ENG-1991 — Page 483

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.