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An average fatality rate is computed by dividing the sum of the fatalities across the years by the sum of the annual employment figures for the given occupation over the given time period, and multiplying by 100,000. In the U.S. the Bureau of Labor Statistics makes available extensive statistics on workplace accidents and injuries. [6]
Countries by fatal workplace accidents per 100,000 workers [2] Rank Country Total Men Women Year 1 India 116.8 2007 2 Pakistan 44.2 2002 3 Cuba 25 2010 4 Dominican Republic 17.9 2008 5 Algeria 17.6 2004 6 Togo 16.3 2004 7 Burundi 13.8 2021 8 Jordan 13.2 2006 9 Egypt 10.7 2015 10 Costa Rica 9.7 2016 11 Philippines 9.6 2017 12
The paper estimates that the number of fatal occupational accidents in the world in 1994 was 335,000, or 14 per 100,000 workers. The paper also estimated there were 158,000 fatalities commuting between work and home; and 325,000 fatal occupational diseases; for a total of 818,000 fatalities. [5]
An average fatality rate is computed by dividing the sum of the fatalities across the years by the sum of the annual employment figures for the given occupation over the given time period, and multiplying by 100,000. In the U.S. the Bureau of Labor Statistics makes available extensive statistics on workplace accidents and injuries. [4] For example:
W. Edwards Deming stated that Heinrich's theory attributing human action as the cause of most accidents in the workplace was incorrect and it was, in fact, poor management systems that caused the majority of accidents. [2] There has also been criticism of the triangle for focusing attention on the reduction of minor accidents.
OSHA also has Safety Stand-Down. Florida workers are safer on the job as the number drop annually, but 18 still died in the Jacksonville area in 2021. OSHA also has Safety Stand-Down.
In the UK there were 135 fatal injuries at work in financial year 2022–2023, compared with 651 in 1974 (the year when the Health and Safety at Work Act was promulgated). The fatal injury rate declined from 2.1 fatalities per 100,000 workers in 1981 to 0.41 in financial year 2022–2023. [87]
The Philippines annualized population growth rate between the years 2015–2020 was 1.53%. [6] According to the 2020 census, the population of the Philippines is 109,033,245. [7] The first census in the Philippines was held in the year 1591 which counted 667,612 people. [8]