# Presentation: 873863

## - Home and leisure accidents (DG Health and consummer protection) 

***- At Work (DG Employment & social affairs + Eurostat)***
***- Home and leisure accidents (DG Health and consummer protection)****** ***

##  European Statistics on Accidents at Work: ESAW project
 European Occupational Diseases Statistics: EODS project (not developed here)
 Community Labour Force Survey (LFS): Ad-Hoc Module on HSW in 1999

*** ******European Occupational Diseases Statistics: EODS project (not developed here)***
*** ******Community Labour Force Survey (LFS): Ad-Hoc Module on HSW in 1999***

***Statistics on Health & Safety at Work (HSW)***

## Framework Council Directive 89/391/EEC, Article 9  § c) and d) : employer shall keep list of accidents at work > 3 days + report to responsible authorities
Council Resolutions 88/C 028/01 & 95/C 168/01
Community programme on “Safety, hygiene and health at work 1996-2000”
Council Decision 99/126/EC on Community statistical programme 98-2002 : establishment consistent series
Commission Regulation 98/1571/EC (LFS ad hoc module)

***Council Resolutions 88/C 028/01 & 95/C 168/01***
***Community programme on “Safety, hygiene and health at work 1996-2000”***
***Council Decision 99/126/EC on Community statistical programme 98-2002 : establishment consistent series***
***Commission Regulation 98/1571/EC ******(LFS ad hoc module)***

***ESAW - LFS module main legal bases:***

## ESAW : 10 years works with EU experts  Main basis international standards statistics on occupational injuries 

##  Provide consistent harmonised data for the monitoring of efficiency of regulation (existing Directives) / non-legislative measures HSW
 Provide consistent harmonised data to identify targets for new prevention policies  adaptation or development of new Directives
 Main goal : statistics for prevention purposes

*** ******Provide consistent harmonised data to identify targets for new prevention policies ************ adaptation or development of new Directives***
*** ******Main goal : statistics for prevention purposes***

***ESAW : main objectives***

## Public (e.g. Social security) or private insurance = payment of benefits subject to previous declaration   100% (10 MS)
Declaration to other competent authority (e.g. Labour Inspectorate)   50% (5 MS)

***Declaration to other competent authority (e.g. Labour Inspectorate) ************  50% (5 MS)***

***ESAW: 2 types of sources***

## ESAW: type of data

## Slide 8

## Principle to draw up EU harmonised classifications for ESAW Phase 3:

** *****Detailed enough to be effective***
*** ******Not to complex to be easy to implement ***
*** ******Sufficiently adaptable with national existing tools, and allowing more detailed classifications at national level***

## ESAW data 1994 - 1998 EU15 - All branches

## ESAW

***ESAW***

## ESAW data 1998 EU15 (+NO) - All branches

## Slide 13

## Other activities of Eurostat on non-occupational injuriesRoad traffic accidents (1) :

** *****42 000 fatalities in 1998 in EU15***
*** ******-28% from 1990 (despite increase number cars)***
*** ******246 per million cars, 113 per million population***
*** ******first cause of death people under the age of 40***
*** ******1,7 million persons injured***

## Other activities of Eurostat on non-occu-pational injuries - Causes of deaths CoD (2) :

** *****Based on the underlying cause indicated in section B of the death certificate (ICD-10)***
*** ******Standard death rate per 100 000 persons :***
** ****total “external causes” : 61.0 in 1997           (< 120,000 cases) **
** ****accidents : 38.3 of wich : transport : 17.8 - falls : 9.0 - poisoning : 1.9**
** ****suicide : 17.5 - homicide : 1.4 - unk : 3.5**