Trinidad and Tobago

Organization responsible for the statistics

Ministry of Labour and Co-operatives.

Source

Reports of accidents made by employers to the Labour Inspections Unit.

Coverage

Persons:

All persons employed.

In 1995, about 431,500 persons were covered (total employment).

Economic activities:

All economic activities and sectors.

Geographic areas:

Whole country.

Establishments:

Not available.

Types of occupational accidents covered

The statistics cover reported injuries due to all types of occupational accidents.

Occupational diseases and commuting accidents are not included.

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 and Co-operatives: Annual Statistical Digest.

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.