Workplace Accidents

24of all workplace accidentsreported annually to the

Health and Safety Authorityresult in injury to the

back

%

24%

50%

43of accidents for a two year periodof 2014 and 2015 that resulted in

musculoskeletal injury weretriggered by a lifting of a

load

%32%

27.1 workers per 1000 had anoccupationalillness in 2012

increasein the rate ofoccupationalillness since

2001

of all the occupational illnesses relate tomusculoskeletal ill health

of all workplace accidents reportedannually to the Health and Safety

Authority result inmusculoskeletal

injury