1.1. Contact organisation
Association d'assurance accident
1.2. Contact organisation unit
Service Méthodologie
1.3. Contact name
Restricted from publication1.4. Contact person function
Restricted from publication1.5. Contact mail address
Association d'assurance accident
4 Rue Mercier, 2144 Gare Luxembourg
1.6. Contact email address
Restricted from publication1.7. Contact phone number
Restricted from publication1.8. Contact fax number
Restricted from publication2.1. Metadata last certified
18 September 20242.2. Metadata last posted
18 September 20242.3. Metadata last update
18 September 20243.1. Data description
The law defines a work-related accident as one that occurred to an insured individual due to work or during work. This very succinct definition has been supplemented by Luxembourg jurisprudence, which specified the constitutive elements of a workplace accident by adopting a definition from the French Court of Cassation. According to this, a workplace accident is characterized by the sudden action of an external cause during work that inflicts an injury to the human body.
The definition of a fatal accident at work at national level is different from the EU level definition.
A fatal accident at work is defined as an accident which has led to the death of the victim at the time of its notification.
3.2. Classification system
The following classifications are used in ESAW:
- NACE Rev. 2: 2nd revision of the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community managed by Eurostat. For ESAW data NACE Rev. 2 is used from reference year 2008 onwards;
- ISCO-08: International Standard Classification of Occupations managed by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) (revision of 2008). ISCO-08 should be used from reference year 2011 onwards (not all countries use it yet);
- NUTS 2021: Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics;
- ICSE-93: International Classification by Status in Employment (revision of 1993).
3.3. Coverage - sector
All economic sectors A - S according to NACE Rev. 2 should in principle be covered from reference year 2013 onwards. Before the reference year 2013, there was no obligation to cover sectors outside the so-called 'common branches' A and C – N. However, most Member States covered those non-common sectors C and O – S as well as T and U before on a voluntary basis.
The NACE sectors are (all branches, at one digit level):
| A |
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING |
| B |
MINING AND QUARRYING |
| C |
MANUFACTURING |
| D |
ELECTRICITY, GAS, STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING SUPPLY |
| E |
WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES |
| F |
CONSTRUCTION |
| G |
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE; REPAIR OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES |
| H |
TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE |
| I |
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICE ACTIVITIES |
| J |
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION |
| K |
FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES |
| L |
REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES |
| M |
PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES |
| N |
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES |
| O |
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE; COMPULSORY SOCIAL SECURITY |
| P |
EDUCATION |
| Q |
HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK ACTIVITIES |
| R |
ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION |
| S |
OTHER SERVICE ACTIVITIES |
| T |
ACTIVITIES OF HOUSEHOLDS AS EMPLOYERS; U0NDIFFERENTIATED GOODS- AND SERVICES- PRODUCING ACTIVITIES OF HOUSEHOLDS FOR OWN USE |
| U |
ACTIVITIES OF EXTRATERRITORIAL ORGANISATIONS AND BODIES |
Data delivery for sectors T and U is voluntary.
Some sectors and professions are subject to confidentiality rules. According to the ESAW implementing Regulation 349/2011 (annex II), Member States deliver the following NACE Rev. 2 divisions of sector O on a voluntary basis only:
84.22 Defence activities
84.23 Justice and judicial activities
84.24 Public order and safety activities
84.25 Fire services activities
Section '3.6. Statistical population' below gives information about professions (occupations) subject to confidentiality exceptions.
On the Eurostat website, the data tables published in section 'Main indicators' (hsw_mi) cover the 13 common branches A, C-N only.
In the section 'Details by economic activity (NACE Rev. 2, 2008 onwards) (hsw_n2) some data are presented at 1 and 2 digit level of NACE Rev.2 classification.
The ESAW implementing Regulation (see section 11.2 Quality assessment) requires that Member States send data on accidents of 'employees'. Data on accidents of self-employed, family workers and other employment types are voluntary.
