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
י
1991
1992
1993*
Non-
Non-
Non-
Fatal
fatal
Total
Fatal
fatal
Total
Fatal
fatal
Total
20
6436
6 456
13
4 442
4 455
23
2 164
2 187
F
114
115
I
77
78
I
25
25
56
3 196
3 252
75
2 629
2 704
87
1 559
1 646
12
482
494
7
519
526
7
311
318
1
T
5 373
5 373
4614
4 614
2 335
2 335
61
61
4
41
45
4
34
- 38
7
117
124
10
61
71
48
56
Electricity
Fall of person
45
11 155
11 200
43
10 790
10 833
43
6 298
6 341
Stepping on, striking against
or struck by objects
10
25 390
25 400
14
19 229
19 243
16
13 038
13 054
Falling object
8 3 603
3 611
4
2873
2 877
9
1 528
1 537
Fall of ground
16
17
24
25
3
6
Handling without machinery
12 376
12 376
13 122
13 123
1 7694
7 695
Hand tool
9 223
9 223
8 223
8 223
3 831
3 831
Miscellaneous
Causes not yet ascertained
Total
85
5 234
5319
99
4 855
4954
84
1 671
1 755
4 824
4 824
3 848
3 848
19
26 831
26 850 #
2458 87 600
87 845
2728
75 347
75 619
3048
67 373
67 677
Note:
* Figures for 1993 are subject to amendment.
§ Including 18 (in 1991) and 26 (in 1992) and 17 (in 1993) 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.
# Including 23 941 cases known to involve nil permanent disability and days lost of 7 days or less.
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