Institutional cont Accidents in Mines and Quarries is carried out by the National Authority for Occupational Safety and Health which is a public body responsible to and financed by the Minister for Enterprise and Employment. General aim The aim of the survey is to identify causes of accidents in mines and quarries with a view to instituting preventive measures. Intended users Detailed data received by the Authority is for its own use to determine preventive measures and facilitate enforcement of legislation. Statistics which are published in the Annual Labour Inspection Report are available to researchers and Social Partners. Its nucleus was the Industrial Inspectorate and the occupational Medical Service of the Department of Labour which were transferred to it along with responsibility for certain existing legislation.
Employers are responsible for notifying accidents.
There is a mandatory reporting system. The data is processed by the Authority. Indicators Published statistics relate accidents to causation. Data in Authority records relates to nature of work, occupation, age, work being carried out and cause of accident. Accidents can be linked to sex, occupation, age, causation and so on.