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Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia State Labour Inspectorate
1.2. Contact organisation unit
Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia, Social Statistics Department
1.3. Contact name
Restricted from publication
1.4. Contact person function
Restricted from publication
1.5. Contact mail address
Central Statistical Bureau Lāčplēša street 1, Rīga, LV – 1301; State Labour Inspectorate 38 k-1, Kr.Valdemara Street Riga, LV –1010
1.6. Contact email address
Restricted from publication
1.7. Contact phone number
Restricted from publication
1.8. Contact fax number
Restricted from publication
2.1. Metadata last certified
28 June 2024
2.2. Metadata last posted
28 June 2024
2.3. Metadata last update
28 June 2024
3.1. Data description
Harmonised data on accidents at work are collected in the framework of the administrative data collection 'European Statistics on Accidents at Work (ESAW).
An accident at work is defined as 'a discrete occurrence in the course of work which leads to physical or mental harm'.
The data include only fatal and non-fatal accidents involving more than 3 calendar days of absence from work. If the accident does not lead to the death of the victim it is called a 'non-fatal' (or 'serious') accident.
A fatal accident at work is defined as an accident which leads to the death of a victim within one year of the accident.
The variables collected on accidents at work include:
- Economic activity of the employer and size of the enterprise - Employment status, occupation, age, sex and nationality of victim - Geographical location, date and time of the accident - Type of injury, body part injured and the severity of the accident (number of full calendar days during which the victim is unfit for work excluding the day of the accident, permanent incapacity or death within one year of the accident). - Variables on causes and circumstances of the accident: workstation, working environment, working process, specific physical activity, material agent of the specific physical activity, deviation and material agent of deviation, contact - mode of injury and material agent of contact - mode of injury.
The national ESAW sources are the declarations of accidents at work to the Labour inspectorate.
The reference population (number of employees) related to the national ESAW reporting system is provided from administrative sources: Annual Integrated survey on enterprise economic activity, Quarterly reports on the activities of businesses, institutions, foundations, associations and funds, administrative data. Data include average number of employees working in the main and secondary job.
3.2. Classification system
Classifications are used in ESAW:
NACE classification (most recent version provided)
For coding of the occupations the national Latvian Classification of Occupations is used, developed on the basis of the International Standard Classification of Occupations ISCO -08 (or most recent version).
NUTS (most recent version provided)
3.3. Coverage - sector
All economic sectors are covered with the exception of: - military institutions personnel and police and fire services with special status - the agricultural sector self-employed persons are not fully covered. Self-employed persons and family workers are excluded.
3.3.1. Sector Coverage ESAW
COVERAGE OF ECONOMIC SECTORS (NACE), (Annual update expected)
NACE
NACE Rev.2
Coverage
A
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
P
B
Mining and quarrying
Y
off shores
N
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 & telecommunications (NACE 53)
Y
I
Accommodation 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 fire brigades (NACE 84.24 and 84.25)
P
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; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use
N
U
Activities of extra territorial organisations and bodies
Y
Additional comments on coverage of economic sectors
1. For sector Agriculture, forestry and fishing" a sufficiently high number of self-employed persons who are not covered
2. Military institutions personnel and police and fire services with special status are not covered
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
European Statistics on Accidents at Work (ESAW) are based on case-by-case data for accidents at work resulting in more than 3 days' absence from work, permanent incapacity or death of the victim.
An accident at work is 'a discrete occurrence in the course of work which leads to physical or mental harm'.
- This includes all accidents in the course of work, whether they happen inside or outside the premises of the employer, on the premises of another employer, in public places or during transport (including road traffic accidents or accidents in any other mean of transportation) and at home (such as during teleworking). It also includes cases of acute poisoning and wilful acts of other persons; - It excludes: accidents on the way to or from work (commuting accidents); deliberate self-inflicted injuries; occurrences caused solely by a medical condition (such as heart attack or stroke) that occurred during work, i.e. which were not (at least partially) caused by the occupational activity of the victim;; accidents to members of the public, for example family members of a worker who are not working; and occupational diseases.
A fatal accident at work is defined as an accident which leads to the death of a victim within one year of the accident.
In a typical fatal accident at work, the death occurs within a few days after the day of the accident and the limitation to the day of the accident would result already in a significant underestimation of such very severe accidents.
