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Work-related mortality accounted for 5% of the global total deaths (based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015). The biggest share of work-related mortality came from work-related diseases which accounted for 2.4 million (86.3%) of the total estimated deaths. Fatal accidents accounted for the remaining 13.7%.
This interactive map presents international work-related fatal injury rates and counts collected by the International Labour Organization (ILO), a United Nations agency. Use the filters at the top of the map to explore fatality trends by year and economic activity.
Fatalities due to contact with objects and equipment increased 4.7 percent from 705 fatalities in 2021 to 738 in 2022. This is the highest count for this event category since 2018. Machinery was the source of 199 fatalities within this category.
17 wrz 2021 · Globally, work-related deaths per population fell by 14 per cent between 2000 and 2016. This may reflect improvements in workplace health and safety, the report says. However, deaths from heart disease and stroke associated with exposure to long working hours rose by 41 and 19 per cent respectively.
28 lis 2024 · Fatal accidents. Turning to fatal accidents at work, the highest share in 2021 across the EU took place in public areas (24.9 %), followed by industrial sites (20.2 %), construction sites, opencast quarries or mines (16.5 %) and farming, fish farming and forest zones (9.0 %).
19 lis 2024 · In 2021, there were 2.88 million non-fatal accidents that resulted in at least four calendar days of absence from work and 3 347 fatal accidents in the EU (see Table 1), a ratio of approximately 860 non-fatal accidents for every fatal accident.
The List of countries by rate of fatal workplace accidents sorts countries by the rate of workplace fatalities per 100,000 workers. Data is provided by the International Labour Organization (ILO). According to estimates, around 2.3 million people die yearly from work-related accidents or diseases every year. [1]
