Brazil's 2025 Workplace Injuries Hit 10-Year High, Official Study Finds

Overview

• The MTE/SIT study, released Tuesday, reports 806,011 workplace accidents and 3,644 deaths in 2025, the highest since the series began in 2016.
• Across 2016–2025, Brazil logged 6.4 million accidents and 27,486 deaths, with more than 106 million days off work and about 249 million days lost to permanent harm or death.
• After a dip in 2020 during the COVID-19 slump, cases rose each year through 2025, while the accident rate per worker fell as formal jobs expanded.
• Health care sees the most injuries, road freight is the deadliest sector, and nursing technicians are most often hurt while truck drivers account for 4,249 deaths over the decade.
• Risk is uneven across states, with the South and Southeast holding most cases, Mato Grosso showing about 1 death per 100 accidents, and Amazonas and Piauí reporting 71,805 and 27,098 cases respectively since 2016.