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In 2021 wage and salary earners' accidents at work 38,1 percent occurred when the person was moving

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release | Occupational accident statistics 2021

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New database tables published in the occupational accident statistics.
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According 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.

Key selections

  • 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 published in the occupational accident statistics.
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New database tables
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  • Sex
  • Specific Physical Activity
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  • Contact-Mode of injury
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  • Sex
  • Type of injury
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  • Sex
  • Part of body injured
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  • Deviation
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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: 22.12.2024].
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