The objective is to maintain a permanent record of a five-year span, storing about 10,000 to 12,000 accidents. Originally the information is drawn from reports of enquiries carried out by CRAM regional prevention agents. The accidents are described in these reports in a relatively homogeneous way. Since the relatively complex coding calls for special training, it was originally done exclusively at INRS, but is now taking place ever more often within the prevention departments of regional insurance funds. Indicators The accidents to be investigated are not defined by formal criteria.
All basic information is recorded.
The details which define this rather complex notion form an open list, which can be enriched by experience gained in coding these details. Three factors can be entered here. If necessary, secondary factors can be described in the summary. It is possible to perform some statistical analyses to bring out, for example, the most important factors in a given set of accidents, with an idea of their respective importance. The idea would be to define subsidiary databases devoted for example only to accidents associated with robotics, or with handling, and enriched by adapted variables.