Global estimates of occupational accidents and work-related illnesses 2017
"This report provides an update to the global estimates of occupational accidents and work-related diseases that were presented during the XX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work 2014 at Frankfurt. These updated figures were released during the XXI World Congress held in Singapore on 3-6...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| Format: | TEXT |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore
2017
Workplace Safety and Health Institute |
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19399419124911176919-Global-estimates-of-occupation.htm |
| Summary: | "This report provides an update to the global estimates of occupational accidents and work-related diseases that were presented during the XX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work 2014 at Frankfurt. These updated figures were released during the XXI World Congress held in Singapore on 3-6 Sep 2017, as agreed under the Memorandum of Understanding between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Institute, Singapore. These estimates were worked out by a team comprising experts from the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs in Finland and Workplace Safety and Health Institute of the Ministry of Manpower in Singapore. The methodology used in this update was the same as for the 2014 study so as to keep the estimated numbers comparable. In the 2014 study, estimates were made based on the World Health Organization (WHO) regions. In addition to the WHO classification, estimates were also made based on the United Nations (UN) geographical regions. As there was under-estimation on the number of respiratory disease cases in 2014, new attributable fractions (AF) were used to estimate the number of respiratory cases caused by Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Asthma. We estimated 2.78 million deaths occurring annually across the countries being attributed to work, higher than the 2.33 million deaths estimated in 2014. Work-related mortality accounted for 5% of the global total deaths (based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015). The biggest share of work-related mortality came from work-related diseases which accounted for 2.4 million (86.3%) of the total estimated deaths. Fatal accidents accounted for the remaining 13.7% ..." |
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| Physical Description: | 20 p. Digital |