Russian Federation

Organization responsible for the statistics

Russian Statistical Agency.

Periodicity

Annual.

Source

Reports of occupational injuries made by enterprises and organizations to State statistical bodies at the regional level.

Objectives and users

To provide information to Government economic bodies for estimating the efficiency of measures taken.

Major users:

Executive authorities.

Coverage

Workers:

Paid employees.

In 1997, about 32,000,000 workers were covered.

Economic activities:

Not all economic activities are covered. Activities with low injury rates are not covered, including: retail trade, education, sciences and related services, culture and art, finance, administration and management.

Geographic areas:

Whole country.

Establishments:

Small establishments are not covered.

Types of occupational accidents covered

The statistics cover reported injuries due to all types of occupational accidents, including accidents occurring on the direct way to the place of work and on the way back, if the transport was provided by the employer. Traffic accidents in which workers are involved during working hours and which occur in the course of paid employment are considered as occupational accidents.

Statistics of occupational diseases are compiled and published separately.

Concepts and definitions

The terms used and their definitions conform to those included in the Resolution concerning Statistics of Occupational Injuries (resulting from occupational accidents) adopted by the Sixteenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians (1998), except for the following:

Commuting accident:

an accident occurring on the direct way between the place of work and

the place where the worker usually takes his/her meals; or
the place where he/she usually receives his/her remuneration, which results in death or personal injury involving loss of working time.

Minimum period of absence from work: one day.

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

Types of information compiled

(a) personal characteristics of workers injured: not applicable;

(b) amount of worktime lost;

(d) characteristics of injuries: death or extent of disability;

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

Measurement of worktime lost

Worktime lost is measured in workdays. It is compiled for all types of occupational injuries, excluding fatal injuries, as follows:

temporary incapacity to work: number of days of disability (provided by a medical institution);
permanent incapacity to work: number of days of temporary disability till permanent incapacity to work.

Temporary absences of less than one day for medical treatment are not included.

Classifications

(a) fatal or non-fatal accidents;

(b) extent of disability;

(c) economic activity;

(d) occupation:

not applicable;

(e) type of injury:

not applicable;

(f) cause of accident:

cause of accident, type of event;

(g) duration of absence from work;

(h) characteristics of workers:

sex, age group (below 18 years, 18 years and over);

(i) characteristics of accidents:

total number of persons injured;

(j) characteristics of employers or workplaces:

size of establishment, region, type of ownership.

Crossclassifications:

cause of accident and economic activity;
type of event and economic activity.

Reference period

Year.

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

Worktime lost is included in the statistics for the period (year) when the person returned to work.

Estimates

Totals:

number of persons injured, of whom, those fatally injured;
number of work days lost.

Averages:

number of days lost per person injured

Rates of persons injured per 1,000 workers.

Historical background of the series

The statistics have been compiled by region since 1980. Since 1994, data have been compiled according to economic activity.

In 1996, the number of economic activities covered was reduced, and since then small establishments in the activities covered have been excluded.

Documentation

Series available:

The following tables are prepared:

number of persons injured, of whom those fatally injured;
number of workdays of disability;
rates of persons injured per 1,000 workers;
number of days of disability per person injured.

Bibliographic references:

The data are published in:

Russian Statistical Agency: Russian Statistical Yearbook.

Methodological information about the statistics is available in:

idem: Methodological regulations on statistics.

Data published by ILO:

The following tables are furnished regularly to the ILO for publication in the Yearbook of Labour Statistics, relating to reported occupational injuries: 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 employed) is also supplied and stored in the LABORSTA database.

Confidentiality:

Aggregate data are published, but data relating to individual employers are confidential.

International standards

The international statistical standards were taken into account when the methods used for collecting and compiling the statistics were designed.

The representative organizations of employers and workers and other users were consulted when the statistical system was designed.

Method of data collection

Type of survey:

Survey of establishments. Survey establishments send reports to the State Statistical bodies with summaries of information on occupational injuries during the reference period.

Data collected:

number of persons injured;
amount of worktime lost;
characteristics of employer: region, economic activity, type of ownership.

Universe of the survey:

not available.

Sampling:

Complete enumeration of large and medium-sized establishmentsin the economic activities covered. Small establishments are excluded.

Field work:

The data are collected once a year.

Data processing:

The information is checked by computer.

Estimates:

Total number of persons injured, rates of injury and average number of days lost per person injured.

Reliability of the estimates:

not available.

Changes planned:

none.