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Appendix 15

(Chapter 5: Employment)

Reported Occupational Accidents

255

1977

1978

1979

Non-

Non-

Non-

Cause

Fatal

fatal

Total

Fatal

fatal

Total

Fatal

fatal

Total

Machinery:

': power driven

8

9,368

9,376

7

8,805

8,812

27

10,998

11,025

Machinery; other

Transport

Explosions or fires

Hot or corrosive substances

Gassing, poisoning and other

toxic substances

1

638

639

=

1

461

462

1

663

664

三

53

1,157

1,210

48

1,492

1,540

57 2,123

2,180

7

250

257

8

313

321

2

2,315

2,317

2

2,424

2,426

229

29

165

194

3,025

3,025

76

76

6

31

37

1

32

33

Electricity

6

122

128

21

137

158

13

204

217

Falls of persons

59

5,273 5,332

47

5,801

5,848

51

5,639

5,690

Stepping on or striking against

objects

11

13,164 13,175

14

16,150

16,164

8

17,032

17,040

Falling objects

28

2,817 2,845

11

2,959

2,970

12

3,653

3,665

Falls of grounds

3

14

17

1

24

25

6

25

31

וי

Handling without machinery

1 6,743

6,744

5

6,103

6,108

3

7,386

7,389

Hand tools

4,275 4,275

2

4,745

4,747

5,305

5,305

Miscellaneous

86 3,377 3,463

79

1,659 1,738

66

2,331 2,397

Causes not yet ascertained

26

2,270 2,296

27

7,953 7,980

Total

265

49,589 49,854

278

53,374 53,652

301 66,534 66,835

Note: Figures for 1979 are subject to amendments.