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Accidents at work. By sectors. Provinces

Accidents at work. By sectors and In Itinere. Provinces 2018
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Total 160,839 24,947 14,412 22,154 222,352
Without leave 92,357 13,889 8,494 12,977 127,717
With leave 68,482 11,058 5,918 9,177 94,635
Mild 68,112 10,971 5,866 9,117 94,066
Severe 336 75 46 54 511
Deadly 34 12 6 6 58
Agriculture 1,005 746 1,109 882 3,742
Without leave 522 364 522 452 1,860
With leave 483 382 587 430 1,882
Mild 473 377 580 425 1,855
Severe 7 4 7 4 22
Deadly 3 1 0 1 5
Industry 35,215 6,757 4,200 4,859 51,031
Without leave 20,363 3,689 2,737 3,144 29,933
With leave 14,852 3,068 1,463 1,715 21,098
Mild 14,774 3,047 1,456 1,701 20,978
Severe 74 19 6 13 112
Deadly 4 2 1 1 8
Construction 15,245 3,071 1,639 2,262 22,217
Without leave 8,073 1,616 900 1,214 11,803
With leave 7,172 1,455 739 1,048 10,414
Mild 7,103 1,437 728 1,035 10,303
Severe 61 16 11 13 101
Deadly 8 2 0 0 10
Services 109,374 14,373 7,464 14,151 145,362
Without leave 63,399 8,220 4,335 8,167 84,121
With leave 45,975 6,153 3,129 5,984 61,241
Mild 45,762 6,110 3,102 5,956 60,930
Severe 194 36 22 24 276
Deadly 19 7 5 4 35
In itinere 16,688 1,206 621 1,128 19,643
With leave 16,688 1,206 621 1,128 19,643
Mild 16,500 1,194 605 1,111 19,410
Severe 171 10 14 14 209
Deadly 17 2 2 3 24
Source: Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Families.

Last update: June 17, 2020.

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 "..".