STATISTICAL INDICATORS FOR ACCIDENTS AT WORK IN CONSTRUCTION SECTOR ACCORDING TO THE PART OF BODY INJURED AND TYPES OF INJURIES

Abstract

In this paper, the statistical indicators related to the number of non-fatal and fatal accidents at work according to certain injuries of human body parts and type of injury in the construction sector in the member states of the European Union (EU-28) for 2017 were analyzed. The most common body parts injured in non-fatal workplace accidents were the upper extremities (shoulders, arms and hands), with 42.3 % of the total number. The most common body parts injured in fatal workplace accidents in the EU-28 were whole body and multiple sites, with 32.5 % of the total number of non-fatal accidents at work in the construction sector. Most common injuries in the EU-28 resulting from non-fatal accidents in construction activity were wounds and superficial injuries (32.4% of the total number), dislocations, sprains and strains (25.8 %), concussion and internal injuries (18.0 %) and bone fractures (13.9 %). Poisoning and infections comprise 26.6% of the total number, dislocations, sprains and strains comprise 26.5 %, concussion and internal injuries make up 18.0 %, while bone fractures account for 13.9 %. The next most frequent types of injuries from all fatal accidents are unspecified injuries (18%) and bone fractures.