European comparisons - Tables

Note that all 2006 figures are provisional and may be subject to change.

• Table 1: Fatal accidents at work in Europe by member state, 2006
• Table 2: Over 3 day accidents at work in Europe by member state, 2006
• Table 3: Rates of fatal and of over-3-day injury (a) in Europe per 100,000 workers or employees, 2006
• Table 4: Industry Sectors for the EU average and Great Britain 2006. Rates of fatal and over 3 day injury per 100 000 workers
• Table 5: Rates of fatal injury in Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and EU average 2002 - 2006
• Table 6: Rates of over 3 day injury in Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and EU average 2002 - 2006

Table 1: Fatal accidents at work in Europe by member state, 2006

Member State	Fatal Accidents at Work (a)
	Total excluding RTTA (b)		Fatal RTTA (b)		Total including RTTA (b)
	Number	Standardised Incidence Rate (c)	Number	% of total deaths	Number
Austria	129	4.2	40	24%	169
Belgium	50	2.6	27	35%	77
Denmark	43	2.7	6	12%	49
Finland	25	1.5	18	42%	43
France	395	3.4	82	17%	477
Germany	430	2.1	282	40%	712
Great Britain (c)	169	1.3	Not available	Not available	169
Greece	58	3.8	5	8%	63
Ireland (c)	35	2.2	Not available	Not available	35
Italy	455	2.9	441	49%	896
Luxembourg	4	1.7	8	67%	12
Netherlands (d)	56	1.7	30	Not calculated	86
Portugal	191	5.2	33	15%	224
Spain	393	3.5	218	36%	611
Sweden	35	1.5	23	40%	58
European Union	2 469	2.5	1246	34%	3715

Notes

1. RTTAs (road traffic and transport accidents) at work are defined as accidents in the transport branch and traffic accidents or accidents on all means of transport at work in all other branches of economic activity.
2. The profile of employment by industrial sector will vary between member states and will impact therefore on the comparison between member states. The standardised incidence rate of fatal injury for each member state is calculated on the basis of sectoral rates in the member state applying to the profile of employment at EU level. In effect, the rates for member states are standardised to the same basis of employment by industry - the EU profile.
3. Data on road traffic and transport accidents are not available for Great Britain and Ireland, except for accidents in the transport branch other than traffic and means of transport (NACE I).
4. Partial data are quoted for fatal RTTAs in the Netherlands.

Table 2: Over 3 day accidents at work in Europe by member state, 2006

Notes

1. The total number of accidents is uprated from the number declared for some countries, using knowledge of likely reporting rates in each country. For data from Great Britain, the reporting rate is estimated at 46%.
2. The profile of employment by industrial sector will vary between member states and will impact therefore on the comparison between member states. The rate of injury for each member state is calculated on the basis of sectoral rates in the member state applying to the profile of employment at EU level. In effect, the rates for member states are standardised to the same basis of employment by industry - the EU profile.
3. Austria: declarations/reporting complete excluding agriculture and public administration.
4. Italy: declarations/reporting complete excluding self-employed crafts people.
5. The Netherlands has changed its system of reporting, based on an accident module in the Labour Force Survey. This new system is not comparable with other member states.

Table 3: Rates of fatal and of over-3-day injury (a) in Europe per 100,000 workers or employees, 2006

Country	Rate of fatal injury	Rate of over-3-day injury	Employed people covered
Great Britain (b)	1.3	1 135	workers
Greece	3.8	1 611	employees
Netherlands (b)	1.7	2 831	employees
Sweden	1.5	1 088	workers
Germany	2.1	3 276	workers
Finland	1.5	3 008	employees
France	3.4	4 022	employees
Denmark (b)	2.7	2 689	workers
EU average	2.5	3 013
Italy	2.9	2 812	workers
Belgium	2.6	3 077	employees
Luxembourg	1.7	3 685	workers
Ireland (b)	2.2	1 289	workers
Spain	3.5	5 533	employees
Austria	4.2	2 394	employees
Portugal	5.2	4 183	employees

