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New database tables published in the occupational accident statistics.
Read more about the changeOccupational accident statistics 2021
In 2021 wage and salary earners' accidents at work 38,1 percent occurred when the person was moving
releaseAccording to Statistics Finland in 2021, nearly four out of ten accidents leading to disability of over four days occurred when the person was moving during a specific physical activity. More than four out of ten (41.5%) of all accidents at work leading to disability of over four days involve the upper extremities and nearly every third (30.9%) accident involves injury to the lower extremities.
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- Among women good one-third (36.6%) of accidents at work and among men every third (33.9%) accident at work were consequences of stumbling, jumping, slipping or falling in 2021.
- Three in ten (32.1%) of the victims of accidents at work were injured as a consequence of horizontal or vertical impact with or against a stationary object in 2021.
- In more than four out of ten accidents at work (45.1%) the injury was a dislocation, sprain or strain of a limb in 2021.
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New database tables
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Referencing instructions
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Occupational accident statistics [online publication].
Reference period: 2021. ISSN=1797-9544. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 28.4.2026].
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