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.