European comparisons

Statistics of workplace fatalities and injuries across the European Union

The statistics presented here are taken from the website of Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Communities, situated in Luxembourg. Eurostat’s mission is to provide the European Union with a high-quality statistical service and it is working on a programme to give consistency to workplace injury statistics in the EU.

Progress so far means that, based on common definitions, Eurostat has published standardised statistics for fatal injuries and injuries leading to more than 3 days absence. The latest statistics cover the year 2006 and are contained within these pages. Note that the 2006 figures are currently provisional and may be subject to change.