APPENDICES
APPENDIX 19
(Chapter 8: Employment)
Reported Occupational Accidents
Cause
Machinery: power driven
Machinery: non power driven
Transport
Explosion or fire
Hot or corrosive substance
- Gassing, poisoning and other toxic
substances
1989 | |
1990
1991
Non-
Non-
Non-
Fatal
fatal
Total
Fatal
fatal
Total
Fatal
fatal
Total
18
8 673
8 691
24
9 064
9 088
13
4 140
4 153
I
201
201
T
123
123
T
77
77
53
3.992
4 045
57
3 713
3 770
46
1980
2 026
640
651
6
590
596
7
311
318
1
5 483
5 484
1
5 466
5 467
―
3 433
3 433
80
84
80
84
50
50
Electricity
179
188
164
172
6
68
74
Fall of person
64
8 625
8 689
50
10 909
10 959
41
6757
6 798
Stepping on, striking against
L
or struck by objects
24 592
24 601
5
24 116
24 121
8
16 187
16 195
Falling object
11
4 145
4 156
14
4 377
4 391
6
2 349
2355
Fall of ground
2
9
11
1
23
24
10
11
Handling without machinery
1
14 179
14 180
1
14 433
14 434
8 027
8 027
Hand tool
Miscellaneous
Causes not yet ascertained
Total
1
9 604
9 604
9 984
9 984
5 732
5 732
82
13 066
13 148
88
6 222
6 310
64
2441
2 505
3 766
3 766
T
5.430
5 430
53
36 038
36 091
265*
97 234
97 499
259*
94 694
94 953
245*
87 600
87 845
Note: Figures for 1991 are subject to amendment.
422
* Including 49 (in 1989), 15 (in 1990) and 18 (in 1991) which were subsequently verified to be outside the scope of the Employees' Compensation
Ordinance because the employees concerned died of natural causes unrelated to work.