Uruguay

Organization responsible for the statistics

Banco de Seguros del Estado (State Social Security Fund).

Periodicity

Annual.

Source

Reports of occupational accidents and occupational diseases submitted by employers to insurance institutions.

Coverage

Persons:

Paid employees.

Economic activities:

All economic activities and sectors.

Geographic areas:

The 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: none.

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

Documentation

Bibliographic references:

The statistics are published in:

Instituto Nacional de Estadística: Anuario.

Data published by ILO:

The following data are furnished to the ILO for publication in the Yearbook of Labour Statistics relating to compensated injuries (including occupational diseases): number of persons fatally injured, number of persons injured with lost workdays, and the total of these two groups.