{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"europe-fatal-accidents-at-work-by-country","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/europe-fatal-accidents-at-work-by-country","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/europe-fatal-accidents-at-work-by-country/","title":"Fatal Accidents at Work in Europe by Country (2024)","description":"Fatal workplace accidents per 100,000 workers across 26 European countries in 2024, highest to lowest: 4.4 in France down to 0.4 in Netherlands. 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The table is ordered highest-first, so the top is the worst outcome. Read the ordering as an indication rather than a verdict: national systems differ in which deaths are recognised as work-related, and those differences are large enough to move a country several places."},{"question":"Why is the French fatal accident rate so much higher than the German one?","answer":"France records 4.4 against Germany's 0.8, a factor of about 5.4, between two economies of similar structure and similar safety law. Part of the gap is composition: France retains more employment in construction and agriculture, the two sectors that dominate workplace deaths everywhere. Part of it is what gets counted. The French compensation scheme recognises a broad set of events that occur in the course of work, including sudden medical deaths on site, where other national systems apply a narrower test. Neither factor is measurable from this table, which is why the within-country trend is the sounder comparison."},{"question":"What counts as a fatal accident at work in this data?","answer":"An accident in the course of work that leads to the victim's death within one year, reported to the national authority and covering the whole economy except public administration and a handful of excluded activities. Commuting accidents are excluded, which matters because they are a large share of work-related deaths in some countries and are counted separately. The rate is expressed per 100,000 persons in employment, so it reflects risk per worker rather than per hour worked."}]}