The thesis entitled "Simulated Chemical Accident Associated with Phosgene Leak" focuses on the issue of disasters in general and specifically on chemical disasters associated with leakage of dangerous chemicals. The thesis consists of a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part of the thesis is divided into four subchapters. The first subchapter deals with accidents in general, and the classification thereof into natural and anthropogenic contingencies. The subject of the second chapter deals with specification of accidents that occur in the chemical industry. A special focus is given to causes of chemical accidents, among which there are anthropogenic (human factor) and technical causes as well as working conditions and organization of work. As regards classification, chemical accidents are divided into chemical accidents associated with leakage of dangerous chemicals, further accidents with leakage of radioactive substances and those involving oil leaks. With regard to the topic of the thesis, the third subchapter specifically focuses on characteristics of chemical accidents associated with leakage of dangerous chemicals. This is the key part of the theoretical basis of the thesis. The subchapter deals with causes, classification, development, characteristic effects and consequences of such accidents. Factors are also mentioned that affect the spread in the environment of dangerous chemicals leaked as the result of chemical accidents depending on a number of conditions. The fourth subchapter is linked to the preceding chapter in that it provides a brief characteristic of dangerous chemicals. A special focus is given to a comprehensive specification of phosgene. The core of the practical part of the thesis lies in the implementation of research consisting in simulation or modelling of a chemical accident associated with leakage of a selected chemical from a particular chemical plant. For the purpose of modelling phosgene was selected as the dangerous chemical. The company Synthesia, a. s. located in Pardubice, was chosen as the chemical plant in question. The practical part of the thesis aimed at modelling a chemical disaster associated with phosgene leak at Synthesia, a. s. The software tool TerEx, version 2.9.1. was used for simulation. Using this computer program a total of ten contingency scenarios were prepared involving phosgene leaks of different quantities as consequence of a chemical accident at Synthesia, a. s. Another aim of the practical part of the thesis was to assess risks following from the chemical accident. This assessment was made on the basis of the results of the TerEx program in the form of toxic exposure, recommended examination of toxic phosgene concentration within certain distance from the place of leakage, areas of necessary evacuation of the population, and last but not least time dependence of phosgene concentration and accumulated dose within distances of necessary evacuation of the population. The third and also the last aim of the practical part of the thesis was to assess impacts of this potential chemical accident on the health or lives of the population. The results of the modelled chemical accidents involving phosgene leak from Synthesia, a. s. showed that this contingency would especially impact health but not lives of the population. The phosgene concentrations showed only threshold levels (from 10 to 20 mg/m3) that would cause irritation of the eyes and the upper respiratory tract / nasopharynx. Even though the results of the research showed that no serious impacts on the health of the population should occur, the worst possible contingency scenario should always be considered in the event of such chemical accident.

Everyone's life is threatened by many risks that we try to eliminate them or to reduce their consequences. These risks are unexpected so we do not know when they strikes and change our lives. Some risks either directly affect our own lives or the lives of our beloved, or the standard of living of our loved ones. In my thesis, I will focus on the risks associated with injury or civilisation disease that often bring, apart from health complications, also financial problems due to the decline of employment income. To minimize the impacts of the income decline, most people pay for various financial products. Most often, they effect some type of life insurance. In my work, I will introduce basic principles of insurance, types of insurance focusing above all on life insurance. Using questionnaires, I will try to identify how many people have or have not effected any type of life insurance, what type of life insurance people usually effect, whether the risks which could threaten them would be covered by particular insurance according to their needs. I will also set several hypotheses and I will test them statistically to obtain relevant and valid answers.

Thesis is focused on investments in traffic safety measures in the selected agglomeration České Budějovice. Includes a theoretical background focused on the introduction to the issues of transport and its negative externalities, in particular traffic accidents. The objective of this work is to assess the specific investment in traffic safety measures on the basis of data on traffic accidents in correlation with the amount of economic losses according to the type of consequences of accidents. The result is an assessment of the identified losses for the individual years and the subsequent appreciation of the investment. A partial aim of the work is the design of specific traffic safety measures, based on the needs of your chosen conurbations, including an assessment of options of investment in these measures. Through the calculation of the values of the indicators relative to accidents at selected intersections, was created to draft a specific traffic safety measures for the intersection, which showed the greatest deficiencies in terms of safety.

