Malta

Organization responsible for the statistics

Department of Social Security.

Source

Occupational insurance records.

Coverage

Persons:

All persons employed.

Economic activities:

All economic activities and sectors.

Geographic areas:

Whole country.

Establishments:

Not available.

Types of occupational accidents covered

Compensated injuries including occupational diseases.

Concepts and definitions

Not available.

Minimum period of absence from work: four days.

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

Classifications

(a) fatal or non-fatal accidents;

(b) extent of disability:

permanent: under 20 per cent; 20 to 40 per cent; 40 to 60 per cent; 60 to 80 per cent; 80 to 100 per cent; temporary (by duration);

(c) economic activity:

agriculture and fisheries; mining and quarrying; manufacture; construction; electricity, gas, water and sanitary services; commerce; transport, storage and communications; government services; community and business services; recreation services; personal services; activities not adequately described;

(d) occupation:

construction - skilled; metalwork - skilled; woodwork - skilled; printing - skilled; food preparation - skilled; miscellaneous - skilled; clerical, executive and managerial; supervisory; miscellaneous non-manual; domestic; labouring; agriculture; technology; unclassified;

(e) type of injury:

part of body: head, trunk, upper extremities, lower extremities, general;

(f) cause of accident:

machinery: prime movers, transmission machinery, lifting machinery, working machinery; transport: ships, vehicles; explosions or fire; poisonous, hot corrosive substance; electricity; falls of persons; stepping on or striking against objects; handling without machinery; falling objects; animals; falls of ground; miscellaneous;

(g) duration of absence from work:

under one week; one to two weeks; two to four weeks; four to 13 weeks; 13 weeks to six months; six months to one year;

(h) characteristics of workers:

sex; age group: under 20, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50 and over;

(i) characteristics of accidents:

none;

(j) characteristics of employers or workplaces:

none.

Documentation

Series available:

The following tables are published:

Number of persons injured, by:

cause of injury;
extent of disability;
sex;
bodily location of injury;
age-group;
economic activity;
occupation.

Bibliographic references:

The data are published in:

Central Office of Statistics: 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 compensated injuries (including occupational diseases) according to major division of economic activity: total number of persons injured; the number of persons fatally injured, number of workdays lost by persons injured with lost workdays and rates of fatal injuries for all economic activities together.

Additional information

The following data are compiled by the Occupational Health and Safety Department of the Labour Office, relating to reported injuries: number of fatal injuries, number of deaths, number of serious injuries, number of other injuries.