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The List of countries by rate of fatal workplace accidents sorts countries by the rate of workplace fatalities per 100,000 workers. Data is provided by the International Labour Organization (ILO). According to estimates, around 2.3 million people die yearly from work-related accidents or diseases every year. [1]
The country of the highest occupational fatality rate is Cuba at 25 per every 100,000 workers. Followed by Burudi and Egypt at 13.8 and 10.7 per 100,000 respectively. [6] The World Health Organization and International Labour Organization estimate that over 1.9 million people died as a result of work-related injures and diseases in 2016.
Industrial fires and explosions by country (18 C) Mining disasters by country (39 C) A. ... Industrial accidents and incidents in the United States (5 C, 12 P)
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions , structural fires , flood disasters , coal mine disasters , and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.
This list of countries by traffic-related death rate shows the annual number of road fatalities per capita per year, per number of motor vehicles, and per vehicle-km in some countries in the year the data was collected. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), road traffic injuries caused an estimated 1.35 million deaths worldwide in ...
Industrial accidents and incidents by country (21 C). ... This list may not reflect recent changes. Work accident *
On Sunday, 179 people were killed as a plane touched down in South Korea, making it the deadliest plane crash in South Korea's history.. Two of the six Jeju Air crew members are the only survivors ...
To date it is rated as the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms both of lives lost and impact to industry. March 24, 1989: Exxon Valdez oil spill . The Exxon Valdez , an oil tanker bound for Long Beach, California , hit Prince William Sound 's Bligh Reef , dumping an estimated minimum 10.8 million US gallons (40.9 million litres, or ...