European Statistic of Accidents at Work (ESAW) / Summary methodology

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-  European Statistic of Accidents at Work (ESAW) Ed. 2013 EN
-  European Statistic of Accidents at Work (ESAW) Ed. 2001 IT

1. Introduction

The Framework Directive 89/391/EEC on measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work introduced the obligation for employers to keep a list of occupational accidents resulting in a worker being unfit for work for more than three days, and, in accordance with national laws and/or practices, to draw up reports on occupational accidents suffered by their workers (Article 9(1), paragraphs c) and d)). On this basis, the European Statistics on Accidents at Work (ESAW) project was launched in 1990, to harmonise data on accidents at work for all accidents resulting in more than three days’ absence from work.

In 2001, ‘European Statistics on Accidents at Work - Methodology’, was published by Eurostat and DG Employment and social affairs, setting out work on methodology since 1990. This document summarises and updates the ESAW methodology published in 2001.

Its main purpose is to provide a clear, correct, up-to-date description and references. It is not intended to provide guidelines for the structure of data files to be sent to Eurostat.

2. Legal context

Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work (3 ) (hereafter referred to as Framework Regulation), sets out obligations to supply statistics on accidents at work to the Commission (Eurostat) in Article 2 and Annex IV.

The harmonised and common micro-data set to be provided on accidents at work cover the following subjects: 

- characteristics of the injured person
- characteristics of the injury, including severity (days lost)
- characteristics of the enterprise including economic activity
- characteristics of the workplace
- characteristics of the accident, including the sequence of event characterising the causes and circumstances of the accident. Statistics are to be provided ‘annually’, and submitted ‘not later than 18 months after the end of the reference year’.

The Implementing Commission Regulation (EU) No 349/2011 (hereafter referred to as ESAW Regulation) adopted on 11 April 2011 implements the Framework Regulation as regards statistics on accidents at work, sets up the variables, definitions and classifications of the subjects listed above and the breakdown of characteristics.

Article 4 of the ESAW Regulation also specifies that Member States have to send Eurostat an annual verification and update of the metadata together with the data.
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	European Statistics on Accidents at Work (ESAW) Ed. 2013	EN	599 kB	351
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