Abstract

CUAUHTEMOC HARO-GARCIA, Luis; JUAREZ-PEREZ, Cuauhtémoc Arturo; SANCHEZ-ROMAN, FranciscoRaúl  and  AGUILAR-MADRID, Guadalupe. Overview of the underreporting of accidents and occupational diseases in Mexico. Revista médica Risaralda [online]. 2014, vol.20, n.1, pp.47-49. ISSN 0122-0667.

Worldwide, the underreporting-at least of occupational accidents-has been determined from 33 to 69%. In Mexico, the instances responsible for the evaluation of these circumstances indicate that is about 8%, however, from various contributions made within the system of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), which only serves approximately 40% of the working population of the country, figures have been identified between 26 and 78% in the period 1994-2004, without taking into account the occupational diseases. Under this perspective, may proceed broaden the vision and certainty in the attention of this problem based on the analysis of its causes and origins, and finally to outline possible proposals for its containment or eventual elimination, with the participation of the institutions responsible for accurate registration and medical care, instances that emit norms about the issue, the employers, and certainly, the workers themselves, their unions and the organized groups that represent them.

Keywords : Underreporting; occupational accidents; occupational diseases; Mexico.

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