The following 15 phase I and II variables have to be sent by Member States to Eurostat from reference year 2011 onwards on an annual basis:
1. Case number 2. Economic activity of the employer (NACE) 3. Occupation of Victim (ISCO) 4. Age of Victim 5. Sex of Victim 6. Type of Injury 7. Part of Body Injured 8. Geographical Location of the Accident 9. Date of the Accident 10. Time of the Accident 11. Size of the Enterprise 12. Nationality of the Victim 13. Employment Status of the Victim 14. Days Lost (severity) 15. Weight ESAW collection
In addition, Phase III variables are reported: 16. Workstation, 17. Working Environment, 18. Working Process,
19. - 20. Specific Physical Activity, Material Agent associated with the of Specific Physical Activity 21. - 22. Deviation, Material Agent associated with the Deviation 23. - 24. Contact - mode of injury, Material Agent associated with the Contact - Mode of injury.
LV does not applyan additional sampling for the ESAW Phase III.
The definition of the variables is stated in the Commission Regulation (EU) No 349/2011 and further specified in the ESAW methodology.
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)
Y
Weight
N
Type of weight (under-reporting - U; sampling - S; special sampling - Sp)
N
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 y num Days lost are covered and in data file listed by numbers (004 - 182) y cat 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
Statistical information covers all sectors and all employees. The other employment types (self-employed, family members, students and others) are not covered.
Some occupations are subject to national confidentiality rules and not covered (military institutions personel and police and fire services with special status).
3.6.1. Statistical Population ESAW
COVERAGE OF PROFESSIONAL STATUS (Annual update expected)
Professional status
Coverage
1. Self employed
N
1.1 Self employed with employees
N
1.2 Self employed without employees
N
2. Family worker
N
3. Employee
Y
3.1 Part time workers
Y
3.2 Casual workers
Y
3.3 Trainees/Apprentices
Y
4. Students
N
5. Others
N
Additional comments on coverage of professional status
-
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
COVERAGE OF ACCIDENTS OUTSIDE PREMISES (Annual update expected)
Accidents in the course of work
Coverage
1. Commuting accidents
N
2. Accidents in a public place or in a mean of transport during a journey in the course of work
Y
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)
5
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
N
Additional comments on coverage of accidents outside premises
-
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
The whole country.
3.8. Coverage - Time
Data are available since reference year 2003.
3.9. Base period
Not applicable.
Numbers of accidents.
Is relevant with metadata at EU level - calendar year.
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
Regulations of Minister Cabinet Nr. 950 (25 August 2009) "Procedures for Investigation and Registration of Accidents at Work" (53 and 54 articles).
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
Not applicable.
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
Confidentiality of the information provided by respondents is protected by the Statistical Law (section 7, Section17 and Section 19). The statistical institution shall disseminate official statistics in a way that does not allow either directly or indirectly identify a private individual or a State institution in cases other than those laid down in Section 25 of this Law.
There is currently no treatment of ESAW data with regard to statistical confidentiality taking place.
8.1. Release calendar
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
Not available.
8.3. Release policy - user access
In line with the Community legal framework and the European Statistics Code of Practice (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/quality/european-quality-standards/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.
See 'data' on the Eurostat website (http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat; datasets under 'Database by themes/Population and social conditions/Health/Health and safety at work (hsw)/Accidents at work (ESAW…)' ).
Quality reports are available with the national metadata.
11.1. Quality assurance
The Central Statistical Bureau and the State Labour inspectorate are working on estimation of under-reporting and possible inconsistencies with the ESAW methodology. During the introduction of ESAW methodology several seminars and training courses for SLI inspectors were organised.
11.2. Quality management - assessment
ESAW is an administrative data collection which provides information on accidents at work as they are reported by employers to the State Labour Inspectorate.
The type of data transmitted to Eurostat as well as its timing and other aspects follow strict rules (see section 6. 'Institutional mandate').
LV fulfill obligations in relation to the legal acts and guidelines. This includes all classification systems.
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
The main user at the international level is ILO. At national level - ministries, CSB.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
There is no data on regular users satisfaction surveys.
12.3. Completeness
This file contains sections which list in detail the available variables, economic sectors, employment status and information on traffic accidents.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate
Although ESAW data is presented according to the list of all Phase variables, it should be noted that quality could suffer from underreporting.
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
N
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
63%
of which police and firebrigades (NACE 84.24 and 84.25)
UNK
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
N
U. Activites of extra territorial organisations and bodies
UNK
Additional comments on global reporting level
- According to the regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers, employers must report accidents at work. Exceptions are: military institutions personnel and police and fire services with special status. CSB has the possibility to know the total number of accidents at work in this group , but the statistical information does not have a more detailed breakdown. Since we don't know the indicator of such variable as "severity", it is not possible to include them in the overall list.
Self-employed persons and family workers are excluded.
