Accidents at Work and Other Work-Related Health Problems (Source LFS) (HSW - Apex)

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Accidents at work and other

work-related health problems
(source LFS) (hsw_apex)
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1. Contact
2. Metadata update
3. Statistical presentation
4. Unit of measure
5. Reference Period
6. Institutional Mandate
7. Confidentiality
8. Release policy
9. Frequency of dissemination
10. Dissemination format
11. Accessibility of documentation
12. Quality management
13. Relevance
14. Accuracy
15. Timeliness and punctuality
16. Comparability
17. Coherence
18. Cost and Burden
19. Data revision
20. Statistical processing
21. Comment
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1. Contact
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1.1. Contact organisation
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
1.2. Contact organisation unit
F5: Education, health and social protection
1.5. Contact mail address
2920 Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG
2. Metadata update
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3. Statistical presentation
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3.1. Data description

This data collection is based on the two Labour Force Survey ad-hoc modules (LFS AHMs) carried out
in 2007 and 2013, and provides information on:
the number of employed persons who had one or more accidents at work resulting in
injuries and which occurred in the last 12 months before the survey;
the number of employed persons having had one or more work-related physical or mental
health problems in the 12 months before the survey which were caused or made worse by
work apart from the previously mentioned accidents at work;
the type of the most serious work-related health problem caused or made worse by work;
the exposure at work to certain risk factor(s) that can affect physical health or mental
well-being.
In addition, the data published on the Eurostat website provides information on certain characteristics
of
the employed person: sex, age, educational attainment level, occupation, employment
status, full/part-time work, atypical working hours and the job done when the most recent
accident at work resulting in injury occurred (main, second, last job etc.);
the enterprise or other employer: area of economic activity (according to the NACE
classification of economic activities in the European Union) and the sizes of the enterprises;
the accident: whether the accident was a road traffic accident or not, and the period off
work because of the accident;
whether the most serious health problem caused of made worse by work limits the ability to
carry out day to day activities either at work or outside work.
Compared with the administrative data collection ESAW (European Statistics of Accidents at Work),
the LFS AHMs 2007 and 2013 give the following additional value:
providing information about accidents with less than four days of absence from work, as
well as more information about the occurrence of road traffic accidents;
including information about work-related health problems and risk factors for physical
health and mental well-being;
enabling the analysis of accidents and work-related health problems by LFS core variables;
enabling a comparison of reporting levels between Member States, economic sectors and
other variables.
3.2. Classification system
The data collection is based on the EU Labour Force Survey (LFS) and therefore standard
classifications of LFS are used, in particular:
NACE - statistical classification of economic activities in the European Union:
NACE Rev. 2 for 2013 and NACE Rev.1.1 for 2007;
ISCO - international standard classification of occupations of the International Labour
Organisation (ILO): ISCO-08 for 2013 and ISCO-88 for 2007;
ISCED - international standard classification of education of the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO): ISCED97 for 2007 and 2013.
Coding in EU-LFS may deviate to some extent from those general standards; for more details on
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classifications, levels of aggregation and transition rules, please consult the article "EU labour force
survey methodology" in Eurostat's online publishing system "Statistics Explained".
3.3. Coverage - sector
The data collection covers all economic sectors according to the statistical classification of economic
activities in the EU: NACE Rev. 2 (2013 ad-hoc module) and NACE Rev. 1.1 (2007 ad-hoc module).
The target populations are:
for accidents at work: everybody aged 15 or more and who is working or has worked
during the past 12 months;
for work related health problems: everybody aged 15 or more and who is working or has
worked previously;
for exposure to risk factors for physical health and mental well-being: everybody aged 15
or more and who has a job or business (including family workers but excluding conscripts of
compulsory military or community services).
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
Accidents at work:
An accident at work resulting in injury is a discrete and unforeseen event or occurrence which leads to
physical harm even if it did not lead to a sick leave. The accident must have occurred whilst engaged in
an occupational activity or during the time spent at work.
Excluded are accidents outside work, i.e. during leisure time and during the journey from home to
work. Occupational diseases are also excluded from accidents at work.
The accident concept in the EU Labour Force Survey ad-hoc modules (LFS AHM) follows the one
used for ESAW data (European Statistics on Accidents at Work) which is defined as "a discrete
occurrence in the course of work which leads to physical or mental harm". LFS AHM includes like
ESAW the following more unusual types of accidents: accidents during the course of work but outside
the usual workplace (such as on other company's premises, in a public place or during transport
including road, railway, tram, boat and plane transport, accidents during a mission and during breaks
within the premises of the company), during unusual type of work, accidents caused by a third parties
including aggressions in public places, accidents which do not require medical treatment and cases of
acute poisoning and wilful acts by other persons. Furthermore, the same exclusions as in ESAW apply,
i.e. the following types of accidents are not included: accidents at home and during leisure, accidents
on the way to or from work (commuting) or travelling during breaks outside the company's premises,
accidents without injury of the respondent, occurrences having only a medical origin, i.e. without
accidental injury from outside (such as a heart attack at work) and non-accidental health problems. The
latter includes for example cases for which a construction worker develops a back pain over one day
(instead of pain due to a sudden movement which should be regarded as an accident).
The two main differences to the ESAW data are:
While accidents with less than 4 days' absence from work are included, fatal accidents at
work are not included;
The reference period of this ad hoc module covers accidents that occurred during the last
12 months before the interview, in comparison to accidents reported during a calendar year in
ESAW.
Work related health problems
A work-related health problem covers all diseases, disabilities and other physical or mental health
problems, apart from accidental injuries, suffered by the person during the last 12 months, and caused
or made worse by the work. Thus, health problems have a longer, chronic cause whilst an accident is
more the result of a very short term or instant (physical) harm. This is a broad concept that covers
much more than the recognised occupational diseases.
The concept of the work-related health problem is based on a self-assessment of survey
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respondents in regard with their work-related state of health;

