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Analysis of the Short-Term Absences of Poultry Slaughterhouse Workers in Brazil

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Advances in Social and Occupational Ergonomics (AHFE 2019)

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The objective of this study was to analyze short-term absences and to associate it with socio-demographic and occupational variables of workers at a poultry slaughterhouse. The factors associated with short-term sick leave (4,344 absences) from July 2014 to June 2015 were analyzed. Descriptive statistics, the Chi-square test and Pearson’s correlation were used (p ≤ 0.05). Most workers obtained 1 to 3 medical certificates per year and were absent from the company between 1 and 2 days. The most common frequency of absences among males was once per year, while among females, it was five or more (p < 0.001). The number of days absent per medical certificate had a positive correlation with the length of time working at the company (r = 0.082; p < 0.001). It was concluded that the majority of the workers obtained more than one medical certificate per year and the longer time working at the company, the more days absent.

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  1. Tecnological Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

    Natália Fonseca Dias, Adriana Seára Tirloni, Diogo Cunha dos Reis & Antônio Renato Pereira Moro

  2. Biomechanics Laboratory, CDS, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

    Diogo Cunha dos Reis & Antônio Renato Pereira Moro

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Dias, N.F., Tirloni, A.S., dos Reis, D.C., Moro, A.R.P. (2020). Analysis of the Short-Term Absences of Poultry Slaughterhouse Workers in Brazil. In: Goossens, R., Murata, A. (eds) Advances in Social and Occupational Ergonomics. AHFE 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 970. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20145-6_45

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