In The Netherlands, the 1991 rate was 2.6. That is to say, if you are in the workforce, odds are that you will get hurt every thirteen years - maybe a little, maybe a lot. Of all the Workers' Compensation boards, only the BC Board has tried to open a public dialogue on the subject of workplace fatalities. Worksafe gives a rate of 1.04 deaths per 10,000 person-years, which translates to 10.4 per 100,000 workers, or more than twice the US rate. In fact, about one-third of occupational fatalities involve motor vehicle accidents.
Most fatalities are male.
He also warned that work-related diseases are expected to double by the year 2020, many from toxic exposures occuring now. Furthermore, as the BC WCB points out, deaths are just the peak of the workplace injury pyramid. According to the BC board, for every accident that results in a worker death, there will be one or two dozen accidents where injured workers require medical treatment, and several dozen more involving injuries not requiring treatment. Tracking them would help prevent further accidents that could be much worse. Statistics are an essential first step to controlling workplace safety and health.