This article aims to present a research developed to better understand what approach is adopted by the production systems installed in the State of Bahia, Brazil to analyze work accidents. Knowledge of this approach allows us to understand the production system improved in the past years regards accident analysis and to understand these analyzes contribute to its main goal: effective and lasting prevention. The authors analyzed 85 reports of 46 production systems to identify the approach used in accident analyzes. It appears that the surveyed production systems did not change regarding accident analysis, they are still stuck with an approach that emphasizes the analysis focused on individual actions. The authors criticize the approach, discussing the need for measures to change the safety management in order to provide the necessary and appropriate elements to prevent this undesirable phenomenon, still a serious public health problem in Brazil.
Prevention; Work accident; Management; Production system