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Number of work-related accidents and illnesses continues to increase
WHO [World Health Organization] and ILO [International Labour Organization] join in call for prevention strategies

Occupational health

28 APRIL 2005 | GENEVA -- Faced with a rising toll of occupational-related death, injury and sickness, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Office (ILO) today mark the World Day for Safety and Health at Work by highlighting the need for a preventative safety culture worldwide.

According to new estimates by the ILO, the number of job-related accidents and illnesses, which annually claim more than two million lives, appears to be rising because of rapid industrialization in some developing countries.

What’s more, a new assessment of workplace accidents and illness indicates1 that the risk of occupational disease has become by far the most prevalent danger faced by people at their jobs – accounting for 1.7 million annual work-related deaths and outpacing fatal accidents by four to one.

In its latest estimates, the ILO found that in addition to job-related deaths, each year there are some 268 million non-fatal workplace accidents in which the victims miss at least three days of work as a result, as well as 160 million new cases of work-related illness. The ILO has previously estimated that workplace accidents and illness are responsible for the loss of some four per cent of the world’s GDP in compensation and absence from work.

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The ILO also cited new data showing that in the construction industry, at least 60,000 fatal workplace accidents occur each year worldwide – or about one death every 10 minutes. About 17 per cent of all fatal workplace accidents occur in this sector, while construction workers also face a number of health risks, including exposure to asbestos-laden dusts, silica and hazardous chemicals. ...

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