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")
13.1. Accuracy - overall
As an administrative data collection, the data transmitted by Latvia to Eurostat are thought to exactly reflect the number of accidents notified to the State Labour Inspectorate.
Therefore, ESAW data are considered to have a high level of accuracy in relation to the absolute number of accidents notified.
Significant issues for the accuracy of ESAW are, however, under-coverage and under-reporting of accidents.
Under-coverage means that a known part of the economy or workforce of a country is not covered by the data, for example if an economic sector or a certain professional status (e.g. self-employed) is by definition not included in the notification system.
Under-reporting means that certain accidents that should have been reported were in fact not reported, e.g. if enterprises or workers are not aware of the obligation/possibility to notify or if they are afraid of the consequences of notification for the company such as investments in health and safety.
In general, it is thought that most fatal and very severe accidents are reported.
In general, fatal accidents at work are assumed to be of higher accuracy than non-fatal accidents at work as fatal accidents are usually investigated by relevant state authorities.
13.2. Sampling error
The ESAW data collection is mainly based on data from administrative registers, and therefore there is usually no sampling involved.
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators
Not applicable.
13.3. Non-sampling error
Not applicable.
13.3.1. Coverage error
Not applicable.
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
Not applicable.
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.
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
LV transmit data before 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).
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication
See above.
15.1. Comparability - geographical
Not relevant. The information is collected for the country in general.
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient
Not applicable.
15.2. Comparability - over time
The datasets up to reference year 2007 are restricted and uses NACE Rev. 1 classification for economic activities.
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.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
ESAW data may be compared with relevant data from the Labour Force Survey ad-hoc modules on accidents at work and other work-related health problems for the reference years 2020, 2013 and 2007.
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
Not applicable.
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts
Not applicable.
15.4. Coherence - internal
Not applicable.
Not available.
17.1. Data revision - policy
ESAW data are occasionally revised, such as when a country notifies Eurostat about changes in the data and metadata.
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
The main institution compiling data on accidents at work in Latvia is the State Labour Inspectorate (SLI) under the Ministry of Welfare, the work of which is regulated by the Law “On Labour Protection”. The Central Statistical Bureau every year receives the SLI annual report on accidents at work and from 2005 - database of accidents at work requested by Eurostat. SLI has implemented all 3 Phases of ESAW statistics. Several measures have been taken to ensure the quality of ESAW data, for instance, explanatory work with employers on correct filling reports on accidents at work, prepared guidelines for staff with variables code cards and translation of ESAW methodology has been carried out to ensure quality for coding of the reports.
The Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) provides the ESAW reference population using several data sources: Annual Structural Bussiness Survey, Annual Survey on expenditure of budgetary institutions and information from statistical surveys on the activity of central and local government-controlled enterprises and Quarterly reports on the activities of businesses, institutions, foundations, associations and funds, and other administrative data.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
Annual
18.3. Data collection
ESAW data are based on administrative data source.
LV does not use population surveys
18.4. Data validation
Comparing the statistics with previous cycles (if applicable); The number of fatal accidents at work is compare with Causes of Death Register.
18.5. Data compilation
LV does not use any weights for calculation non-fatal accidents at work or to correct under-reporting.
18.5.1. Imputation - rate
Not applicable.
18.6. Adjustment
Not applicable.
18.6.1. Seasonal adjustment
Not applicable.
No comments
Harmonised data on accidents at work are collected in the framework of the administrative data collection 'European Statistics on Accidents at Work (ESAW).
An accident at work is defined as 'a discrete occurrence in the course of work which leads to physical or mental harm'.
The data include only fatal and non-fatal accidents involving more than 3 calendar days of absence from work. If the accident does not lead to the death of the victim it is called a 'non-fatal' (or 'serious') accident.
A fatal accident at work is defined as an accident which leads to the death of a victim within one year of the accident.
The variables collected on accidents at work include:
- Economic activity of the employer and size of the enterprise - Employment status, occupation, age, sex and nationality of victim - Geographical location, date and time of the accident - Type of injury, body part injured and the severity of the accident (number of full calendar days during which the victim is unfit for work excluding the day of the accident, permanent incapacity or death within one year of the accident). - Variables on causes and circumstances of the accident: workstation, working environment, working process, specific physical activity, material agent of the specific physical activity, deviation and material agent of deviation, contact - mode of injury and material agent of contact - mode of injury.
The national ESAW sources are the declarations of accidents at work to the Labour inspectorate.
The reference population (number of employees) related to the national ESAW reporting system is provided from administrative sources: Annual Integrated survey on enterprise economic activity, Quarterly reports on the activities of businesses, institutions, foundations, associations and funds, administrative data. Data include average number of employees working in the main and secondary job.