3.3.1. Sector Coverage ESAW
COVERAGE OF ECONOMIC SECTORS (NACE), (Annual update expected)
| NACE | NACE Rev.2 | Coverage |
| A | Agriculture, forestry and fishing | y |
| B | Mining and quarrying | y |
| off shores | n.a. | |
| others | y | |
| C | Manufacturing | y |
| D | Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | y |
| E | Water supply, sewerage, steam and air conditioning supply | y |
| F | Construction | y |
| G | Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles | y |
| H | Transportation and storage | y |
| maritime transport (NACE 50) | y | |
| air transport (NACE 51) | y | |
| transport via Railways (NACE 49) | y | |
| post & telecomunications (NACE 53) | y | |
| I | Accomodation and food service activities | y |
| J | Information and communication | y |
| K | Financial and insurance activities | y |
| L | Real state activities | y |
| M | Professional, scientific and technical activities | y |
| N | Administrative and support service activities | y |
| O | Public administration and defence;compulsory social security | y |
| of which police and firebrigades (NACE 84.24 and 84.25) | y | |
| P | Education | y |
| Q | Human health and social work activities | y |
| R | Arts, entertainment and recreation | y |
| S | Other service activities | y |
| T | Activities of households as employers; undiferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use | y |
| U | Activites of extra territorial organisations and bodies | y |
Additional comments on coverage of economic sectors
| -Employees are affiliated at different social security institutions. Only one of these records data on the duration of sick leaves.(CNS) Luxembourg's reference population and main csv file only considers the employees for which information on the duration of sick leaves is available. |
Codes:
y - Sector fully covered
n - Sector not covered at all
p - Secor partially covered
n.a. - Not applicable, i.e. sector does not exist in country
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
No additional information to the metadata on EU level available. Information corresponds to the EU metadata.
3.4.1. Definition of ESAW variables
COVERAGE OF ESAW VARIABLES (Annual update expected)
| Economic activity of the employer |
y |
| Occupation of the victim | y |
| Age of victim | y |
| Sex of victim | y |
| Type of injury | y |
| Part of body injured | y |
| Geographical location | y |
| Date of the accident | y |
| Time of the accident | y |
| Size of enterprise | y |
| Nationality | y |
| Employment status | y |
| Days lost | ynum |
| Workstation | y |
| Working environment | y |
| Working process | y |
| Specific physical activity | y |
| Material agent of Specific physical activity | y |
| Deviation | y |
| Material agent of Deviation | y |
| Contact – mode of injury | y |
| Material agent of Contact - Mode of injury | y |
| Road traffic accidents (RTA) | p |
| Weight | p |
| Type of weight (under-reporting - U; sampling - S; special sampling - Sp) | S |
Additional comments on coverage of ESAW variables
| - |
Codes:
Coverage
y - Variable fully covered
n - Variable not covered at all, i.e. variable is so far not collected in country
p - Variable partially covered
Days lost
ynum - Days lost are covered and in data file listed by numbers (004 - 182)
ycat - Days lost are covered and in data file listed by categories (A01 - A06)
p num, p cat - Days lost are partly covered and listed by numbers (categories)
Type of weight
U - weight to correct under-reporting
S - weight to account for sampling
Sp - weight to correct special sampling
3.5. Statistical unit
Data are collected for each accident.
If a person is a victim of more than one accident during the reference year, several cases are reported (one for each accident).
If there are several victims in the same event of accident, also several cases are reported (one for each victim).
3.6. Statistical population
All accidents at work are covered.
Luxembourg data covers all NACE codes.
The employees of the public sector are distributed over several NACE classes and are only partially covered.
The victim of an accident at work is always employed in Luxembourg, but can be resident or non-resident.
