Indicator 8.8.1 Fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 workers, by sex and migrant status

Indicator 8.8.1: Fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 workers, by sex and migrant status

Target 8.8: Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment

International Labour Organisation (ILO)

Definition:

This indicator provides information on the number of fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 workers in the reference group during the reference period. It is a measure of the personal likelihood or risk of having a fatal or a non-fatal occupational injury for each worker in the reference group.

The number of occupational injuries expressed per a given number of workers in the reference group is also known as the incidence rate of occupational injuries.

Concepts:

Definitions of the main concepts presented below are derived from the Resolution concerning statistics of occupational injuries (resulting from occupational accidents), adopted by the 16th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) in 1998

(https://www.ilo.org/global/statistics-and-databases/standards-and-guidelines/resolutions-adopted-by-international-conferences-of-labour-statisticians/WCMS_087528/lang--en/index.htm).

Occupational accident: an unexpected and unplanned occurrence, including acts of violence, arising out of or in connection with work which results in one or more workers incurring a personal injury, disease or death. Occupational accidents are to be considered travel, transport or road traffic accidents in which workers are injured and which arise out of or in the course of work; that is, while engaged in an economic activity, or at work, or carrying out the business of the employer.

Occupational injury: any personal injury, disease or death resulting from an occupational accident. An occupational injury is different from an occupational disease, which comes as a result of an exposure over a period of time to risk factors linked to the work activity. Diseases are included only in cases where the disease arose as a direct result of an accident. An occupational injury can be fatal or non-fatal (and non-fatal injuries could entail the loss of workdays).

Fatal occupational injury: an occupational injury leading to death within one year of the day of the occupational accident.

Case of occupational injury: the case of one worker incurring one or more occupational injuries as a result of one occupational accident.

Workers in the reference group: workers in the reference group refer to the average number of workers in the particular group under consideration and who are covered by the source of the statistics on occupational injuries (for example, those of a specific sex or in a specific economic activity, occupation, region, age group, or any combination of these, or those covered by a particular insurance scheme, accident notification systems, or household or establishment survey).

Ratio of cases per 100,000 workers

The recommended data sources are different types of administrative records, such as records of national systems for the notification of occupational injuries (labour inspection records and annual reports; insurance and compensation records, death registers), supplemented by household surveys (especially in order to cover informal sector enterprises and the self-employed) and/or establishment surveys.

The metadata should clearly specify (i) whether the statistics relate to cases of occupational injury which have been reported (to an accident notification system or to an accident compensation scheme), compensated (by an accident insurance scheme) or identified in some other way (for example through a survey of households or establishments) and (ii) whether cases of occupational disease and cases of injury due to commuting accidents are excluded from the statistics, as recommended.

Labour ministries, labour inspection, national insurance, and/or national statistical offices

There may be problems of underreporting of occupational injuries, and proper systems should be put in place to ensure the best reporting and data quality. Underreporting is thought to be present in countries at all levels of development but may be particularly problematic in some developing countries. Data users should be aware of this issue when analysing the data. Double counting of cases of occupational injury may also happen in cases where data from several registries (records kept by different agencies, for example) are consolidated to have more comprehensive statistics.

Because data quality issues may be present, it may be more relevant to analyse indicator trends rather than levels. When measured over a period of time, the data can reveal progress or deterioration in occupational safety and health, and thus point to the effectiveness of prevention measures. This indicator is volatile and strong annual fluctuations may occur due to unexpected but significant accidents or national calamities. The underlying trend should therefore be analysed.

The incidence rates of fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries will be calculated separately, since statistics on fatal injuries tend to come from a different source than those on non-fatal injuries, which would make their sum into total occupational accidents inaccurate.

The fatal occupational injury incidence rate is expressed per 100,000 workers in the reference group, and thus, is calculated as follows:

$\mathrm{F}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{t}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{l}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{o}\mathrm{c}\mathrm{c}\mathrm{u}\mathrm{p}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{t}\mathrm{i}\mathrm{o}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{l}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{i}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{j}\mathrm{u}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{y}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{i}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{c}\mathrm{i}\mathrm{d}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{c}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{r}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{t}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{\ }=\mathrm{\ }\frac{\mathrm{N}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{w}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{c}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{s}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{s}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{o}\mathrm{f}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{f}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{t}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{l}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{i}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{j}\mathrm{u}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{y}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{d}\mathrm{u}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{i}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{g}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{t}\mathrm{h}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{r}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{f}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{c}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{y}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{r}}{\mathrm{W}\mathrm{o}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{k}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{s}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{i}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{t}\mathrm{h}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{r}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{f}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{c}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{g}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{o}\mathrm{u}\mathrm{p}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{d}\mathrm{u}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{i}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{g}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{t}\mathrm{h}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{r}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{f}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{c}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{y}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{r}}\mathrm{\ }\times 100,000$

Similarly, the non-fatal occupational injury incidence rate is calculated as follows:

$\mathrm{N}\mathrm{o}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{f}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{t}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{l}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{o}\mathrm{c}\mathrm{c}\mathrm{u}\mathrm{p}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{t}\mathrm{i}\mathrm{o}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{l}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{i}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{j}\mathrm{u}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{y}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{i}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{c}\mathrm{i}\mathrm{d}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{c}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{r}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{t}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{\ }=\mathrm{\ }\frac{\mathrm{N}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{w}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{c}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{s}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{s}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{o}\mathrm{f}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{n}\mathrm{o}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{f}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{t}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{l}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{i}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{j}\mathrm{u}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{y}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{d}\mathrm{u}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{i}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{g}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{t}\mathrm{h}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{r}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{f}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{c}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{y}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{r}}{\mathrm{W}\mathrm{o}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{k}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{s}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{i}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{t}\mathrm{h}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{r}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{f}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{c}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{g}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{o}\mathrm{u}\mathrm{p}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{d}\mathrm{u}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{i}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{g}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{t}\mathrm{h}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{r}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{f}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{c}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{\ }\mathrm{y}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{r}}\mathrm{\ }\times 100,000$

In calculating the average number of workers, the number of part-time workers should be converted to full-time equivalents. For the calculation of rates, the numerator and the denominator should have the same coverage. For example, if self-employed persons are not covered by the source of statistics on fatal occupational injuries, they should also be taken out of the denominator.

2024-08-02

International Labour Organisation (ILO)

1.3.1, 8.8.2