Notes

1. Eurostat excludes commuting accidents. Eurostat excluded transport industry accidents and road traffic accidents from rates of fatal injury but included them in rates of non-fatal over 3 day injury where the effect of their inclusion is relatively small. All rates of injury are based on nine branches of industry: agriculture (including hunting and forestry), manufacturing, utilities, construction, retail and wholesale distribution, hotels and restaurants, transport, financial services and real estate activities.Deaths are "immediate" and exclude those that occur up to a year later.
2. The over-3-day injury rate in these four member states are derived from the Labour Force Survey. Injury rates in other member states are based on claims made through insurance and/or other social security systems.

Table 4: Industry Sectors for the EU average and Great Britain 2006. Rates of fatal and over 3 day injury per 100 000 workers

Industry (section in SIC 92)	EU average		Great Britain (2006/07)
	Fatal	Over-3-day	Fatal	Non-fatal injury #
Agriculture (A)	8.9	3 879	8.6	2240 (1580, 2910)
Construction (F)	9.5	5 974	3.8	1550 (1320, 1780)
Transport, storage & communication (I)	7.7	3 674	1.1	1350 (1120, 1580)
Electricity, Gas and Water (E)	4.2	1 577	Not available	Not available
Manufacturing (D)	2.6	3 463	1.2	1060 (910, 1200)
Wholesale and retail trade, and repairs (G)	1.5	2 096	0.1	1040 (900, 1180)
Financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities (J&K)	1.2	1 464	0.1	310 (240, 380)
Hotels & restaurants (H)	0.9	2 909	0.2	920 (670, 1170)

Notes

Eurostat included transport industry accidents and road traffic accidents in its rates of fatal injury in industry sectors, leading to an EU average rate of 8.3. This will affect the comparison between the EU and Great Britain for the transport category.

The coverage of accident notification in the transport industry varies slightly between member states. As a result, Eurostat’s rates of injury in transport and storage excludes: rail transport in France, Italy and Great Britain; sea transport in Denmark, Greece, France and Great Britain; and air transport in Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands and Great Britain.

# Labour Force Survey (LFS) rate of non-fatal injury, per 100 000 employees: a three-year average e.g. 2004/05 - 2006/07 (centred on 2005/06). More details about the data sources are given on HSE’s website.

95% confidence intervals are given in brackets. They represent the range of uncertainty resulting from the estimate being derived from a sample of people, not from the entire population. They are calculated in such a way that the range has a 95% chance of including the true value in the absence of bias i.e. the value that would have been obtained if the entire population had been surveyed.

Some over 3 day injury rates in Great Britain are not available as the LFS results produce very small estimates and are therefore not reliable for publication.

Table 5: Rates of fatal injury in Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and EU average 2002 - 2006

Year	Great Britain	Germany	France	Italy	Spain	EU average
2002	1.4	2.5	2.6	2.1	4.3	2.5
2003	1.1	2.3	2.8	2.8	3.7	2.5
2004	1.4	2.2	2.7	2.5	3.2	2.4
2005	1.4	1.8	2.0	2.6	3.5	2.3
2006	1.3	2.1	3.4	2.9	3.5	2.5

Notes

Rates of fatal injury are expressed per 100 000 employees in France, workers in Britain, workers in Italy, and insured workers in Germany.

Table 6: Rates of over 3 day injury in Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and EU average 2002 - 2006

Year	Great Britain	Germany	France	Italy	Spain	EU average
2002	1632	4082	4887	3387	6728	3528
2003	1614	3674	4689	3267	6520	3328
2004	1336	3618	4434	3098	6054	3172
2005	1271	3233	4448	2900	5715	3097
2006	1135	3276	4022	2812	5533	3014

Notes

Work related road traffic accidents are excluded from rates of non-fatal injury for Great Britain but are included for the other member states.