Changes for page Resolution concerning statistics of occupational injuries (resulting from occupational accidents)
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... ... @@ -18,27 +18,23 @@ 18 18 19 19 = General objectives and uses = 20 20 21 -~1. Each country should aim to develop a comprehensive programme of statistics on occupational safety and health, including occupational diseases and occupational injuries. The objective of this programme would be to provide an adequate statistical base for the various users, taking into account the specific national needs and circumstances. One of the major components of the programme should comprise statistics on occupational injuries, which should be based on a range of sources of information, and which may be used in conjunction with other appropriate economic and social indicators. 21 +1. Each country should aim to develop a comprehensive programme of statistics on occupational safety and health, including occupational diseases and occupational injuries. The objective of this programme would be to provide an adequate statistical base for the various users, taking into account the specific national needs and circumstances. One of the major components of the programme should comprise statistics on occupational injuries, which should be based on a range of sources of information, and which may be used in conjunction with other appropriate economic and social indicators. 22 +1. This resolution aims to set out standards of good practice for the collection and presentation of statistics of occupational injuries as guidance for countries wishing to revise their existing statistical systems in this field, or establish new ones. Its provisions should not undermine any existing national systems, nor should they lead to duplication of effort. 23 +1. The principal objective of the statistics is to provide comprehensive and timely information on occupational injuries for prevention purposes. The statistics may be used for a number of purposes, such as: 22 22 23 -2. This resolution aims to set out standards of good practice for the collection and presentation of statistics of occupational injuries as guidance for countries wishing to revise their existing statistical systems in this field, or establish new ones. Its provisions should not undermine any existing national systems, nor should they lead to duplication of effort. 25 +1. to identify the occupations and economic activities where occupational injuries occur, along with their extent, severity and the way in which they occur, as a basis for planning preventive measures; 26 +1. to set priorities for preventive efforts; 27 +1. to detect changes in the pattern and occurrence of occupational injuries, so as to monitor improvements in safety and reveal any new areas of risk; 28 +1. to inform employers, employers’ organizations, workers and workers’ organizations of the risks associated with their work and workplaces, so that they can take an active part in their own safety; 29 +1. to evaluate the effectiveness of preventive measures; 30 +1. to estimate the consequences of occupational injuries, particularly in terms of days lost or costs; 31 +1. to provide a basis for policy-making aimed at encouraging employers, employers’ organizations, workers and workers’ organizations to introduce accident prevention measures; (h) to assist in developing training material and programmes for accident prevention; (i) to provide a basis for identifying possible areas for future research. 24 24 25 -3. The principal objective of the statistics is to provide comprehensive and timely information on occupational injuries for prevention purposes. The statistics may be used for a number of purposes, such as: 26 - 27 -* (a) to identify the occupations and economic activities where occupational injuries occur, along with their extent, severity and the way in which they occur, as a basis for planning preventive measures; 28 -* (b) to set priorities for preventive efforts; 29 -* (c) to detect changes in the pattern and occurrence of occupational injuries, so as to monitor improvements in safety and reveal any new areas of risk; 30 -* (d) to inform employers, employers’ organizations, workers and workers’ organizations of the risks associated with their work and workplaces, so that they can take an active part in their own safety; 31 -* (e) to evaluate the effectiveness of preventive measures; 32 -* (f) to estimate the consequences of occupational injuries, particularly in terms of days lost or costs; 33 -* (g) to provide a basis for policy-making aimed at encouraging employers, employers’ organizations, workers and workers’ organizations to introduce accident prevention measures; 34 -* (h) to assist in developing training material and programmes for accident prevention; 35 -* (i ) to provide a basis for identifying possible areas for future research. 36 - 37 37 4. The major users of the statistics, including the representative organizations of employers and workers, should be consulted when the concepts, definitions and methodology for the collection, compilation and dissemination of the statistics are designed or revised, with a view to taking into account their needs and obtaining their cooperation. 38 38 39 39 = Terms and definitions = 40 40 41 -5. For the purposes of statistics of occupational injuries, the following terms and definitions are used: 37 +5. For the purposes of statistics of occupational injuries, the following terms and definitions are used: 42 42 43 43 1. //occupational accident//: an unexpected and unplanned occurrence, including acts of violence, arising out of or in connection with work which results in one or more workers incurring a personal injury, disease or death; as occupational accidents are to be considered travel, transport or road traffic accidents in which workers are injured and which arise out of or in the course of work, i.e. while engaged in an economic activity, or at work, or carrying on the business of the employer; 44 44 1. //commuting accident//: an accident occurring on the habitual route, in either direction, between the place of work or work-related training and: ... ... @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ 51 51 = Coverage = 52 52 53 53 1. The various sources of statistics should, where practical, cover all occupational injuries, as defined in paragraph 5, including non-fatal injuries causing an absence from work of at least one day, excluding the day of the accident, and fatal injuries. Where it is practical and considered relevant to include injuries resulting from commuting accidents, the information relating to them should be compiled and disseminated separately. 