Puerto Rico

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Types of occupational accidents covered

Data are compiled for occupational injuries and diseases combined, and for occupational injuries and occupational diseases separately. The injuries are those recorded by employers, in accordance with legislation. (The information published by the ILO does not include occupational diseases.)

Commuting accidents are not included.

Concepts and definitions

Occupational injury:

any injury such as a cut, fracture, sprain, amputation, etc. which results from a work-related event or from an exposure involving a single event in the work environment.

Occupational illness:

any abnormal condition or disorder, other than one resulting from an occupational injury, caused by exposure to environmental factors associated with employment, including acute and chronic illnesses or diseases which may be caused by inhalation, absorption, ingestion or direct contact.

Workdays lost:

the number of workdays (consecutive or not) on which the employee would have worked but could not because of occupational injury or illness, excluding the day of the injury.

Days of restricted work activity:

the number of workdays (consecutive or not) which, because of injury or illness:

1. the employee was assigned to another job on a temporary basis, or
2. the employee worked at a permanent job less than full time, or
3. the employee worked at a permanently assigned job but could not perform all duties normally connected with it.

Lost workday cases - away from work:

cases which involve one or more lost workdays away from work; may include cases which involve both days away from work and days of restricted work activity.

The unit of measure used in the statistics is the case of injury or illness.

Minimum period of absence from work: none.

(The statistics supplied to the ILO for publication in the Yearbook of Labour Statistics refer to injuries and illness with lost workdays, i.e. with a minimum absence of one day, excluding the day of the accident.)

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

Types of information compiled

Measurement of worktime lost

Temporary absences, e.g. of less than one day, for medical treatment are not counted as worktime lost.

Classifications

(a) fatal or non-fatal accidents;

(b) extent of disability:

(c) economic activity and sector (private or public);

(d) occupation:

(e) type of injury:

(f) cause of accident:

(g) duration of absence from work:

(h) characteristics of workers:

(i) characteristics of accidents:

(j) characteristics of employers or workplaces:

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Reference period

A case of injury or illness 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 accident occurred; it may include time lost beyond the reference year.

Estimates

Incidence rates: number of cases of injury or illness or lost workdays per 100 full-time workers, calculated as

• (number of cases of injury or illness / total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year) x 200,000
• (number of lost workdays / total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year) x 200,000

where 200,000 is the base for 100 full-time equivalent workers (working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year).

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Bibliographic references:

Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (annual).

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