Submitted by EDUARDO BUOSO (e.buoso@terra.com.br) on 2016-03-02T18:52:35Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Eduardo Buoso - Mestrado.pdf: 1893620 bytes, checksum: d8288556e3d769aeb7aee346a930decc (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Juliano Benedito Ferreira (julianoferreira@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-03-04T13:05:27Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 buoso_e_me_bot.pdf: 1893620 bytes, checksum: d8288556e3d769aeb7aee346a930decc (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-04T13:05:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 buoso_e_me_bot.pdf: 1893620 bytes, checksum: d8288556e3d769aeb7aee346a930decc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-01-28 / A Vigilância em Saúde do Trabalhador - VISAT no Brasil foi estruturada como papel do Estado, atribuindo a responsabilidade ao Sistema Único de Saúde - SUS. Atualmente a Rede Nacional de Atenção em Saúde do Trabalhador – RENAST está presente nos Municípios por meio de seus Centros de Referência em Saúde do Trabalhador – CEREST, que são os responsáveis por atuar nas três dimensões de intervenção: as causas do risco ou adoecimento; sobre situações de exposições e sobre as consequências ou impactos de saúde. O CEREST de Piracicaba/SP testou e utiliza para investigação de acidente do trabalho o Modelo de Análise e Prevenção de Acidentes (MAPA). O autor se propõe a avaliar a apropriação dos conceitos da ferramenta pela equipe, adesão ao uso e resultados alcançados nas intervenções com enfoque qualitativo pela revisão de processos internos, entrevistas e revisão bibliográfica. Como resultado foi evidenciado a incorporação heterogênea de todos os conceitos utilizados pelo MAPA, com maior avanço de alguns agentes de vigilância que se aproximaram do meio acadêmico. Houve evolução de toda equipe para a multicausalidade do acidente, incorporando a teoria de que o acidente tem história e contexto e que o trabalhador nem sempre tem o poder de decisão sobre o processo em que está inserido, ultrapassando o limite das disciplinas clássicas, desvendando a complexidade das relações de trabalho. Foram evidenciadas diversas limitações que influenciaram na incorporação da ferramenta levando a baixa adesão ao uso cotidiano. Esse estudo demonstra a capacidade da ferramenta em desvendar a multicausalidade dos eventos, tornando-se essencial ao processo de negociação com as empresas. Os resultados alcançados com o uso do MAPA têm relação com a experiência dos interventores e capacidade de negociação, os parceiros envolvidos e a capacidade de decisão dos gestores nas unidades em intervenção. / The Health Surveillance Worker - VISAT in Brazil was structured as state's role by assigning the responsibility to the National Health System - SUS. Currently the National Network of Care for Occupational Health - RENAST is present in the municipalities through its Worker Health Reference Centers - CEREST, who are responsible for acting in the three policy dimensions: the causes of risk or illness; ; about situations of exhibitions and on the coon the consequences or health impacts. The CEREST of Piracicaba / SP has tested and used to work Accident Investigation Model Analysis and Accident Prevention (MAPA). The author aims to evaluate the appropriation of tool concepts for staff, increase in the use and results achieved in interventions with qualitative approach by reviewing internal processes, interviews and literature review. As a result, evidenced heterogeneous incorporation of all the concepts used by the MAPA, with higher feed some surveillance officers who approached academia. There was an increase of the whole team for the multiple causes of the accident, incorporating the theory that the accident has history and context and that the worker does not always have the power of decision on the case in which it appears, exceeding the limit of the classical disciplines, revealing the complexity of labor relations. Several limitations were shown to influence the incorporation of the tool leading to poor adherence to daily use. This study demonstrates the tool's ability to unravel the multiple causes of events, making it essential to the negotiation process with the companies. The results achieved with the use of MAPA are related to the intervening experience and negotiating skills, the partners involved and the managers' decision-making capacity in the units’ intervention.

