ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Occupational accidents are a complex phenomenon and a major public health problem. Occupational health surveillance actions are essential for prevention of injuries of this nature. OBJECTIVE: To ascertain the prevalence of and the variables associated with occupational accidents in the city of Itajubá (MG). DESIGN AND SETTING: A cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, based on a household survey with random sampling, was conducted in areas covered by the Family Health Strategy (FHS) in Itajubá (MG). METHODS: Questionnaires were applied to 292 people. The data were analyzed by means of logistic regression. RESULTS: The prevalence of occupational accidents was 8.6%. The underreporting rate was 60.0%. The scenario for these accidents, according to the model established through the regression analysis, was most likely to involve males who declared their skin color as white and who did not have a formal employment contract. CONCLUSION: This study makes a contribution towards unveiling the relationship between healthcare and work, and thus serve as support for the development of strategies to prevent underreporting. Lastly, the results provide the basis for future public health intervention actions and for future studies.

RESUMO Estuários são ambientes dinâmicos e altamente vulneráveis às influências antrópicas, em especial, nas áreas urbanas. Neste estudo, avalia-se pela primeira vez as características hidrodinâmicas do estuário do rio Buranhém (Nordeste do Brasil). Objetiva-se definir os mecanismos de transporte de sal e os padrões hidrodinâmicos e de estratificação desse estuário tropical, sob condições de maré de sizígia e quadratura. O trabalho de campo foi realizado durante 8 dias cobrindo uma variedade de condições de altura de maré (entre 30 de julho e 07 de agosto de 2015). A salinidade e a temperatura foram monitoradas continuamente na superfície e no fundo, enquanto o perfil de velocidade foi monitorado por um instrumento no fundo do canal. As velocidades médias foram de 0.46 m.s-1, durante a maré de enchente, e 1.0 m.s-1, durante a maré de vazante. As velocidades residuais foram no sentido de saída do estuário, com o domínio da vazante. O mecanismo de transporte de sal dominante foi difusão turbulenta. A maioria dos valores de número de Richardson por camada foi inferior a 2, indicando que o estuário é bem misturado, principalmente, durante a maré de sizígia. A estratificação varia de acordo com a condição da maré, com as marés de sizígia podendo haver uma maior misturar na estrutura vertical. Os gradientes de velocidade vertical que geram misturas verticais superam os efeitos estabilizadores gerados pelos gradientes de densidade vertical.

ABSTRACT Estuaries are dynamic environments that are highly vulnerable to anthropogenic influences, especially when adjacent to urban areas. In this study it is assessed for the first time the hydrodynamic characteristics of the Buranhém estuary (Northeast Brazil). The aim is to define the salt transport mechanisms and the hydrodynamics and stratification patterns of this tropical estuary, under both spring and neap tidal conditions. Fieldwork was carried out during 8 days covering varying tidal range conditions (July 30th to August 7th, 2015). Salinity and temperature were continuously monitored at moored stations at both the surface and bottom, whereas velocity profile was sampled by a bottom-mounted instrument. Average velocity in the water column was 0.46 m.s-1 during flood tides and 1.0 m.s-1 during ebb tides. Residual currents were seaward, with ebb dominance. The dominant salt transport mechanism is turbulent diffusion. Most of the layer Richardson values did not exceed 2, indicating well mixed conditions mainly during spring tides. Stratification varies with tide condition, with spring tides being able to further mix the vertical structure. Vertical velocity gradients that generate vertical mixing overcome the stabilizing effects generated by vertical density gradients.