Dias, Adriano [UNESP]Cordeiro, RicardoGonçalves, Cláudia Giglio de Oliveira2014-05-272014-05-272006-10-16Cadernos de Saude Publica, v. 22, n. 10, p. 2125-2130, 2006.0102-311X1678-4464http://hdl.handle.net/11449/69171The purpose of this study was to verify whether occupational noise exposure is a significant risk factor for work accidents in the city of Piracicaba, São Paulo State, Brazil. This hospital-based case-control study included 600 workers aged 15-60 who suffered typical occupational accidents between May and October 2004 and were seen at the Piracicaba Orthopedics and Trauma Center. The control group comprised 822 workers, aged 15-60, who were also seen at the Center, and either had a non-occupational accident or were accompanying someone who had suffered an accident. A multiple logistic regression model was adjusted with work accident as an independent variable, controlled by covariables of interest such as noise exposure. The risk of having a work accident was about twice as high among workers exposed to noise, after controlling for several covariables. Occupational noise exposure not only affected auditory health status but was also a risk factor for work accidents.2125-2130porOccupational AccidentsOccupational NoiseOccupational RisksadolescentadultBrazilepidemiologyfemalehumanindustrial noisemalemiddle agedoccupational accidentoccupational exposurestatisticsAccidents, OccupationalAdolescentAdultEpidemiologic MethodsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNoise, OccupationalOccupational ExposureArtigo10.1590/S0102-311X2006001000018S0102-311X2006001000018Acesso aberto2-s2.0-337495814802-s2.0-33749581480.pdf29668464060628360000-0001-6895-372X