Korea, Republic of

Organization responsible for the statistics

Ministry of Labour, Industrial Safety and Health Bureau.

Source

Insurance records.

Coverage

Persons:

All persons insured.

Economic activities:

All economic activities and sectors.

Geographic areas:

Whole country.

Establishments:

Establishments with ten or more persons employed; prior to 7 January 1991 establishments with five or more persons employed.

Types of occupational accidents covered

Compensated injuries including occupational diseases and commuting accidents.

Concepts and definitions

Not available.

Minimum period of absence from work: not available.

Maximum period for death to be considered a fatal occupational injury: not available.

Documentation

Bibliographic references:

The data are published in:

Ministry of Labour: Annual Report.

Data published by ILO:

The following data are furnished regularly to the ILO for publication in the Yearbook of Labour Statistics, relating to compensated injuries (including occupational diseases and commuting accidents) according to major division of economic activity: number of persons fatally injured, number of persons injured with lost workdays including persons injured with no lost worktime but with medical care totalling at least four days, 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 all persons insured) is also supplied and stored in the LABORSTA database.