Ireland

Organization responsible for the statistics

Health and Safety Authority.

Periodicity

Annual.

Source

Reports of occupational injuries made to the health and safety enforcing authorities under the Safety, Health and Welfare Act 1989.

Coverage

Persons:

All persons employed.

In 1996, about 1,316,800 persons were covered.

Economic activities:

All economic activities and sectors.

Geographic areas:

Whole country.

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 separately.

Commuting accidents are not included.

Concepts and definitions

Not available.

Minimum period of absence from work: three days.

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

Documentation

Bibliographic references:

The data are published in:

Central Statistics Office: Statistical Abstract (annual).

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 major division of economic activity: number of persons fatally injured, number of persons injured with lost workdays, total of these two groups, rates of fatal injuries. The number of persons at risk (total number of persons employed) is also supplied and stored in the LABORSTA database.