Czech Statistical Office
State Labour Inspection Office

Czech Statistical Office, Education, Health, Culture and Social Security Statistics Unit, Na padesátém 3268/81, 100 82 Praha 10

Czech Statistical Office
Na padesátém 3268/81
100 82 Praha 10

In the Czech Republic, accidents at work are reported to the National Labour Inspectorate.

An accident at work is defined as 'a discrete occurrence in the course of work which leads to physical or mental harm'. If the accident does not lead to the death of the victim it is called a 'non-fatal' (or 'serious') accident. The data include only fatal and non-fatal accidents involving more than 3 calendar days of absence from work. 

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 for Czechia 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 and material agent of contact - mode of injury.

The data correspond to the EU methodology - ESAW.
Information about any occupational accident are drawn from the record of work accidents, which sends the employer pursuant to Government Decree no. 201/2010 Coll.
The record of work accidents is made by State Labour Inspection Office.

The following classifications are used in ESAW:

NACE
ISCO-08
NUTS
ISCE-93

Most recent version of classifications provided

All economic sectors 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 B and O – U before on a voluntary basis.

Data delivery for sectors T and U is voluntary

COVERAGE OF ECONOMIC SECTORS (NACE), (Annual update expected)

Additional comments on coverage of economic sectors

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

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 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 willful acts of other persons;
• It excludes:
  • Commuting accidents: accidents that occur during the normal journey to or from home and place of work;
  • Deliberate self-inflicted injuries;
  • Accidents from strictly natural causes;
  • Accidents, purely private;
  • Accidents to members of the public, even if such an accident is due to a work activity within a company.

A fatal accident at work is defined as an accident that leads to the death of a victim within one year of the accident. In practice the notification of an accident as fatal ranges from national registration procedures where the accident is registered as fatal. 

Phase I and II variables

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:

• Case number
• Economic activity of the employer (NACE)
• Occupation of Victim (ISCO)
• Age of Victim
• Sex of Victim
• Type of Injury
• Part of Body Injured
• Geographical Location of the Accident
• Date of the Accident
• Time of the Accident (optional)
• Size of the Enterprise (optional)
• Nationality of the Victim (optional)
• Employment Status of the Victim
• Days Lost (severity)
• Weight ESAW collection

Phase III variables

In addition, three of the following nine phase III variables on 'causes and circumstances of the accident' have to be sent annually to Eurostat from reference year 2013 onwards:

• Workstation
• Working Environment
• Working Process
• Specific Physical Activity
• Material Agent of the Specific Physical Activity
• Deviation
• Material Agent associated with the Deviation
• Contact and mode of injury
• Material Agent associated with the Contact - Mode of injury.

Not all the EU Member States report the same three variables. For Czechia following 3 Phase III variables are reported: Workstation, Working Environment and Material Agent associated with the Contact - Mode of injury.

COVERAGE OF ESAW VARIABLES (Annual update expected)

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

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).

In principle, all accidents at work should be covered that fulfil the definition of '3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions'.

In terms of employment types covered, Member States are required to report on 'employees'. The other employment types (i.e. self-employed, family workers, etc.) are 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

COVERAGE OF PROFESSIONAL STATUS (Annual update expected)

Additional comments on coverage of professionnal 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)

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

Czech Republic

From reference year 2008

Not applicable.

These data do not indicate.

Is relevant with metadata at EU level - calendar year. 

Government Regulation 201/2010, the Labour Code.

Not applicable.

Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164; http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:087:0164:0173:En:PDF), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.

Commission Regulation (EU) No 557/2013 of 17 June 2013 implementing Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Statistics as regards access to confidential data for scientific purposes and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 831/2002 Text with EEA relevance (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont), 'establishes the conditions under which access to confidential data transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) may be granted for enabling statistical analyses for scientific purposes, and the rules of cooperation between the Commission (Eurostat) and national statistical authorities in order to facilitate such access' (article 1).

There is currently no treatment of ESAW data with regard to statistical confidentiality taking place.

Processed data are sent each time according to requirements.

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Czech Statistical Office and State Labour Inspection Office publish public data on the website immediately after processing.

Monthly brief information to the press, the annual final report.

State Labour Inspection Office
http://www.suip.cz/ add national information
Czech Statistical Office
https://www.czso.cz/

State Labour Inspection Office
http://www.suip.cz/

Work injuries in the Czech Republic in 2022
https://www.suip.cz/documents/20142/43692/Zprava_o_pracovni_urazovosti_v_CR_v_2022.pdf/48fd7398-b300-2b22-3657-254959334075

https://www.suip.cz/documents/20142/43692/PU_2022_priloha-VUBP.pdf/8a1c0760-5ba7-6514-cdf0-0867767c7881

Czech Statistical Office
https://www.czso.cz/

Incapacity for work due to disease and injury in the Czech Republic in 2022

https://www.czso.cz/documents/10180/164606746/26000422p2.pdf/b563e535-736d-46c4-9eb8-1f389c3205e5?version=1.9

Not specific requirements for statistical outputs are handled.