Este trabalho apresenta um modelo de previsão de acidentes com a participação de motocicletas que foi desenvolvido a partir do método da análise de regressão estatística adaptado às particularidades técnicas das rodovias do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. O objetivo do trabalho é gerar uma ferramenta que possibilite prever o número de acidentes a partir da combinação do nível de exposição veicular associada com os prováveis fatores de risco deste peculiar ambiente. Com esta finalidade, é confrontado o número de acidentes observados com relação às características técnicas das rodovias investigadas com o intuito de avaliar os fatores de risco. Nove variáveis de controle representando atributos físicos, funcionais, econômicos e legais das rodovias foram analisadas sob diversos parâmetros tais como: largura da plataforma, sinuosidade; inclinação, intersecções, condição do pavimento, tráfego de veículos, tráfego de caminhões, urbanização e dispositivos de controle de tráfego. A aplicação do método estatístico permite classificar as rodovias mais importantes quanto ao nível de acidentes; identificar, mensurar e avaliar os fatores de risco; estimar a probabilidade média para a realização do evento sinistro e simular, em nível de projeto, a ocorrência futura de acidentes. Uma vez processado, o modelo obteve um fator de explicação (R2) para os dados em torno de 96%. As variáveis de controle que apresentaram maior efeito na variável de resposta foram obtidas através do tráfego de veículos seguido da largura da plataforma da rodovia. Após a análise do modelo, as rodovias com maior fator de propensão para acidentes foram a ERS734 sendo seguida pela ERS118 e ERS130. Os resultados que foram obtidos indicaram que a frota de motocicletas do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul - Brasil apresenta um risco de envolvimento em acidentes duas vezes maior que aquela incorrida pela frota dos Estados Unido e três vezes maior que aquela apresentada pela frota do Reino Unido. / This article presents an accident prediction model with the participation of motorcycles, developed by statistical regression analysis adapted to the technical peculiarities of the roads of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The aim of the model is to generate a tool to allow predicting the number of accidents based on the combination of vehicle exposure level with possible risk factors. The number of accidents observed is compared with road technical characteristics, aiming at evaluating risk factors. Nine control variables, representing physical, functional, economical and legal road attributes, were analyzed as to different parameters, such as platform width; sinuosity; inclination; junctions ; pavement condition; vehicle traffic; truck traffic; urbanization; and traffic control devices. The application of the statistical method allows the classification of the most important roads in terms of accident level; to identify, measure, and evaluate risk factors; to estimate mean accident probability; and to simulate, at project level, the future occurrence of accidents. Once processed, the model obtained an explanation factor (R2) for the data around 96%. Vehicle traffic, followed by highway platform width had the highest effect on the response variable. After being analyzed by the model, ERS734, followed by ERS118, and ERS130 presented the highest accident probability factor. The results obtained indicated that the risk of motorcycles being involved in accidents in the state of Rio Grande do Sul is twice as high as in the USA, and three times higher than in the United Kingdom.

