Reinserción laboral en trabajadores con incapacidad permanente parcial por lesiones de mano

BACKGROUND: Hand injuries resulting from accidents at work are one of the main causes of disability in workers. Every worker ruled with Partial Permanent Disability must legally be reinstated to the same workplace. OBJECTIVE: To know the prevalence of reintegration and causes of non-reintegration into workers with Partial Permanent Disability due to hand injuries. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A descriptive, observational, and retrospective study, which included 100% of the opinions of Partial Permanent Disability due to hand injuries, generated from 2012 to 2016 at UMF 61 of Veracruz. RESULTS: 143 cases were analyzed, 127 (88.8%) were men and 16 (11.2%) women, with a mean age of 37.3 ± 11.6 years. Labor reintegration in the same company occurred in 60 (42%) of the cases, 50 (35%) were reinstated in another company and 33 (23.1%) were not reinstated to work. Regarding work termination: 51 (35.7%) workers were laid off after their ruling, 13 (9.1%) resigned, 12 (8.4%) terminated their contract, and 7 (4.9%) were retired. Currently 72 (50.3%) workers continue to perform physical work and 18 (12.6%) did not return to work. CONCLUSIONS: Labor reintegration occurred in less than half of the cases ruled. The main cause of the non-reintegration was the unjustified dismissal by the company where the accident occurred. Not reintegrating into the same workplace has: legal, economic, medical and social implications to the worker.