3.6.1. Statistical Population ESAW
Table 1. COVERAGE OF PROFESSIONAL STATUS (Annual update expected)
| Professional status | Coverage |
| 1. Self employed | y |
| 1.1 Self employed with employees | y |
| 1.2 Self employed without employees | y |
| 2. Family worker | y |
| 3. Employee | y |
| 3.1 Part time workers | y |
| 3.2 Casual workers | y |
| 3.3 Trainees/Apprentices | y |
| 4. Students | y |
| 5. Others | y |
Additional comments on coverage of professionnal status
| None. |
Codes:
y - Professional status fully covered
n - Professional status not covered at all
p - Professional status partially covered
n.a. - Not applicable, i.e. professional status does not exist in country
Table 2. COVERAGE OF ACCIDENTS OUTSIDE PREMISES (Annual update expected)
| Accidents in the course of work | Coverage |
| 1. Commuting accidents | y1 |
| 2. Accidents in a public place or in a mean of transport during a journey in the course of work | y2 |
| 2.1 Road traffic accidents in the course of work (public highways, car parks, internal ways inside the premises of the enterprise) | y |
| 2.2 Number of fatal road traffic accidents during a journey in the course of work for persons employed outside the NACE Rev. 2 sector H Transportation (PLEASE INSERT THE MANDATORY NUMBER) | 0 |
| 2.3 Other accidents (slips, falls, aggressions, etc.) in a public place (pavement, staircases, etc.) or in the arrival and starting points (station, port, airport, etc.) of any mean of transport, during a journey in the course of work | y |
| 2.4 Accidents on board of any means of transport (underground railway, tram, train, boat, plane, etc.) used during a journey in the course of work | y |
| 2.5 Number of fatal accidents on board of any other means of transport during a journey in the course of work for persons employed outside the NACE Rev. 2 sector H Transportation (PLEASE INSERT THE MANDATORY NUMBER) | 0 |
| 3. Accidents occurred within the premises of another company than that which employs the victim, or in a private individual, in the course of work | y |
| 4. Accidents having only a medical origin, in the course of work | y |
Additional comments on coverage of accidents outside premises
| 1: Commuting accidents are collected but excluded in ESAW data. 2: RTA numbers are only available for fatal accidents |
Codes:
y - Accidents fully covered
n - Accidents not covered at all
p - Accidents partially covered
F - Data of fatal road traffic accidents and fatal accidents on board of any means of transport provided in the main CSV data file
A - Data of fatal and non-fatal road traffic accidents as well as fatal and non-fatal accidents on board of any means of transport provided in the main CSV data file
3.7. Reference area
No additional information to the metadata on EU level available. Information corresponds to the EU metadata.
3.8. Coverage - Time
No additional information to the metadata on EU level available. Information corresponds to the EU metadata.
3.9. Base period
Not applicable.
The following measurement units are used in ESAW data:
- Numbers of accidents
- Percentages of accidents (in relation to different totals and breakdowns)
- Incidence rates of accidents: number of accidents per 100,000 workers
- Standardised incidence rates: number of accidents per 100,000 workers adjusted for the relative sizes of economic sectors at EU level (see section 18.6 Adjustment for more details)
The calendar year during which the accidents were reported to have taken place (reference year).
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
No additional information to the metadata on EU level available. Information corresponds to the EU metadata.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
Not applicable.
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
Luxemburgish law on the organisation of the Commission Nationale pour la Protection des Données and implementation of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), amending the Labour Code and the amended the Law of 25 March 2015 laying down the salaries and conditions and procedures for the advancement of State officials. More information on the National legislation can be found on the CNDP website.
Original French title: 'Loi du 1er août 2018 portant organisation de la Commission nationale pour la protection des données et mise en oeuvre du règlement (UE) 2016/679 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 27 avril 2016 relatif à la protection des personnes physiques à l'égard du traitement des données à caractère personnel et à la libre circulation de ces données, et abrogeant la directive 95/46/CE (règlement général sur la protection des données), portant modification du Code du travail et de la loi modifiée du 25 mars 2015 fixant le régime des traitements et les conditions et modalités d'avancement des fonctionnaires de l'État.', available on the CNDP website.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
None.
8.1. Release calendar
ESAW data is usually released between January - September of each year (in year N+2, where N is the reference year in which the accidents took place), with a focus on end of June - July (release of most countries' data).
There is no specific release calendar for ESAW data (see the Eurostat website for all published ESAW data).
See section 14 Timeliness and punctuality for more details about the timing and punctuality of ESAW data releases.
8.2. Release calendar access
No additional information to the metadata on EU level available. Information corresponds to the EU metadata.
8.3. Release policy - user access
In line with the Community legal framework and the European Statistics Code of Practice, Eurostat disseminates European statistics on Eurostat's website (see worksheet 10. Accessibility and clarity) 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.
Annual.
10.1. Dissemination format - News release
None at national level
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications
None at national level
10.3. Dissemination format - online database
None at national level
10.3.1. Data tables - consultations
None at national level
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access
None at national level
10.5. Dissemination format - other
None at national level
10.5.1. Metadata - consultations
None at national level
10.6. Documentation on methodology
None at national level
10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate
See metadata file
10.7. Quality management - documentation
None at national level
11.1. Quality assurance
A instaured quality manager will, amongst other tasks, also control the quality of the procedures related to statistics and data collection.
