Occupational injuries

Go to target 8.7: End modern slavery, trafficking and child labour

Target 8.8: Protect employees' rights and promote safe working environments

Protect employees' rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment.

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Indicators

8.8.1: Occupational injuries

8.8.2: Compliance of labour rights

8.8.1

8.8.2

Frequency rates of fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries

Unit: Per 100,000 employed


	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023


Lethal work-related accidents
Total	1.0	1.2	0.9	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.5	1.1

Men	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Women	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0


Non-lethal work-related accidents
Total	1 554.1	1 521.4	1 507.9	1 501.1	1 473.5	1 706.7	2 241.5	3 117.3	1 674.3

Men	1 703.0	1 667.3	1 667.3	1 664.5	1 635.9	..	..	..	..

Women	1 332.4	1 300.9	1 295.1	1 309.1	1 284.1	..	..	..	..

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Definition

The indicator is calculated by Statistics Denmark based on information on the number of work-related accidents from Arbejdstilsynet. The number of work-related accidents in proportion to the number of employed people. The indicator is based on the UN definition.

Last updated:

16-01-2025

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