Journal
SAFETY SCIENCE
Volume 44, Issue 2, Pages 137-156Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2005.08.017
Keywords
occupational accidents; global estimates
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Information of occupational accidents is not standardized worldwide. Especially, developing countries do not have reliable information oil their occupational accidents due to lack of proper recording and notification systems. The number of accidents is under-reported but figures are still used its a baseline for occupational safety work. In this paper global estimates of occupational accidents are presented for 175 countries. These estimates are based oil figures from selected Countries ill eight different regions. Global estimates help to compare different countries and regions to each other to detect improvements in safety and safety work. In 1998 the average estimated number of fatal occupational accidents was 350000 and there were 264 million non-Fatal accidents. Global estimates are needed to guide national policies and decision-making. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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