The ad hoc module includes complaints irrespective of their severity;
It includes not only health problems caused by work but also those made worse by work;
It includes health problems where the onset was more than one year prior to the survey, in
the case that the respondent had suffered from the health problem during the last 12 months.
Persons who did not work in the 12 months before the reference week of the survey may
still suffer from a health problem caused by work more than 12 months ago, and their cases
have to be included as a work related health problem.
Exposure to risk factors to physical health and mental well-being
Exposure to risk factors is defined as the occurrence of those risk factors which are mentioned as
answer categories for the two related AHM questions:
Physical health: difficult work postures or work movements; handling of heavy loads; noise
or strong vibration; chemicals, dust, fumes, smoke or gases; strong visual concentration
(AHM 2013 only); risks of accidents; and
Mental well-being: severe time pressure or overload of work; violence or threat of violence;
harassment or bullying.
For more details on definitions and concepts in LFS, please consult the article "EU labour force survey
methodology" in Eurostat's online publishing system "Statistics Explained"
Detailed information on the relevant methodology for the ad-hoc module (including the Commission
regulation and explanatory notes) as well as to national documentation (national questionnaires and
interviewers instructions) can be found in the article "EU labour force survey ad hoc modules" in
Eurostat's online publishing system "Statistics Explained".
3.5. Statistical unit
The statistical unit is the person interviewed.
3.6. Statistical population
See the target population as described in the section 'Coverage - sector'.
3.7. Reference area
The EU Labour Force Survey ad-hoc module (LFS AHM) 2013 covers all EU-28 Member (except the
Netherlands) as well as Norway, Switzerland and Turkey. Germany did not send micro-data but
aggregated data according to the dissemination tables published by Eurostat.
LFS AHM 2007 covers all EU-28 Member States, Iceland and Norway (but not Switzerland and
Turkey).
3.8. Coverage - Time
The data covers accidents at work occurring during the 12 months before the survey was carried out, as
well as non-accidental health problems from which the respondent suffered, at least during 12 months
before the survey periods in 2007 and 2013.
3.9. Base period
Not applicable.
4. Unit of measure
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The indicators in the tables are expressed in percentages.
5. Reference Period
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The period to which the data refer to is the 12 months before the survey.
Detailed information on the relevant methodology for the ad-hoc module can be found in the article
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"EU labour force survey ad hoc modules" in Eurostat's online publishing system "Statistics
Explained".
6. Institutional Mandate
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6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements

Commission Communication of 21 February 2007 on "Improving quality and productivity at work:
Community strategy 2007 2012 on health and safety at work" (COM(2007) 62).
Council Directive (EEC) No 89/391 of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage
improvements in the safety and health of workers at work.
Community strategy on health and safety at work 2002-2006: Council Resolution No 2002/C 161/01 of
3 June 2002.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 341/2006 of 24.02.2006 adopting the specifications of the 2007 ad
hoc module on accidents at work and work-related health problems.
European Statistical System (ESS) agreement: LFS 2013 ad-hoc module on 'accidents at work and
other work-related health problems', within the meaning of Article 14(1) (c) of Regulation No
223/2009 on European Statistics, according to which European statistical programme can be
implemented by individual statistical actions decided by means of agreement between the national
statistical institutes, or other national authorities, and Eurostat.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 220/2010, of 16.03.2010 adopting the programme of ad-hoc
modules, covering the years 2013 to 2015, for the labour force sample survey provided for by Council
Regulation (EC) No 577/98.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
Not applicable.
7. Confidentiality
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7.1. Confidentiality - policy

Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009
(OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the
confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those
confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a
democratic society.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
The EU Labour Force Survey (LFS) micro data as received by Eurostat from national statistical
authorities do not contain any administrative information such as names or addresses that would allow
direct identification of respondents. Access to this micro data is nevertheless strictly controlled and
limited to specified Eurostat staff. After data treatment, records are aggregated for all further use.
For more information on publications guidelines and thresholds, please consult the article "EU labour
force survey data and publications" in Eurostat's online publishing system "Statistics Explained".
8. Release policy
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8.1. Release calendar

EU Labour Force Survey data for ad-hoc modules are released after the end of the reference period
once data processing and validation ended. A release calendar does not exist.
8.2. Release calendar access
Not applicable.
8.3. Release policy - user access
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In line with the Community legal framework and the European Statistics Code of Practice Eurostat
disseminates European statistics on Eurostat's website (see item 10 - 'Dissemination format') respecting
professional independence and in an objective, professional and transparent manner in which all users
are treated equitably. The detailed arrangements are governed by the Eurostat protocol on impartial
access to Eurostat data for users.
9. Frequency of dissemination
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Not applicable.
10. Dissemination format
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10.1. Dissemination format - News release

Not applicable.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications
Statistics in Focus 63/2009 "8.6% of workers in the EU experienced work-related health problems"
Health and safety at work in Europe (1999-2007): a statistical portrait
TNO (2009): "Health and safety at work - Results of the Labour Force Survey 2007 ad hoc module on
accidents at work and work-related health problems" (see ad-hoc module 2007 entry in article "EU
labour force survey ad hoc modules" in Eurostat's online publishing system "Statistics Explained").
10.3. Dissemination format - online database
Please consult LFS AHM 2007 and 2013 data or other LFS data on the Eurostat website or contact
ESTAT-LFS-USER-SUPPORT@ec.europa.eu.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access
EU-LFS anonymised microdata are available for research purposes. Please consult access to microdata.
10.5. Dissemination format - other
Not applicable.
11. Accessibility of documentation
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11.1. Documentation on methodology

For information on the 2007 and 2013 EU Labour Force Survey ad hoc modules (LFS AHM) on
'accidents at work and work-related health problems', please consult the article "EU labour force
survey ad hoc modules" in Eurostat's online publishing system "Statistics Explained".
For a detailed description of methods and concepts used as well as for other documents related to the
LFS please consult the article "EU labour force survey methodology" in Statistics Explained.
Publications on the methodology of the LFS can be found on this page of the Eurostat website: Quality
reports and methodological publications.
11.2. Quality management - documentation
TNO (2009): "Health and safety at work - Results of the Labour Force Survey 2007 ad hoc module on
accidents at work and work-related health problems" (see ad-hoc module 2007 entry in article "EU
labour force survey ad hoc modules" in Eurostat's online publishing system "Statistics Explained").
Publications on the methodology of the LFS can be found on this page of the Eurostat website: Quality
reports and methodological publications.
12. Quality management
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12.1. Quality assurance
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The concern for the quality of labour statistics in general and of the Labour Force Survey in particular
has been expressed in Regulations, reflected in harmonised definitions and discussed in Working
groups (such as the Labour Markey Statistics Working Group and its predecessor the Employment
Statistics Working Group), workshops and seminars within the European statistical system.
Concerning the Labour Force Survey, major milestones in the improvement of its quality have been the
adoption of Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a continuous, quarterly sample
survey in the Community; the adoption of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1897/2000 concerning the
operational definition of unemployment and the 12 principles for formulating questions on labour
status; the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 1991/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council
making the continuous survey mandatory from 2003 onwards (except Italy from 2004 and Germany
from 2005) and the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 2257/2003 of the European Parliament and of the
Council extending the survey characteristics and introducing the distinction between structural and
quarterly variables.
Eurostat and the Member States have continuously worked also on a voluntary basis to improve the
quality of the Labour Force Survey. Annual quality reports were introduced in 2002 and quarterly
accuracy reports were introduced in 2004. Standards and rules for preparing ad hoc modules were
adopted in 2004. At the initiative of Member States, a programme of annual LFS workshops was
started in 2005.
12.2. Quality management - assessment
The overall quality of EU Labour Force Survey (LFS) statistics is considered as high. LFS surveys are
considered as reliable sources applying high standards with regard to the methodology. However, the
LFS, like all surveys, is based upon a sample of the population. The results are therefore subject to the
usual types of errors associated with random sampling. Based on the sample size and design in the
various Member States, Eurostat implements basic guidelines intended to avoid publication of figures
that are unreliable or to give warning of the unreliability of the figures.
Eurostat analyses the outcome of each LFS ad-hoc module, and results are published in the final
evaluation reports included in the article "EU labour force survey ad hoc modules" in Eurostat's
online publishing system "Statistics Explained".
13. Relevance
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13.1. Relevance - User Needs

