Czech Republic

Organization responsible for the statistics

Cesky Statisticky Urad (Czech Statistical Office - CSO).

Periodicity

Annual.

Source

Reports made by all employers to the Czech Statistical Office every year.

Objectives and users

For the purposes of labour inspection and accident prevention.

Major users:

Czech Occupational Safety Office (COSO), Czech Mining Office, Czech Administration for Social Security, Ministry of Public Health, State Health Institute, trade unions.

Coverage

Workers:

All persons employed with social benefit insurance, including the self-employed.

In 1997, about 4,803,831 insured workers were covered by the statistics.

Economic activities:

All economic activities and sectors, excluding military and police services (although civilians employed by them are covered).

Geographic areas:

Whole country.

Persons who are injured in accidents outside the country are covered, if they have social benefit insurance in the Czech Republic. Similarly, persons who are normally resident outside the country, but who are injured on occupational accidents while in the country are included if they have social benefit insurance in the Czech Republic.

Establishments:

All types and sizes of establishments.

Types of occupational accidents covered

The statistics cover reported injuries due to all types of occupational accidents.

Statistics of occupational diseases are compiled and published along with the statistics on occupational injuries; they are not included in the series provided to the ILO for publication in the Yearbook of Labour Statistics.

Commuting accidents are not included.

Concepts and definitions

(Source: COSO and CMO decree no. 110/1975/Sb., in the wording of decree no. 274/1990/Sb.).

Occupational accident:

an accident causing death or incapacity to work lasting more than one day excluding the day when the accident happened.

Minimum period of absence from work: one day, excluding the day of the accident.

Maximum period for death to be considered a fatal occupational injury: none.

Types of information compiled

(a) personal characteristics of workers injured: sex;

(b) amount of worktime lost;

(d) characteristics of injuries: none;

(e) characteristics of employers or workplaces: size of establishment, location, economic activity, type of establishment.

Measurement of worktime lost

Worktime lost is measured in calendar days, for injuries causing temporary incapacity to work.

Temporary absences (e.g. of less than one day) for medical treatment are not included.

Classifications

(a) fatal or non-fatal accidents;

(b) extent of disability:

injuries causing more than three days of absence, serious injuries;

(c) economic activity;

(d) occupation:

none;

(e) type of injury:

none;

(f) cause of accident:

none;

(g) duration of absence from work:

none;

(h) characteristics of workers:

sex, young/adult workers;

(i) characteristics of accidents:

none;

(j) characteristics of employers or workplaces:

sector (public, private, cooperative).

Crossclassifications:

none.

Reference period

Year.

An injury is included in the statistics for the period in which the accident occurred.

Worktime lost is included in the statistics for the period in which the person returned to work.

Estimates

Total number of persons injured and workdays lost.

Average number of persons injured, of workdays lost per injury, etc.

Percentage distributions.

Rates of fatal injuries per 1,000 persons employed with social benefit insurance.

Rates of non-fatal injuries per 100 persons employed with social benefit insurance.

Historical background of the series

The statistics have been compiled since about 1950.

The last amendment of the statistical guidelines was approved in 1996, when the sum of compensation for an occupational injury was added. The periodicity was also changed from twice a year to once a year, and the reference period of six months was dropped.

Documentation

Series available:

The following tables are published:

Number of persons injured, by:

region and district;
economic activity;
sector;
sex;
young/adult workers.

Bibliographic references:

The data are published in:

Cesky Statisticky Urad (Czech Statistical Office): Statistická Rocenka Ceské Republiky (Statistical Yearbook of the Czech Republic).

idem: Pracovní nesohopnost pro nemoc a úraz v Ceské Republiky (annual).

Czech Occupational Safety Office: Annual Report.

Methodological information about the statistics appears in the CSO guideline for a statistical survey NemUr 1-01.

All the data are published. Data can be supplied on diskette as well as in printed form.

Data published by ILO:

The following data are furnished regularly to the ILO for publication in the Yearbook of Labour Statistics, relating to reported injuries according to economic activity: number of persons fatally injured, number of persons injured with lost workdays, total of these two groups; number of workdays lost by persons injured with lost workdays; rates of fatal injuries. The number of persons at risk (total number of persons insured) is also supplied and stored in the LABORSTA database.

Confidentiality:

Data relating to individuals are not published nor released in any other way.

International standards

The ILO standards were not used when the system for occupational injury statistics was developed. A different type of methodology is applied.

The trade unions and employer organization were consulted when the concepts were established.

Method of data collection

Type of survey:

Census of establishments. All establishments are required to send reports to the Czech Statistical Office, with summaries of information on occupational injuries and diseases during the reference period.

Data collected:

number of persons injured;
personal characteristics of persons injured: sex; age;
amount of worktime lost;
characteristics of the employer and/or workplace: size of establishment, location, economic activity, sector.

Universe of the survey:

All establishments paying social insurance benefits themselves (establishments with more than 24 employees) are required to send reports to the CSO. The District Social Administration sends forms to establishments with 24 employees or fewer.

Sampling:

Complete enumeration.

Field work:

The data are collected by means of forms which are completed by establishments and mailed to the CSO each year, with information for a reference period of one year.

Data processing:

The data are checked by the District Statistical Administration, then edited and processed by the CSO.

If an establishment does not sent a completed form, it is contacted by the District Statistical Administration, which may use the threat of a penalty to make an establishment fulfil its obligations.

In the case of missing or inconsistent information, the form is returned to the relevant establishment for completion or modification.

Estimates:

Total number of persons injured and worktime lost.

Average number of persons injured, of workdays lost per injury, etc.

Percentage distributions.

Rates of fatal injuries per 1,000 persons employed with social benefit insurance.

Rates of non-fatal injuries per 100 persons employed with social benefit insurance.

No adjustments are made for bias due to non-response or any other bias.

Reliability of the estimates:

About 96 per cent of the total number of persons employed are covered by the statistics.

In the case of fatal injuries, the reports are compared with fatal injuries included in the accident register of the COSO.

Changes planned:

It is planned to make analyses according to the type of establishment (those with more than 24 employees, and those with 24 or fewer).

Additional information

The Czech Occupational Safety Office (COSO) maintains a register containing data on individual occupational injuries reported by employers to the COSO in accordance with decree No. 110/1975 Sb. It is estimated that the register covers about 90 per cent of all occupational injuries in the country. The database currently consists of some basic fields and classifications, but it is planned to extend the types of data and revise the classifications so as to conform to the guidelines of the European Union.

Fatal accident registration by the COSO dates back to 1980, and includes detailed information and classifications.