Also there are monthly checks in place that are sent to some responsibles.
They have to check if the encoding is correct and if the interprertation of the accidents is correct.
11.2. Quality management - assessment
Most data is inserted manually into the system. Humans must interpret victim's accounts and codify them.
This is of course a potential source of classification errors.
A particular challenge in the data collection is the fact that data is extracted from production databases managed by different social security institutions.
Because of this there exists a potential risk of misinterpreting parts of the data.
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
In line with the European Union legal framework and principle 6 (impartiality and objectivity) of the European Statistics Code of Practice, Eurostat develops, produces and disseminates European statistics respecting scientific independence and in an objective, professional and transparent manner in which all users are treated equitably.
The main users of the ESAW data at EU level are:
- Other EU organisations concerned with health and safety at work, in particular Directorate-General for Employment, social affairs and inclusion as well as the EU agencies EU-OSHA and EUROFOUND;
- Member States authorities such as statistical authorities, labour ministries, labour inspectorates;
- International organisations dealing with health and safety at work such as ILO;
- Business associations, trade unions and NGOs;
- Researchers and students;
- Media.
Eurostat regularly meets other EU and international organisations as well as representatives of relevant Member State authorities, business associations, workers and employer associations. In addition, it communicates with other user groups such as researchers, students and the media via several channels including its user support, website and through events such as conferences and meetings. The needs and comments from these user groups are continuosly taken into account when deciding about what statistics are collected and disseminated.
ESAW data users are often interested in information concerning individual economic sectors. Incidence rates are important for comparing the situation in different Member States and economic sectors. While absolute numbers of accidents for individual economic sectors (at NACE Rev.2 at 2-digit or more detailed level) reflect appropriately the accidents reported in Member States, incidende rates (number of accidents per 100,000 workers) depend also on reference populations which are sometimes not very accurate for smaller sectors.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
Eurostat carries out regular user satisfaction surveys including for statistical domains such as 'Health'.
Information about the downloads of individual datasets, detailed tables, publications and Statistics Explained articles is regularly compiled and analysed.
All available information about user satisfaction is taken into account when developing data collections.
However, there is currently no dedicated user satisfaction survey on ESAW statistics.
12.3. Completeness
ESAW phase I and II are covered at 100%
ESAW phase III variables are covered at 100%.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate
ESAW phase I and II are covered at 100%
ESAW phase III variables are covered at 100%.
12.3.1.1. Data completeness rate of ESAW variables per sector
REPORTING LEVELS OF ECONOMIC SECTORS (NACE), (Annual update expected)
Global reporting level
| 100% |
Reporting levels by sector
| A. Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 100% |
| B. Mining and quarrying | 100% |
| off shores | 100% |
| others | 100% |
| C. Manufacturing | 100% |
| D. Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 100% |
| E. Water supply, sewerage, steam and air conditioning supply | 100% |
| F. Construction | 100% |
| G. Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles | 100% |
| H. Transportation and storage | 100% |
| maritime transport (NACE 50) | 100% |
| air transport (NACE 51) | 100% |
| transport via Railways (NACE 49) | 100% |
| post & telecomunications (NACE 53) | 100% |
| I. Accomodation and food service activities | 100% |
| J. Information and communication | 100% |
| K. Financial and insurance activities | 100% |
| L. Real state activities | 100% |
| M. Professional, scientific and technical activities | 100% |
| N. Administrative and support service activities | 100% |
| O. Public administration and defence;compulsory social security | 100% |
| of which police and firebrigades (NACE 84.24 and 84.25) | 100% |
| P. Education | 100% |
| Q. Human health and social work activities | 100% |
| R. Arts, entertainment and recreation | 100% |
| S. Other service activities | 100% |
| T. Activities of households as employers; undiferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use | 100% |
| U. Activites of extra territorial organisations and bodies | 100% |
Additional comments on global reporting level
| Employees are affiliated at different social security institutions. Only one of these records data on the duration of sick leaves. Luxembourg's reference population and main csv file only considers the employees for which information on the duration of sick leaves is available. |
Codes:
N - sector not covered by data collection
UNK - sector covered but unknown reporting level
(value %) - reporting level
(e) - rough estimate (instead of "medium" or "high")
Explanation: Please fill in every cell with information, either "N" for sector not covered by the data collection, "UNK" for sectors covered but unknown reporting level, or a percentage value for sectors covered for which the reporting level is known (such as "52%"). Instead of "medium" or "high" please fill in a approximate value and flag it with "(e)" at the end, such as "50% (e)". Please fill in both, the global reporting cells and the detailed rows for individual sectors. If for example no sector is covered for your country, then fill into every cell "0", if all sectors are covered but all reporting levels are unknown fill in "UNK" in every cell. "N/A" should be replaced by either "N" or "UNK".