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The ESAW summary methodology (version of 2013) defines further details of the data to be transmitted (see http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-manuals-and-guidelines/-/KS-RA-12-102).

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The methodological standards and guidelines available for assuring the quality of the statistics production process and the statistical outputs.

In general, Eurostat aims to continuously improve the quality of ESAW data together with Member States.
ESAW is an administrative data collection which provides information on accidents at work as they are reported by the Member States following national practices.

The type of data transmitted to Eurostat as well as its timing and other aspects follow strict rules. Eurostat together with Member States systematically check and validate data transmissions according to the following legal acts and further guidelines:
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 349/2011 of 11 April 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work, as regards statistics on accidents at work (text with EEA relevance).
- Framework Regulation EC N° 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work.

ESAW summary methodology (version of 2013) defines further details of the data to be transmitted.

Member States fulfill their obligations in relation to these legal acts and guidelines. This includes all classification systems.
However, the data sources in Member States are to some degree heterogeneous. For example, in some Member States accidents are reported in the framework of accident insurances whereas in other Member States universal social security system apply in case of accidents. 

 A particular challenge of ESAW data are the issues of (i) under-reporting of non-fatal accidents in some Member States, (ii) differences in the coverage of self-employed, family workers and other non-employee workers (voluntary data), and (iii) accuracy of reference populations (number of employed persons in economic sectors) and incidence rates (reference populations are the denominators of incidence rates). Eurostat cooperates with the Member States in finding the best solutions to address these issues.

Data are fully relevant.

Eurostat carries out regular user satisfaction surveys (see https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/main/about-us/evaluations) including for statistical domains such as 'health'.

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.

Information about the downloads of individual datasets, detailed tables, publications and Statistics Explained articles is regularly compiled and analysed.

This file contains sections which list in detail the available variables, economic sectors, employment status and information on traffic accidents.

ESAW phase I and II variables of data for Czechia are covered at nearly 100% level. Derogation is the variable Severity with coverage 46 %. Employers report the occurance of an accident, but they are not 100% precise with sending documentary about changes (it shall be sent every month), from which the duration is clear. In current legal situation State Labour Inspection is not able to enforce it.

REPORTING LEVELS OF ECONOMIC SECTORS (NACE), (Annual update expected)

Global reporting level

Reporting levels by sector

Additional comments on global reporting level

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".

We have no reports of reported occupational accidents, work safety inspectorate in inspection activities carried out in companies showcasing the compliance of Government Decree 201/2010 Coll.

We start from the data sent, we do not have the capacity to determine the samples etc.

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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. Czechia meets this deadline.

As soon as one or several Member States have sent their data they are published on the Eurostat website.

Approximately 12 months after the end of the reference year (experience of previous years).

Approximately 21 months after the end of the reference year (experience of previous years).

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). All data is usually published until September - October of year N+2.

Annual final report, yearbook, or on request provide statistical data according to orders sent - Centre occupational safety and health (abbreviation: BOZP), high school students.

Regional comparism is available at publication of State Labour Inspection: https://www.suip.cz/documents/20142/43692/Zpr%C3%A1va+o+pracovn%C3%AD+%C3%BArazovosti+v+%C4%8CR+za+rok+2021.pdf/60c0b5da-002f-7ca2-b4a2-7ac1f008de87

Not applicable

Data on the Eurostat website is divided between datasets with reference year up to 2007 (included), and datasets with reference year from 2008 onwards.

There is a break in series in 2020, when a new code has been created to capture occupational COVID-19 cases, where possible, not all countries having the same practice. In Czechia COVID-19 is not considered as accident at work.

Data in 2020 are not comparable with data 2021 due to measures against COVID-19.

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ESAW data of Czechia on the Eurostat website since 2016 are largely coherent between the different datasets.

We can not determine, there is currently no analysis of costs, not increase.

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Record of work accidents and data Czech Statistical Office

Report of the accident - a link to download a form
https://www.mpsv.cz/zaznam-o-urazu

Source of the reference population: Data on reference population comes from the national administrative evidence of insured persons. In this source self-employed persons are covered only in several cases, when they pay the health insurance by themselves. Women on maternity leave, employees of fire and military services, police are not included. We propose to use this source as a reference population, as in LFS data for some categories (less than 3000 persons) are not reliable.

Annual.

State Labour Inspection Office processes ESAW data, Czech Statistical Office provides data transmission to EUROSTAT.
The attached "Record of work accidents" - State Labour Inspection Office

Report of the accident - a link to download a form
https://www.mpsv.cz/zaznam-o-urazu

The requirements are based on the legislation, we trust the data sent.

For each work accident there is a specific unique record.

Not available.

No method, the data are not adjusted. The data are relevant.

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