54 -1. Where practical, the statistics should cover all workers regardless of their status in employment (for example, employee, employer and own-account worker). The coverage should include child workers,[[ (% class="wikiinternallink" %)^^~[1~]^^>>path:#_ftn1]](%%)informal sector workers and homeworkers, where they exist.50 +1. Where practical, the statistics should cover all workers regardless of their status in employment (for example, employee, employer and own-account worker). The coverage should include child workers,[[^^~[1~]^^>>path:#_ftn1]] informal sector workers and homeworkers, where they exist. 55 55 1. The statistics should in principle cover the whole country, all branches of economic activity and all sectors of the economy. A case of occupational injury occurring while a worker is outside the country of normal residence should be included in the statistics of the country within whose jurisdiction the accident took place. 56 56 57 57 = Types of data = ... ... @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ 66 66 11. age; 67 67 11. occupation; (iv) status in employment; (c) information about the injury: 68 68 69 -1. 65 +1. 70 70 11. whether fatal or non-fatal; 71 71 11. type of injury; 72 72 11. part of body injured; ... ... @@ -177,11 +177,11 @@ 177 177 27. The data should be classified at least according to major branch of economic activity and as far as possible according to other significant characteristics of persons injured, of enterprises or establishments, of occupational injuries and of occupational accidents for which information is collected in accordance with paragraph 9. Countries should attempt to use classifications that are either comparable with or can be related to the most recent versions of the relevant international classifications, where these exist. Annexes A to F provide the most recent versions of the international classifications below, up to the second level, where available. It may however be desirable, for accident prevention purposes, for countries to classify their data at a greater level of detail. 178 178 179 179 * //International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities// (ISIC), Revision 3 (1990). 180 -* Classification according to employment size of establishments, as in the// 176 +* Classification according to employment size of establishments, as in the// International Recommendations for Industrial Statistics, //Rev. 1 (1983). 181 181 * //International Standard Classification of Occupations, ISCO-88.// 182 182 * //International Classification of Status in Employment, ICSE-93.// 183 183 * Type of injury, from the //International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, ICD-10 (//1992). 184 -* Part of body injured, from the// 180 +* Part of body injured, from the// International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, ICD-10 (//1992). 185 185 186 186 The ILO should develop and disseminate classifications to replace or supplement the existing schemes adopted by the Tenth ICLS in 1962 for the variables listed below: 187 187 ... ... @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ 211 211 212 212 Classification of economic activities 213 213 214 -= International S tandard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Revision 3 [[ (% class="wikiinternallink" %)^^~[2~]^^>>path:#_ftn2]](%%)(tabulation categories and divisions) =210 += International S tandard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Revision 3 [[^^~[2~]^^>>path:#_ftn2]](tabulation categories and divisions) = 215 215 216 216 **Code Designation** 217 217 ... ... @@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ 315 315 316 316 = Classification according to size of enterprise, establishment or local unit = 317 317 318 -The following size classes, expressed in terms of the average number of persons engaged in the enterprise, establishment or local unit are based on those recommended for international comparisons in the 1983 World Programme of Industrial Statistics.[[ (% class="wikiinternallink" %)^^~[3~]^^>>path:#_ftn3]](%%)For national purposes, ranges should be established according to each country’s circumstances and needs.314 +The following size classes, expressed in terms of the average number of persons engaged in the enterprise, establishment or local unit are based on those recommended for international comparisons in the 1983 World Programme of Industrial Statistics.[[^^~[3~]^^>>path:#_ftn3]] For national purposes, ranges should be established according to each country’s circumstances and needs. 319 319 320 320 **Code Designation** 321 321 ... ... @@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ 337 337 338 338 Classification of occupations 339 339 340 -International S tandard Classification of Occupations, IS CO-88[[ (% class="wikiinternallink" %)^^~[4~]^^>>path:#_ftn4]]336 +International S tandard Classification of Occupations, IS CO-88[[^^~[4~]^^>>path:#_ftn4]] 341 341 342 342 = (major groups and sub-major groups) = 343 343 ... ... @@ -346,8 +346,8 @@ 346 346 **1 Legislators, senior officials and managers** 347 347 348 348 1. Legislators and senior officials 349 -1. Corporate managers[[ (% class="wikiinternallink" %)^^~[5~]^^>>path:#_ftn5]]350 -1. General managers[[ (% class="wikiinternallink" %)^^~[6~]^^>>path:#_ftn6]]345 +1. Corporate managers[[^^~[5~]^^>>path:#_ftn5]] 346 +1. General managers[[^^~[6~]^^>>path:#_ftn6]] 351 351 352 352 **2 Professionals** 353 353 ... ... @@ -404,11 +404,11 @@ 404 404 405 405 Classification