FLORESTA, Curitiba, PR, v. 51, n. 2, p. 339-345, abril/jun 2021. Guimarães, P. P. et.al. ISSN eletrônico 1982-4688 .DOI: 10.5380/rf.v51 i2. 68268 339 DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS OF WORK ACCIDENTS IN BRAZILIAN WOOD PRODUCT MANUFACTURING Pompeu Paes Guimarães 1* , Vinícius Gomes de Castro 1 , Flavio Cipriano de Assis do Carmo 2 , Kauê Augusto Oliveira Nascimento 3 , Nilton Cesar Fiedler 4 , Renato Cesar Gonçalves Robert 3 1 Federal Rural University of the Semi-Arid, Center for Agricultural Sciences, Department of Agronomic and Forestry Sciences, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, - pompeu.guimaraes@ufersa.edu.br; vinicius.castro@ufersa.edu.br 2 Federal University of Campina Grande, Patos, Rural Health and Technology Center Patos, Paraíba, Brazil - flavio.carmo@ufcg.edu.br 3 Federal University of Paraná, Department of Forestry and Wood Engineering, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil - kaue.nascimento@ufpr.br; - renatorobert@ufpr.br 4 Federal University of Paraná Espírito Santo, Department of Forestry Engineering, Jerônimo Monteiro, Espírito Santo, Brazil - fiedler@pq.cnpq.br Received for publication: 31/07/2019 – Accepted for publication: 25/01/2021 Resumo Estatísticas descritivas dos acidentes de trabalho na produção madeireira . A produção madeireira possui atividades perigosas e com elevada ocorrência de acidentes do trabalho. O objetivo do artigo foi analisar os acidentes de trabalho, registrados e não registrados, os tipos mais frequentes e a taxa de aumento nas diferentes atividades da produção madeireira. Foram contabilizados os acidentes totais, somatório entre os acidentes não registrados e registrados, e classificados como típicos, de trajeto e doenças do trabalho. A produção madeireira foi subdividida em serraria, fabricação de madeira laminada e de chapas de madeira compensada, prensada e aglomerada, e fabricação de móveis com predominância de madeira. A produção madeireira apresentou 2.849.470 empregos diretos. Para a atividade de fabricação de móveis houve um aumento na taxa de crescimento dos empregos diretos. No entanto, apresentou também um maior número de acidentes totais e uma elevação na taxa de crescimento do número de acidentes. Para a serraria e a fabricação de madeira laminada e chapas houve redução na taxa dos empregos diretos e dos acidentes ocorridos. Do total de acidentes mais de 20% não foram notificados. O principal tipo foi o típico (88,3%), seguido pelos acidentes de trajeto (9,5%) e doenças do trabalho (2,1%). Palavras-chave: segurança do trabalho; qualidade; cadeia produtiva Abstract Wood product manufacturing involves many dangerous activities and a high incidence of work-related accidents. The objective of this study was to analyze registered and unregistered work accidents, as well as the most frequent type and rate increase over the years for different activities of wood product manufacture in Brazil. Total accidents were counted including both unregistered and registered accidents. The accidents were classified as either a typical accident, a commuting accident or occupational diseases. Evaluated production was subdivided into sawmill operations, manufacture of laminated wood and plywood, wood-derived pressed and agglomerated sheets, and furniture with a predominance of wood. Wood production presented 2,849,470 direct jobs. For the furniture manufacturing sub-sector, there was an increase in the growth rate for direct jobs. However, there was a greater number of total accidents and an increase in the rate of number of accidents over time. For sawmills and the manufacture of laminated wood and slabs, there was a decreasing trend in the rate of direct jobs and accidents. Of the total number of accidents, more than 20% were not reported. The primary accident incidence was the typical accident (88.3%), followed by commuting accidents (9.5%) and lastly occupational diseases (2.1%). Keywords: occupational safety; quality; supply chain. INTRODUCTION The wood products sector produced a gross revenue of R $ 97.4 billion in 2019 (1.2% of the National GDP) and generated 3.75 million direct jobs (IBA, 2020). However, this sector also has one of the highest rates of accidents, occupational diseases and early retirements (SAFETY AND HEALTH IN FOREST WORK: CODE OF PRACTICES OF ILO, 2021). Wood products manufacture also showed the highest mortality rates associated with work and even after the training and identification of risks, the number of accidents that occurred were not reduced (ASSUNÇÃO and CAMARA, 2011). Wood manufacture brings together a series of dangerous activities and exposes its workers to various physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic and accident risks (MENDOZA and BORGES, 2016). Wood manufacture together with the civil construction and petrochemical sectors constitute in themselves the most dangerous industrial activities in Brazil, with most accidents that occur being unknown (MEDEIROS and JURADO, 2013). Wood manufacturing generates dust that is allergic to the skin, can cause conjunctivitis and