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Appendix 19

(Chapter 7: Employment)

Reported Occupational Accidents

Cause

Machinery: power driven

Machinery: non power driven

Transport

Explosions or fires

Hot or corrosive substances

Gassing, poisoning and other toxic

substances

377

1986

1987

1988

Non-

Non-

Non-

Fatal

fatal

Total

Fatal

fatal

Total

Fatal

fatal

Total

14

10 440+

10 454+

24

10 158

10 182

22

8 274

8 296

328+

328+

[ ].

-

37

3 120

3 157

254

255

2

175

177

40

3. 369

3 409

34

2052

2086

17

519

536

18

466

484

5

473

478

4918

4918

28

32

5 282

5 282

3

4 859

4 862

65

65

74

74

Electricity

9

164

173

10

143

153

7

100

107

Falls of persons

49+

11 381

11 430+

38

11 325

11 363

46

7 426

7 472

Stepping on or striking against

objects

6

14 374

14 380

2

22 874

22 876

6

21 174

21 180

Falling objects

Falls of grounds

Handling without machinery

Hand tools

Miscellaneous

Causes not yet ascertained

Total

8

5 989

5 997

6

5 331

5 337

12

3 519

3 531

2

11

13

2

11

13

1

30

31

7 768

8 063

"

7768

8063

10 194

10 194

7 871

7 871

10 341

10 342

7 926

7 926

75+

13 813

13 888+

87

12 934

13 021

77

12 877

12 954

5 964

5964

7.004

7. 004

23 680

23 680

221+

86 880

87 101†

228

97 281

97 509

216

102 980

103 196

Note: Figures for 1988 are subject to amendment.

+ Revised figures.