13.1. Accuracy - overall
Luxembourg data is subject to under-coverage:
The employees of the public sector are only partially covered, as well by the reference population data as by the accident data (the reference population excludes a subset of public sector employees, the accidents of this same subset are excluded from the accident data).
13.2. Sampling error
Not applicable.
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators
Not applicable.
13.3. Non-sampling error
Coverage error:
Luxembourg data is subject to under-coverage:
The employees of the public sector are only partially covered, as well by the reference population data as by the accident data (the reference population excludes a subset of public sector employees, the accidents of this same subset are excluded from the accident data)
Processing error:
Processing errors are mainly due to human failures (non-respect of coding and administrative procedures).
13.3.1. Coverage error
Luxembourg data is subject to under-coverage:
The employees of the public sector are only partially covered, as well by the reference population data as by the accident data (the reference population excludes a subset of public sector employees, the accidents of this same subset are excluded from the accident data)
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion
Not applicable.
13.3.2. Measurement error
Not applicable.
13.3.3. Non response error
Not applicable.
13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.4. Processing error
Processing errors are mainly due to human failures (non-respect of coding and administrative procedures).
13.3.5. Model assumption error
Not applicable.
14.1. Timeliness
The legal requirement for Member States is to send Eurostat ESAW data until 30 June of year N+2, where N is the reference year in which the accidents took place.
As soon as one or several Member States have sent their data they are published on the Eurostat website. In some cases this may happen already some months before the legal deadline of June.
14.1.1. Time lag - first result
Approximately 12 months after the end of the reference year (experience of previous years).
14.1.2. Time lag - final result
Approximately 21 months after the end of the reference year (experience of previous years).
14.2. Punctuality
Most countries transmit data before and a few days -weeks after the legal deadline of 30 June of year N+2. Eurostat then checks and validates this data and publishes most of it on its website within a few weeks (in July N+2 or before).
A few countries may send data only during July - September of year N+2. All data is usually published until September - October of year N+2.
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication
See above.
15.1. Comparability - geographical
Data on fatal accidents have a high level of comparability between all countries.
Data on non-fatal accidents are considered to be of limited comparability across certain groups of countries. See section 13. on 'accuracy' for further details, in particular concerning the existence of two different types of accident notification systems (insurance based and universal social security system based).
Standardised incidence rates are calculated in order to enable between comparison between countries (some countries have larger high-risk sectors in terms of work accidents, for example concerning certain occupations in transport, construction, manufacturing and agriculture; see section 18.6 Adjustment for more details).
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient
Not applicable.
15.2. Comparability - over time
Due to changes in the applicable legislation, Luxembourg data concerning years < 2011 and concerning years >= 2011 are not comparable.
In addition, Luxembourg has changed its methodology starting with reference year 2014, thus data concerning the reference years < 2014 and >= 2014 are not directly comparable.
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series
The last major break for ESAW data was between 2007 and 2008 including a change from NACE Rev.1 to NACE Rev. 2 and concerning the addition of the 13 new Member States which joined the EU in 2004, 2007 and 2013 respectively.
Therefore, the length of comparable ESAW time series is for example six years for reference years 2008 - 2013.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
Coherence - National Accounts:
National statistics are not directly comparable to ESAW statistics.
The Framework Regulation defines ‘accident at work’ and establishes that ‘data shall be collected for fatal accidents at work AND accidents at work resulting in more than three days of absence from work'.
National statistics include communting accidents and also accidents under three days of absence (excluding the day of the accident itself)
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
Not applicable.
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts
National statistics are not directly comparable to ESAW statistics.
15.4. Coherence - internal
No additional information to the metadata on EU level available. Information corresponds to the EU metadata.
There is currently no cost/burden analysis available for ESAW data at national level.
17.1. Data revision - policy
ESAW data are occasionally revised, such as when a country notifies Eurostat about changes in the data and metadata.
