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Finland below EU average in accidents at work Helsinki (22.03.1998 - Juhani Artto) Finland is slightly below EU average in accidents at work. This can be read in Eurostat's latest statistics. Accidents at work (agriculture, hunting, forestry, manufacturing, construction, wholesailing, retailing, repairs, hotels and restaurants, transport and communication, finance, real estate, renting, business activities), standardised numbers per 100,000 persons in employment, 1994 (excluded road deaths and those from natural causes) |
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Fatal accidents |
Accidents with more than three days’ absence |
EU average |
3,9 |
4,538 |
Finland |
3,6 |
3,914 |
Austria |
3,4 |
5,259 |
Belgium |
6,0 |
4,415 |
Denmark |
2,8 |
2,653 |
France |
4,3 |
5,515 |
Germany |
3,7 |
5,583 |
Greece |
4,3 |
3,702 |
Ireland |
3,9 |
852 |
Italy |
5,3 |
4,641 |
Luxembourg |
data not available |
7,269 |
Netherlands |
data not available |
4,287 |
Portugal |
9,7 |
7,361 |
Spain |
7,0 |
6,166 |
Sweden |
2,1 |
1,123 |
UK |
1,7 |
1,915 |
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Source: Eurostat Statistics in focus, Population and social conditions, no 2/98, Accidents at work in the European Union in 1994 |
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