In 2023, there were 3 298 fatal accidents and 2.82 million non-fatal accidents at work in the EU.
The highest share of fatal work accidents in the EU was registered in public areas (25.0%; 825 fatal accidents), followed by industrial sites (19.8%; 654), construction sites, opencast quarries or mines (16.9%; 556) and farming, fish farming and forest zones (10.6%; 349).
Data show that 58.5% of all fatal accidents in the transportation and storage sector and 36.3% in distributive trades happened in public areas. On the other hand, in manufacturing, 50.9% of all accidents in the sector took place at industrial sites, 64.6% of those in agriculture were in farming, breeding, fish farming, forest zones and 51.6% of accidents in construction were in construction sites.
Source dataset: hsw_ph3_02
When it comes to non-fatal work accidents in the EU, in 2023, the highest share occurred at industrial sites (32.0%), followed by tertiary sites (17.8%), such as offices. Close to a tenth of all non-fatal accidents at work were in public areas and construction sites, opencast quarries or mines (each 10.2%), while 6.4% were in health establishments, 4.8% in farming, fish farming and forest zones and only 2.9% were at home.
As expected, non-fatal work accidents in certain activities were more prevalent in specific working environments, for example, accidents in manufacturing happened more often in industrial sites (79.3% of the total for this activity); in the construction sector, accidents were more frequent in construction sites, opencast quarries or mines (60.2%); and accidents in agriculture, forestry and fishing were more frequent in farming, fish farming or forest zones (72.3%).
Source dataset: hsw_ph3_02