workers to the chilling activity, increasing the number of workplace accidents in this sector. Objective To analyze the influence of slaughter cattle on occupational accidents and their spatial distribution in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Methods This is the first ecological study investigating the global spatial autocorrelation of the occupational accident rate and the number of slaughtered cattle in Mato Gross...

• Assuntos:

  • occupational injuries
  • animal culling
  • spatial analysis