Suga 2011: 2011 Every worker almost 13 days sick
The number of reportable accidents has fallen in Germany, according to Suga in 2011. Yet their numbers during this period was over one million. From 1.000 full-time employees who have suffered an accident at work 2011 26 in statistical terms. The year before, there were still 27,4. Thus, the number of reported accidents is slowly approaching again the lowest level of the year 2009, in the 25,8 1.000 of full-time employees were victims of an industrial accident. However outlier is the construction industry: There, the incidence rate of 57,6 2010 year has risen to 70,4 2011 year.
Fewer accidents than the previous year were fatal. Of the remaining fatal accidents, however, occurred more than before the operation. The number of reportable commuting accidents has fallen sharply in 2011. At the same time more of these accidents were fatal. Also death led numerous occupational diseases in 2011. Their number has actually increased in this period compared to 2010 - here are mainly increases in diseases caused by asbestos recorded.
The focus of Suga is devoted to the issue 2011 of psychological distress in the workplace and mental illness. Data and new insights as has published in Stress Report 2012 in January 2013 BAuA. Suga now provides figures on disability and early retirement due to mental illness. Mentally stressful working conditions are therefore widespread in the world of work as before. However, they have not increased in recent years, as a comparison to surveys from the years 2005 / 2006 shows. The number of days off work due to mental illness, meanwhile, has increased. In 2008 there were 41 million missed work days in the year 2011 already 59,2 million. In the cause of research has to be considered, however, that psychological stress does not only occur in the workplace. They also may have other consequences than mental disorders, such as cardiovascular or musculoskeletal disorders.
The two main causes of disability are like in the years diseases of the musculoskeletal system and diseases of the respiratory system previously. The number of caused by them working days lost has increased compared to the year 2010.
For the annual report "Health and Safety at Work - Accident prevention report work" evaluates the BAuA information about the work and commuting accidents and occupational diseases by all holders of statutory accident insurance from. BAuA also uses information from the Federal Statistical Office, the pension system, various health insurance companies, the Labour Inspectorate and the BIBB / BAuA- employment survey. Thanks to this comprehensive reporting, the reporting year ago, still more than a year.
Immediately Suga 2011 available as a PDF file at the address www.baua.de/suga to disposal. The report is also available in an accessible version, which allows to work with the statistical material. By clicking on the tables and graphs here opens a menu that provides access to the underlying data in the form of Excel spreadsheets. The paper version of Suga 2011 can from mid-March to be obtained free of charge from the Information Centre of the BAuA, phone, 0231 9071-2071, fax, 0231 9071-2070 or by e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots To display JavaScript must be turned on!.
Research on Work and Health
Safe and healthy working conditions are provided for social progress and a competitive economy. The Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) conducts research and development in the subject area safety and health at work, promotes the transfer of knowledge into practice, advises politicians and fulfills sovereign tasks - the law on dangerous substances, product safety and the health data archive. The BAuA is a research institution in the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. About 600 employees work at the sites in Dortmund, Berlin and Dresden and at the branch office Chemnitz.
Source: Dortmund [BAuA]