28 June 2024
European Statistics on Accidents at Work (ESAW) are based on case-by-case data for accidents at work resulting in more than 3 days' absence from work, permanent incapacity or death of the victim.
An accident at work is 'a discrete occurrence in the course of work which leads to physical or mental harm'.
- This includes all accidents in the course of work, whether they happen inside or outside the premises of the employer, on the premises of another employer, in public places or during transport (including road traffic accidents or accidents in any other mean of transportation) and at home (such as during teleworking). It also includes cases of acute poisoning and wilful acts of other persons; - It excludes: accidents on the way to or from work (commuting accidents); deliberate self-inflicted injuries; occurrences caused solely by a medical condition (such as heart attack or stroke) that occurred during work, i.e. which were not (at least partially) caused by the occupational activity of the victim;; accidents to members of the public, for example family members of a worker who are not working; and occupational diseases.
A fatal accident at work is defined as an accident which leads to the death of a victim within one year of the accident.
In a typical fatal accident at work, the death occurs within a few days after the day of the accident and the limitation to the day of the accident would result already in a significant underestimation of such very severe accidents.
The following 15 phase I and II variables have to be sent by Member States to Eurostat from reference year 2011 onwards on an annual basis:
1. Case number 2. Economic activity of the employer (NACE) 3. Occupation of Victim (ISCO) 4. Age of Victim 5. Sex of Victim 6. Type of Injury 7. Part of Body Injured 8. Geographical Location of the Accident 9. Date of the Accident 10. Time of the Accident 11. Size of the Enterprise 12. Nationality of the Victim 13. Employment Status of the Victim 14. Days Lost (severity) 15. Weight ESAW collection
In addition, Phase III variables are reported: 16. Workstation, 17. Working Environment, 18. Working Process,
19. - 20. Specific Physical Activity, Material Agent associated with the of Specific Physical Activity 21. - 22. Deviation, Material Agent associated with the Deviation 23. - 24. Contact - mode of injury, Material Agent associated with the Contact - Mode of injury.
LV does not applyan additional sampling for the ESAW Phase III.
The definition of the variables is stated in the Commission Regulation (EU) No 349/2011 and further specified in the ESAW methodology.
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).
Statistical information covers all sectors and all employees. The other employment types (self-employed, family members, students and others) are not covered.
Some occupations are subject to national confidentiality rules and not covered (military institutions personel and police and fire services with special status).
The whole country.
Is relevant with metadata at EU level - calendar year.
As an administrative data collection, the data transmitted by Latvia to Eurostat are thought to exactly reflect the number of accidents notified to the State Labour Inspectorate.
Therefore, ESAW data are considered to have a high level of accuracy in relation to the absolute number of accidents notified.
Significant issues for the accuracy of ESAW are, however, under-coverage and under-reporting of accidents.
Under-coverage means that a known part of the economy or workforce of a country is not covered by the data, for example if an economic sector or a certain professional status (e.g. self-employed) is by definition not included in the notification system.
Under-reporting means that certain accidents that should have been reported were in fact not reported, e.g. if enterprises or workers are not aware of the obligation/possibility to notify or if they are afraid of the consequences of notification for the company such as investments in health and safety.
In general, it is thought that most fatal and very severe accidents are reported.
In general, fatal accidents at work are assumed to be of higher accuracy than non-fatal accidents at work as fatal accidents are usually investigated by relevant state authorities.
Numbers of accidents.
LV does not use any weights for calculation non-fatal accidents at work or to correct under-reporting.
The main institution compiling data on accidents at work in Latvia is the State Labour Inspectorate (SLI) under the Ministry of Welfare, the work of which is regulated by the Law “On Labour Protection”. The Central Statistical Bureau every year receives the SLI annual report on accidents at work and from 2005 - database of accidents at work requested by Eurostat. SLI has implemented all 3 Phases of ESAW statistics. Several measures have been taken to ensure the quality of ESAW data, for instance, explanatory work with employers on correct filling reports on accidents at work, prepared guidelines for staff with variables code cards and translation of ESAW methodology has been carried out to ensure quality for coding of the reports.
The Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) provides the ESAW reference population using several data sources: Annual Structural Bussiness Survey, Annual Survey on expenditure of budgetary institutions and information from statistical surveys on the activity of central and local government-controlled enterprises and Quarterly reports on the activities of businesses, institutions, foundations, associations and funds, and other administrative data.
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.
Not relevant. The information is collected for the country in general.
The datasets up to reference year 2007 are restricted and uses NACE Rev. 1 classification for economic activities.
