Non-fatal accidents at work down by 15% in 1st Quarter
- Accidents at work statistics for 2nd quarter
- Non-fatal accidents at work decrease by 12.6%
- Accidents at work decrease by 12 per cent
- Non-fatal accidents at work decrease by 17.5%
- Work-related accidents lower but fatalities rise in 4th quarter
- Non-fatal accidents at work down by 29.1% in 2nd quarter
- Non-fatal accidents at work decrease by 16.9%
- New figures for accidents at work show a decrease on last year
- Non-fatal accidents at work down 3.8% at end of 2009
- Traffic accident statistics July-September 2008
- Traffic accidents increase during July to September 2007
- Traffic accidents rise in Gozo, fall in Malta
- Traffic accident statistics for April – June 2008
- Five traffic fatalities in second quarter of 2009
- Total number of traffic accidents in 2009 reached 14,877
In the first quarter claims with regard to non-fatal accidents at work decreased by 15.0 per cent when compared to the same quarter last year. There were two fatal accidents at work during the period under review.
Non-Fatal Accidents
This news release looks into the claims of accidents at work that were reported to the Department of Social Security (DSS) between January to March 2009. The data include all cases for which an injury benefit claim has been submitted to the DSS, irrespective of the number of days lost. These administrative records indicate that 789 persons had an accident in the course of their work in the period under review. Accordingly, the number of accidents in the first quarter this year decreased by 139 (-15.0 per cent) over the same period last year.
Many of these accidents at work occurred in the following sectors: manufacturing (25.0 per cent); construction (15.2 per cent); and transport, storage, and communications (10.4 per cent).
The occupational categories that are mostly affected by accidents are the elementary and trades occupations. In this way, the given statistics indicate that 424 cases (53.7 per cent) concerned people in elementary occupations, while 121 cases (15.3 per cent) affected people in craft/trades work.
In the period under review, 45.1 per cent of the accidents at work occurred to persons who were under 35 years of age. As a result, the data in hand indicate that 356 of these accidents occurred to this age cohort.
People at work are mostly affected by injuries in the upper extremities of their body. Accordingly, 42.8 per cent of accidents at work concerned the upper extremities of the body, including hands and fingers. Wounds and superficial injuries are the most common types of injuries. In this respect, wounds and superficial injuries featured in 323 (40.9 per cent) of these mishaps.
Fatal Accidents
The Occupational Health and Safety Authority (OHSA) reported that between January and March 2009 there were two fatalities at work. During the same period last year there were also two fatalities at work.
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