In 2014 - 2015 a revision of reference populations of some countries was done which impacts on incidence rates (the reference populations is the denominator for incidence rates, the numerator is the numbers of accidents).
17.2. Data revision - practice
The practice for data revisions is similar to the practice of publishing new data: either the country sends revised data to Eurostat which checks, validates and publishes it in agreement with the responsible national authority, or Eurostat calculates revised data and sends it to the country's authority for agreement.
17.2.1. Data revision - average size
Not available.
18.1. Source data
Luxembourg extracts data concerning accidents at work from the databases of the Association d'assurance accident.
This data is crossed with information concerning the absence from work extracted from the databases of the Caisse nationale de santé.
The information concerning employed persons is extracted from the databases of the Centre commun de la sécurité sociale.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
Annual.
18.3. Data collection
Not applicable.
18.4. Data validation
Validation activities at national level include:
- comparison to other national statistics
- comparison to the statistics from previous cycles
- investigating inconsistencies
Note that the ESAW reference population will always be different from the LFS population, since the former includes non-residents whereas the latter does not.
18.5. Data compilation
Not applicable.
18.5.1. Imputation - rate
Not applicable.
18.6. Adjustment
Not applicable.
18.6.1. Seasonal adjustment
Not applicable.
No additional information to the metadata on EU level available. Information corresponds to the EU metadata.
The law defines a work-related accident as one that occurred to an insured individual due to work or during work. This very succinct definition has been supplemented by Luxembourg jurisprudence, which specified the constitutive elements of a workplace accident by adopting a definition from the French Court of Cassation. According to this, a workplace accident is characterized by the sudden action of an external cause during work that inflicts an injury to the human body.
The definition of a fatal accident at work at national level is different from the EU level definition.
A fatal accident at work is defined as an accident which has led to the death of the victim at the time of its notification.
No additional information to the metadata on EU level available. Information corresponds to the EU metadata.
Data are collected for each accident.
If a person is a victim of more than one accident during the reference year, several cases are reported (one for each accident).
If there are several victims in the same event of accident, also several cases are reported (one for each victim).
All accidents at work are covered.
Luxembourg data covers all NACE codes.
The employees of the public sector are distributed over several NACE classes and are only partially covered.
The victim of an accident at work is always employed in Luxembourg, but can be resident or non-resident.
No additional information to the metadata on EU level available. Information corresponds to the EU metadata.
The calendar year during which the accidents were reported to have taken place (reference year).
Luxembourg data is subject to under-coverage:
The employees of the public sector are only partially covered, as well by the reference population data as by the accident data (the reference population excludes a subset of public sector employees, the accidents of this same subset are excluded from the accident data).
The following measurement units are used in ESAW data:
- Numbers of accidents
- Percentages of accidents (in relation to different totals and breakdowns)
- Incidence rates of accidents: number of accidents per 100,000 workers
- Standardised incidence rates: number of accidents per 100,000 workers adjusted for the relative sizes of economic sectors at EU level (see section 18.6 Adjustment for more details)
Not applicable.
Luxembourg extracts data concerning accidents at work from the databases of the Association d'assurance accident.
This data is crossed with information concerning the absence from work extracted from the databases of the Caisse nationale de santé.
The information concerning employed persons is extracted from the databases of the Centre commun de la sécurité sociale.
Annual.
The legal requirement for Member States is to send Eurostat ESAW data until 30 June of year N+2, where N is the reference year in which the accidents took place.
As soon as one or several Member States have sent their data they are published on the Eurostat website. In some cases this may happen already some months before the legal deadline of June.
Data on fatal accidents have a high level of comparability between all countries.
Data on non-fatal accidents are considered to be of limited comparability across certain groups of countries. See section 13. on 'accuracy' for further details, in particular concerning the existence of two different types of accident notification systems (insurance based and universal social security system based).
Standardised incidence rates are calculated in order to enable between comparison between countries (some countries have larger high-risk sectors in terms of work accidents, for example concerning certain occupations in transport, construction, manufacturing and agriculture; see section 18.6 Adjustment for more details).
Due to changes in the applicable legislation, Luxembourg data concerning years < 2011 and concerning years >= 2011 are not comparable.
In addition, Luxembourg has changed its methodology starting with reference year 2014, thus data concerning the reference years < 2014 and >= 2014 are not directly comparable.