according to status in employment 406 406 407 -= International Classification of S tatus in Employment, ICS E-93[[ (% class="wikiinternallink" %)^^~[7~]^^>>path:#_ftn7]](%%)=403 += International Classification of S tatus in Employment, ICS E-93[[^^~[7~]^^>>path:#_ftn7]] = 408 408 409 409 The following text is an extract from the resolution concerning the International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE) adopted by the Fifteenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians (Geneva, 1993): 410 410 411 - **II. The ICSE-93 groups **[[ (% class="wikiinternallink" %)^^~[8~]^^>>path:#_ftn8]]407 + **II. The ICSE-93 groups **[[^^~[8~]^^>>path:#_ftn8]] 412 412 413 413 4. The ICSE-93 consists of the following groups, which are defined in section III: 414 414 ... ... @@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ 437 437 438 438 Classification according to type of injury 439 439 440 -The following classification is based on the //International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems//, ICD-10.[[ (% class="wikiinternallink" %)^^~[9~]^^>>path:#_ftn9]](%%)The most serious injury or disease sustained or suffered by the victim should be classified. Where several injuries have been incurred, the most serious one should be classified. The coding given below does not correspond to that given in ICD-10, due to differences in structure.436 +The following classification is based on the //International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems//, ICD-10.[[^^~[9~]^^>>path:#_ftn9]] The most serious injury or disease sustained or suffered by the victim should be classified. Where several injuries have been incurred, the most serious one should be classified. The coding given below does not correspond to that given in ICD-10, due to differences in structure. 441 441 442 442 **Code Designation** 443 443 ... ... @@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ 452 452 453 453 (Including avulsions, lacerations, sprains, strains, traumatic haemarthroses, ruptures, subluxations and tears of joints and ligaments) 454 454 455 -1. 451 +1. 456 456 11. Dislocations and subluxations 457 457 11. Sprains and strains 458 458 1. **Traumatic amputations** ... ... @@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ 493 493 494 494 The following classification is based on the //International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related// 495 495 496 -//Health Problems//, ICD-10.[[ (% class="wikiinternallink" %)^^~[10~]^^>>path:#_ftn10]](%%)The groups relating to multiple locations should be used only to classify cases where the victim suffers from several injuries to different parts of the body and no injury is obviously more severe than the others. In order to designate the side of the body injured, a further digit may be added to the code for the part of body injured, where relevant, as follows:492 +//Health Problems//, ICD-10.[[^^~[10~]^^>>path:#_ftn10]] The groups relating to multiple locations should be used only to classify cases where the victim suffers from several injuries to different parts of the body and no injury is obviously more severe than the others. In order to designate the side of the body injured, a further digit may be added to the code for the part of body injured, where relevant, as follows: 497 497 498 498 1: right side 499 499 ... ... @@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ 512 512 11. Tooth, teeth 513 513 11. Other specified parts of facial area 514 514 515 -1. 511 +1. 516 516 11. Head, multiple sites affected 517 517 11. Head, other specified parts not elsewhere classified 1.9 Head, unspecified 518 518 1. **Neck, including spine and vertebrae in the neck **2.1 Spine and vertebrae ... ... @@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ 522 522 1. **Back, including spine and vertebrae in the back** 523 523 11. Spine and vertebrae 524 524 525 -1. 521 +1. 526 526 11. Back, other specified parts not elsewhere classified 527 527 11. Back, unspecified 528 528 1. **Trunk and internal organs** ... ... @@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ 531 531 11. Pelvic and abdominal area, including internal organs 532 532 11. External genitalia 533 533 534 -1. 530 +1. 535 535 11. Trunk, multiple sites affected 536 536 11. Trunk, other specified parts not elsewhere classified 537 537 11. Trunk and internal organs, unspecified ... ... @@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ 552 552 11. Foot 553 553 11. Toe(s) 554 554 555 -1. 551 +1. 556 556 11. Lower extremities, multiple sites affected 557 557 11. Lower extremities, other specified parts not elsewhere classified 558 558 11. Lower extremities, unspecified ... ... @@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ 571 571 572 572 [[~[2~]>>path:#_ftnref2]] For full details, see United Nations, Statistical Papers, Series M, No. 4, Rev. 3 (New York, UN doc. ST/ESA/STAT/SER.M/4/Rev. 3, 1990). 573 573 574 -[[~[3~]>>path:#_ftnref3]] For full details, see United Nations~:// 570 +[[~[3~]>>path:#_ftnref3]] For full details, see United Nations~:// International Recommendations for Industrial Statistics//, Statistical Papers, Series M, No. 48, Rev. 1 (New York, UN doc. ST/ESA/STAT/SER.M/48/Rev. 1, 1983). 575 575 576 576 [[~[4~]>>path:#_ftnref4]] For full details, see ILO //International Standard Classification of Occupations//: ISCO-88 (Geneva, 1990). 577 577 ... ... @@ -583,6 +583,6 @@ 583 583 584 584 [[~[8~]>>path:#_ftnref8]] For linguistic convenience the group titles and definitions have been formulated in a way which corresponds to the situation where each person holds only one job during the reference period. Rules for classifying persons with two or more jobs are given in section V. 585 585 586 -[[~[9~]>>path:#_ftnref9]] For full details, see WHO// 582 +[[~[9~]>>path:#_ftnref9]] For full details, see WHO// International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, ICD-10 //(Geneva, 1992). 587 587 588 588 [[~[10~]>>path:#_ftnref10]] For full details, see WHO //International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, ICD-10 //(Geneva, 1992).