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Accidents at work. By sectors. Provinces

Accidents at work. By sectors and In Itinere. Provinces 2019
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Total 159,433 25,009 14,672 22,388 221,502
Without leave 87,659 13,567 8,327 12,350 121,903
With leave 71,774 11,442 6,345 10,038 99,599
Mild 71,354 11,362 6,279 9,979 98,974
Severe 377 71 59 53 560
Deadly 43 9 7 6 65
Agriculture 1,039 745 1,167 868 3,819
Without leave 532 342 552 392 1,818
With leave 507 403 615 476 2,001
Mild 501 394 608 472 1,975
Severe 6 8 7 4 25
Deadly 0 1 0 0 1
Industry 34,557 6,824 4,273 4,931 50,585
Without leave 19,151 3,629 2,650 3,065 28,495
With leave 15,406 3,195 1,623 1,866 22,090
Mild 15,311 3,182 1,609 1,854 21,956
Severe 91 12 12 10 125
Deadly 4 1 2 2 9
Construction 16,514 3,451 1,814 2,672 24,451
Without leave 8,139 1,771 877 1,309 12,096
With leave 8,375 1,680 937 1,363 12,355
Mild 8,292 1,654 919 1,353 12,218
Severe 73 21 16 8 118
Deadly 10 5 2 2 19
Services 107,323 13,989 7,418 13,917 142,647
Without leave 59,837 7,825 4,248 7,584 79,494
With leave 47,486 6,164 3,170 6,333 63,153
Mild 47,250 6,132 3,143 6,300 62,825
Severe 207 30 24 31 292
Deadly 29 2 3 2 36
In itinere 17,706 1,357 649 1,172 20,884
With leave 17,706 1,357 649 1,172 20,884
Mild 17,490 1,345 634 1,159 20,628
Severe 197 10 10 13 230
Deadly 19 2 5 0 26
Source: Ministry of Business and Employment.

Last update: July 2, 2021.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Occupational injuries
Set of occupational accidents and professional sicknesses for occupational reasons, with or without the workers needing to take leave, whether they take place during the working day or when going to or returning from the workplace.

Methodological aspects

An accident at work is regarded as any specific event that causes a physical or mental bodily injury suffered by a worker as a result of the work performed. All the accidents of workers who contribute for this contingency are included.

The accidents are classified in accordance with the place in which they occur:

  • on a working day: if they take place during the working day, in the workplace itself or on a journey. Traffic accidents and other accidents in any means of transport and accidents that occur outside the company are included, but only if they occur during the working day.
  • in itinere: if they occur during a journey from the place of residence to the place of work or vice versa outside working hours.

Accidents are classified as mild, severe or deadly in accordance with their seriousness.

The incidence rate represents the number of accidents per 100,000 workers exposed to risk.

In Catalonia, the competent authority is the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Families.

All the data are definitive except for those for last year, which are provisional.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".