A ampliação acelerada da demanda por transporte, mais especificamente pelo transporte rodoviário, tem provocado um aumento expressivo no número de acidentes de trânsito nesse ambiente. Consequentemente, a redução dos acidentes de trânsito tem sido um grande desafio para os pesquisadores e gestores da área rodoviária. Porém, os acidentes de trânsito são eventos complexos se considerados os diversos fatores que podem influenciá-los. Dentro desse contexto esta dissertação apresenta um estudo de modelos de previsão de acidentes, que podem ser utilizados para a avaliação do potencial de segurança em determinados locais, identificação e classificação de localidades perigosas ou com propensão a acidentes e avaliação da eficácia de medidas de melhoria da segurança. Nessa dissertação é apresentado um levantamento teórico e metodológico dos modelos de previsão de acidentes, identificando as principais variáveis adotadas bem como as técnicas utilizadas. Para cada modelo revisado foram verificadas as principais diferenças e limitações, e ainda, a análise das variáveis mais influentes presentes nesses modelos. Após, é feita uma comparação de duas abordagens distintas para estimar modelos de previsão de acidentes. A primeira consiste em estimar a ocorrência de acidentes em segmentos da via com as mudanças de características dos elementos de infraestrutura. O segundo relaciona a frequência de acidentes para um único elemento de infraestrutura da via, chamado na literatura internacional de entidade (ex: interseção, curva, tangente, etc.), com base apenas na variável relacionada ao volume de tráfego. O estudo baseado na comparação dessas duas abordagens para a previsão de acidentes revelou que a utilização do volume de tráfego como única variável independente apresenta resultados semelhantes ou até melhores que os modelos baseados em diversos elementos de infraestrutura da rodovia. / The enlargement and the accelerated development of transportation systems, more specifically the land system, have caused the number of road accidents to increase significantly. Therefore, the reduction of road accidents has been a great challenge for researchers and managers in the field of land transportation. However, considering the various factors that may influence them, road accidents are complex events. In this context, this paper presents a study of accident prediction models that can be used to assess the safety potential in certain locations, identify and rank dangerous locations or areas prone to accidents and evaluate the effectiveness of safety improvement measures. Initially, a theoretical and methodological review of accident prediction models is presented, and both the main variables adopted and the methodologies employed are identified. The main differences between all models reviewed and their limitations are presented, and the most influential variables are analyzed. In a second moment, a comparison of two different accident prediction methods is performed. The first method consists in estimating the occurrence of accidents in road sections with changes in the characteristics of infrastructure elements. The second one relates the frequency of accidents based on a single infrastructure element (intersection, curve, tangent, etc.) based on traffic volume only. The study based on the comparison of these two methods found that the use of traffic volume as the only independent variable yields similar or even better results than the models based on various road infrastructure elements.

Submitted by Lafaiete Santos Santiago (lafaiete.santiago@ucsal.br) on 2016-11-18T17:46:23Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_versão_fina l 12.02.13.pdf: 768027 bytes, checksum: ac3cdf33f7db9f262a64dadff8c73a25 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rosemary Magalhães (rosemary.magalhaes@ucsal.br) on 2017-01-14T16:29:40Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_versão_fina l 12.02.13.pdf: 768027 bytes, checksum: ac3cdf33f7db9f262a64dadff8c73a25 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-14T16:29:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_versão_fina l 12.02.13.pdf: 768027 bytes, checksum: ac3cdf33f7db9f262a64dadff8c73a25 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-12-12 / O Acidente Vascular Encefálico (AVE) é um distúrbio neurológico que acomete várias regiões do encéfalo e, a depender do tamanho e extensão da lesão, poderá trazer danos temporários ou irreversíveis. Tem como seu principal acometimento a hemiplegia. Essa desordem traz para a vida do indivíduo uma verdadeira transformação no seu cotidiano, desde questões relacionadas ao seu ambiente doméstico, como também relacionadas às condições socioeconômicas. Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar as transformações geradas no cotidiano familiar das cuidadoras informais de pacientes com sequela de AVE sob o ponto de vista da mulher e discutir o conjunto de rupturas que alcançam seu cotidiano familiar e sua interface com a sociedade e o Estado. O instrumento de investigação foi um roteiro semiestruturado de entrevista, contendo 44 questões referidas aos dados gerais (8), socioeconômicos (15), cuidado, informações em saúde e família (21). A pesquisa foi aprovada pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa e está de acordo com os critérios da ética em pesquisa com seres humanos, com assinatura do termo de consentimento livre e esclarecido e garantia do sigilo das informações. As entrevistas foram analisadas de acordo com o modelo proposto por Minayo (2010). O estudo foi realizado no Instituto Baiano de Reabilitação com 15 mulheres selecionadas de acordo com os seguintes critérios: 1) ter vínculo de conjugalidade ou parentalidade com os indivíduos acometidos; 2) ser principal cuidadora de paciente com ao menos um episódio de AVE; 3) e que ainda estivesse em tratamento. Os resultados acerca do perfil das participantes apontam: mulheres predominantemente casadas (n=11), de meia idade (n= 47 anos), de cor preta (n=7), com escolaridade baixa (n=7). Eram em sua maioria filhas (n=6), esposas (n=6), mães (n=2) ou neta (n=1). Possuem escolaridade baixa (n=9) e renda familiar de até três salários mínimos. Com relação aos aspectos clínicos do paciente, o AVE mais prevalente foi o isquêmico (n= 7). Verificou-se ainda que três (20%) já haviam tido um episódio anteriormente, mas sem sequela. O quadro de saúde do paciente tende a deixar a cuidadora familiar principal em condição de vulnerabilidade às doenças físicas e psicológicas, como estresse e ansiedade. As transformações do cotidiano desdobram-se em problemáticas relativas aos níveis da subjetividade, família, sociedade, sistema de saúde e político (direitos humanos). Isso evidencia o forte impacto do evento disruptivo sobre a vida familiar com custos para a sociedade e demandas para o sistema de saúde e previdência social. Os resultados, discutidos com base na literatura especializada, apontam para a necessidade de maiores informações em termos de saúde, orientações do cuidado e do autocuidado. / Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is a neurological disorder that afflicts several regions of the encephalon and, depending on the size and extent of the lesion, may bring temporary or irreversible damage. Its main effect is hemiplegia. This disorder can bring a remarkable transformation in one’s daily life, ranging from issues related to their home environment to socioeconomic ones. This research aims to analyze the transformations generated in the everyday family lives of informal caregivers who take care of patients with CVA sequel, from the point of view of women, and discuss the ruptures that extend to their everyday family lives and their interface with society and the State. The research instrument was a semi-structured interview script, containing 44 issues referring to general data (8), socioeconomic (15), care, information on health and family (21). The research has been approved by the REC, Research ethics committee and conforms to the criteria of ethics in research with human beings, with signed informed consents and ensured confidentiality of information. The interviews were analyzed according to the model proposed by Minayo (2010). The study was conducted at the Instituto Baiano de Reabilitação with 15 women selected according to the following criteria: 1) having a conjugal or parental relationship with the patients, 2) being the main caregiver of a patient who had had at least one episode of CVA and 3) was still undergoing treatment. The results concerning the participants’ profile point out: women predominantly married (n=11), middle-aged (47 years), black (n=7), with low education (n=7). They are mostly daughters (n=6), wives (n=6), mothers (n=2) or granddaughter (n=1). They have low schooling (n=9) and household income of up to three minimum wages. With respect to the patients’ clinical aspects, the most prevalent CVA was the ischemic one (n=7). It was also found that three patients (20%) had already had an episode earlier, but without sequela. The patient's health tends to bring to the main family caregiver a condition of vulnerability to physical and psychological illnesses, such as stress and anxiety. The daily life transformations unfold on problems relating to subjectivity, family, society, health and political system (human rights). This shows the strong impact of the disruptive event on family life with costs to society and to the health and social security systems. The results, discussed based on specialized literature, pointed out the need for more information in terms of health, care and self-care guidelines.

