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Accidents at work. By sectors. Provinces

Accidents at work. By sectors and In Itinere. Provinces 2007
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Total 245,169 30,784 18,237 30,277 324,467
Without leave 109,873 12,485 8,815 13,536 144,709
With leave 135,296 18,299 9,422 16,741 179,758
Mild 134,009 18,131 9,237 16,538 177,915
Severe 1,196 151 162 184 1,693
Deadly 91 17 23 19 150
Agriculture 2,118 770 664 1,023 4,575
Without leave 998 240 246 359 1,843
With leave 1,120 530 418 664 2,732
Mild 1,103 528 403 655 2,689
Severe 17 2 14 7 40
Deadly 0 0 1 2 3
Industry 75,127 8,398 4,735 7,466 95,726
Without leave 38,653 3,629 2,385 3,894 48,561
With leave 36,474 4,769 2,350 3,572 47,165
Mild 36,200 4,738 2,310 3,538 46,786
Severe 263 28 37 32 360
Deadly 11 3 3 2 19
Construction 40,935 7,744 4,896 8,007 61,582
Without leave 17,331 3,013 2,349 3,374 26,067
With leave 23,604 4,731 2,547 4,633 35,515
Mild 23,344 4,678 2,492 4,571 35,085
Severe 236 51 51 58 396
Deadly 24 2 4 4 34
Services 111,682 12,417 7,248 12,552 143,899
Without leave 52,891 5,603 3,835 5,909 68,238
With leave 58,791 6,814 3,413 6,643 75,661
Mild 58,390 6,771 3,372 6,583 75,116
Severe 370 36 34 56 496
Deadly 31 7 7 4 49
In itinere 15,307 1,455 694 1,229 18,685
With leave 15,307 1,455 694 1,229 18,685
Mild 14,972 1,416 660 1,191 18,239
Severe 310 34 26 31 401
Deadly 25 5 8 7 45
Source: Departament de Treball. Servei d'Estudis i Estadístiques.

Last update: April 29, 2011.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Occupational injuries
Set of occupational accidents and professional sicknesses for occupational reasons, with or without the workers needing to take leave, whether they take place during the working day or when going to or returning from the workplace.

Methodological aspects

An accident at work is regarded as any specific event that causes a physical or mental bodily injury suffered by a worker as a result of the work performed. All the accidents of workers who contribute for this contingency are included.

The accidents are classified in accordance with the place in which they occur:

  • on a working day: if they take place during the working day, in the workplace itself or on a journey. Traffic accidents and other accidents in any means of transport and accidents that occur outside the company are included, but only if they occur during the working day.
  • in itinere: if they occur during a journey from the place of residence to the place of work or vice versa outside working hours.

Accidents are classified as mild, severe or deadly in accordance with their seriousness.

The incidence rate represents the number of accidents per 100,000 workers exposed to risk.

In Catalonia, the competent authority is the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Families.

All the data are definitive except for those for last year, which are provisional.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".