A multiannual ad hoc module programme is agreed between Eurostat, the national statistical authorities
and the main policy users, in particular European Commission services).
Results of the EU Labour Force Survey (LFS) are mainly used by DG Employment, Social Affairs and
Inclusion as well as a number of other Directorate-Generals of the Commission for measurement and
monitoring of policy agendas purposes. Key users include National Statistics Institutes (NSIs),
international organisations, news agencies and researchers, which use of various aspects of EU-LFS
data for international or intra EU comparisons. Finally, LFS data are used by Eurostat for compiling
detailed regional indicators, for estimates on current education and education levels, higher education
and research, and for accurate estimates of labour input of national accounts.
13.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
Not available.
13.3. Completeness
Please see the quality assessment report in the article "EU labour force survey ad hoc modules" in
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14.1. Accuracy - overall
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The overall accuracy is considered as high. The EU Labour Force Survey (LFS) covers persons aged
15 years and over, living in private households, to ensure a comparable coverage for all countries. The
sampling designs in the LFS are chosen on a country by country basis (sampling rates vary between 0.2
% and 1.6 %). Most of the national statistics authorities employ multi-staged stratified random sample
design, especially those that do not have central population registers available. As the results are based
on a sample of population they are subject to the usual types of errors associated with sampling
techniques and interviews.
14.2. Sampling error
Please see the quality assessment report in the article "EU labour force survey ad hoc modules" in
14.3. Non-sampling error
Not available.
15. Timeliness and punctuality
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15.1. Timeliness
Not available.
15.2. Punctuality
Not available.
16. Comparability
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16.1. Comparability - geographical

Please see information included in the article "EU labour force survey ad hoc modules" in Eurostat's
online publishing system "Statistics Explained".
For the ad-hoc module 2007, please see the report TNO (2009): "Health and safety at work - Results of
the Labour Force Survey 2007 ad hoc module on accidents at work and work-related health problems"
(see ad-hoc module 2007 entry in article "EU labour force survey ad hoc modules" in Eurostat's
online publishing system "Statistics Explained").
16.2. Comparability - over time
Not applicable.
17. Coherence
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17.1. Coherence - cross domain

Not available.
17.2. Coherence - internal
Not available.
18. Cost and Burden
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Not available.
19. Data revision
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19.1. Data revision - policy

Not applicable.
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19.2. Data revision - practice

Not applicable.
20. Statistical processing
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20.1. Source data

The source of the data is the EU Labour Force Survey (LFS). The LFS is a rotating random sample
survey of persons in private households. It is organised in thirteen modules, covering their
demographic background, labour status, employment characteristics of the main job, hours worked,
employment characteristics of the second job, time-related underemployment, search for employment,
education and training, previous work experience of persons not in employment, situation one year
before the survey, main labour status, income, and technical items relating to the interview. An
additional so-called ad-hoc module can be added to address specific subjects that change from year to
year. For details see Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 of 9 March 1998 on the organisation of a
labour force sample survey in the Community (OJ No L 77/3).
20.2. Frequency of data collection
The timing of the next Labour Force Survey ad-hoc module on accidents at work and other
work-related health problems is currently under discussion in Eurostat.
20.3. Data collection
EU Labour Force Survey (LFS) data is collected by directly interviewing sampled individuals. For the
sample design and rotation patterns applied in each country, please consult the article "EU labour force
survey methodology" in Statistics Explained.
The specifications of the 2013 ad-hoc module in the European Statistical System (ESS) agreement
"LFS 2013 ad-hoc module on 'accidents at work and other work-related health problems'", within the
meaning if Article 14(1) (c) of Regulation No 223/2009 on European Statistics.
The specifications of the 2007 ad-hoc module have been adopted in Commission Regulation (EC) No
341/2006 of 24.02.2006.
20.4. Data validation
Prior to the dissemination of national data, EU Labour Force Survey results are validated by Member
States statistical authorities and checked for plausibility by Eurostat.
20.5. Data compilation
Not available.
20.6. Adjustment
No adjustments are done.
21. Comment
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Currently no comments exist for this data collection.
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Annexes
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Statistics Explained article "EU labour force survey ad hoc modules" (additional metadata
information)
Statistics Explained article "EU labour force survey methodology"
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