abstract: Highway safety is a major priority for the public and for transportation agencies. Pavement distresses directly affect ride quality, and indirectly contribute to driver distraction, vehicle operation, and accidents. In this study, analysis was performed on highways in the states of Arizona, North Carolina and Maryland for years between 2013 and 2015 in order to investigate the relationship between accident rate and pavement roughness and rutting. Two main types of data were collected: crash data from the accident records and roughness and rut depth data from the pavement management system database in each state. Crash rates were calculated using the U.S. Department of Transportation method, which is the number of accidents per vehicle per mile per year multiplied by 100,000,000. The variations of crash rate with both International Roughness Index (IRI) and rut depth were investigated. Linear regression analysis was performed to study the correlation between parameters. The analysis showed positive correlations between road roughness and rut depth in all cases irrespective of crash severity level. The crash rate data points were high for IRI values above 250-300 inches/mile in several cases. Crash road segments represent 37-48 percent of the total length of the network using 1-mile segments. Roughness and rut depth values for crash and non-crash segments were close to each other, suggesting that roughness and rutting are not the only factors affecting number of crashes but possibly in combination with other factors such as traffic volume, human factors, etc. In summary, it can be concluded that both roughness and rut depth affect crash rate and highway maintenance authorities should maintain good pavement condition in order to reduce crash occurrences. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Civil and Environmental Engineering 2017

Trata-se de estudo descritivo, com o objetivo de analisar a aplicabilidade de intervenções da NIC, para situações de Risco de Quedas em pacientes hospitalizados por meio do mapeamento cruzado. Participaram do estudo 10 enfermeiros que atuam na Clínica Médica de um Hospital Geral Regional de segundo porte na cidade de Querétaro, Qro., México. O estudo foi realizado em três etapas; na primeira, foram descritas pelos enfermeiros quais atividades eram realizadas para os pacientes com risco de quedas. Na segunda etapa, foi realizado o mapeamento cruzado das atividades e das intervenções da NIC para o diagnóstico Risco de quedas pela pesquisadora. Na terceira etapa, foi realizado o refinamento do mapeamento comparativo por enfermeiros expertos e a NIC com as Intervenções identificadas pela pesquisadora. Quanto aos resultados, dos 10 enfermeiros nove eram sexo feminino, com idade entre 31 e 40 anos e com experiência no trabalho com média de sete anos e meio. Foram citadas 173 atividades para Risco de quedas pelos enfermeiros que participaram no estudo. Já no mapeamento cruzado, foram listadas 14 intervenções e 70 atividades das quais seis intervenções estavam no Domínio Segurança com 40 atividades, quatro intervenções no Domínio Fisiológico Básico com 20 atividades e duas intervenções no Domínio Fisiológico Complexo com 10 atividades. Além das atividades propostas na ligação NANDA/NIC foram mapeadas duas intervenções não propostas nessa ligação, mas citadas na NIC - Contenção Física e Identificação do Risco - nomeadas pelos enfermeiros como realizadas junto aos pacientes com Risco de quedas. As intervenções que tiveram o maior numero de atividades mapeadas foram principalmente às relacionadas com o Domínio de Segurança. Estas intervenções mapeadas mostram o atuar dos enfermeiros e sua contribuição na prevenção de quedas. Os achados do estudo poderão ser empregados para desenvolver programas, políticas e estratégias que contribuam para segurança do paciente, por meio do das taxonomias, no contexto da enfermagem mexicana. / This is a descriptive study which main objective is to analyze the feasibility of NIC interventions on falling risk situations among hospitalized patients through cross mapping method. During this study, ten Intern Medicine Service nurses from a second level hospital in Queretaro City, Mexico participated. The study was designed into three stages. At first stage, there were described the activities made by nurses with falling risk patients. At second stage, there was made a cross mapping from NIC\'s activities and interventions for the falls risk diagnosis of the researcher. At third stage, a comparative fine tuning mapping was made among expert nurses and the NIC compared with the identified interventions from the researcher. The results of the research were as follows: From ten nurses, nine were 31 to 40 year old female with an average working experience of seven years and a half. There were mentioned 173 falls risk activities by nurses who attended the study. There were listed 14 interventions and 70 activities on the cross mapping from which six interventions were on the Security Dominion with 40 activities, six interventions were on the Basic Physiological Dominion with 20 activities and two interventions were on the Complex Physiological Dominion with 10 activities. On the NANDA/INC interrelations activities were mapped two non-proposed interventions in the Restraint Physical and Risk Identification mentioned by nurses during their attendance with falling risk patients. The higher number of mapped intervention activities were of the Security Dominion. This mapped interventions show the contribution of nurses toward falls prevention. Current results of this study may contribute to the creation of prevention programs, politics and strategies which enhance patient\'s security through taxonomy\'s usage within the Mexican nursing context.

One of the ways a man has to provide his own subsistence is through work. In the context of the rural area, the Brazilian Law regulated the activity of the agriculture worker by the Law nº 5889, of June 8th, 1973 and by the Decree nº 73626 of February 12th, 1974. Later on, in 1988, in the Federal Constitution, the 7th article equates the rural worker to the urban one in terms of rights. The place where the worker exercises his job may present risks to his physical and psychological integrity. Moreover, the risky attitudes he performs can cause accidents. The accidents at work are directly connected to the activities developed by the human being in order to survive. Since the Stone Age, out of survival, the human beings have created tools in order to make their activities easier. The risks of accident grew significantly after the Industrial Revolution, in the XVIII century. Recently, the exposure of the workers to risks has increased, and so have the number of accident-type; accident-path and diseases related to the working activity. As a consequence of this increase in the number of accidents, the improvement in the access to justice and the worker s awareness, several judicial demands appeared aiming at the repayment of the material, moral or aesthetical damages caused. Thus, this study aims at identifying the main occupational accidents and diseases resulting from work in the rural environment and analyzed the Labor Judicial impacts (Working Claims or Indemnity Claims) and the criteria adopted by the First Instance judges and comparing them to the decisions of the Regional Labor Courts, in the grounding given to the decisions and on the values or indemnities established for material damage (emerging damage and loss of profit), moral damage and aesthetical damage. In order to obtain the data required, we conducted researches in the Labor Departments and in the Regional Labor Courts in eight Brazilian states chosen for being more agriculture oriented. It was concluded that there is a set of criteria for the grounding of material damage. For moral and aesthetical damage the grounding is similar; however, there is divergence in the arbitration of quantum. / Uma das formas do homem prover a sua subsistência é o trabalho. No âmbito rural o direito brasileiro regulou a atividade do trabalhador, inicialmente pela Lei nº 5.889, de 8 de junho de 1973, e pelo Decreto nº 73.626, de 12 de fevereiro de 1974. Mais tarde, em 1988, a Constituição Federal, no seu art. 7º equipara em direitos o trabalhador rural ao urbano. O meio onde o trabalhador exerce suas atividades pode apresentar riscos à sua integridade física e psicológica. Também as atitudes de risco provocadas por ele próprio podem gerar riscos. Os acidentes de trabalho estão diretamente ligados às atividades desenvolvidas pelos seres humanos para sobreviver. Desde a Idade da Pedra, pela necessidade de sobrevivência, os seres humanos passaram a criar ferramentas para facilitar suas atividades. Os riscos de acidentes cresceram a partir da Revolução Industrial, no século XVIII. Nos últimos anos a exposição dos trabalhadores aos riscos aumentou, assim como o número de acidentes-tipo, de acidentes-trajeto e as doenças do trabalho. Em consequência deste incremento nos acidentes, melhoria do acesso à justiça e a conscientização do trabalhador surgiram demandas judiciais visando ao ressarcimento para o dano material, dano moral e dano estético. Sendo assim, o presente estudo tem como objetivo identificar os principais acidentes e as doenças ocupacionais decorrentes do trabalho no meio ambiente rural e analisar os impactos judiciais trabalhistas (Reclamatórias Trabalhistas ou Ações Indenizatórias) e os critérios adotados pelos juízes de Primeiro Grau, comparando-os com as decisões dos Tribunais Regionais do Trabalho, na fundamentação das decisões e na fixação dos valores das indenizações por dano material (dano emergente e lucro cessante), dano moral e dano estético. Para a obtenção dos dados foram realizadas pesquisas nas jurisprudências das Varas de Trabalho e nos Tribunais Regionais do Trabalho em oito estados brasileiros, escolhidos pela vocação para a agricultura. Constatou-se, que existe certa unidade de critério para a fundamentação do dano material. Para o dano moral e para o dano estético, a fundamentação é semelhante, porém, com divergência no arbitramento do quantum.