Occupational safety and health in Europe - state and trends 2023 
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work – EU-OSHA 69 
Table 18: People reporting an accident by group of occupations (ISCO) – LFS Ad hoc 2020156 
 
In the Member States there exist very diverging perceptions of which level of severity of a work 
accident justifies a notification — or in the case of the LFS survey a positive response. In the LFS 
Ad hoc module of 2020, the figures vary significantly between Member States. Some countries 
practically report only accidents with ‘Off work’ periods, for example, Italy, Lithuania, Malta and Poland. 
In other countries the shares of work accidents reported that result in ‘Off work’ are under 40%, for 
example, for Sweden and Finland, Greece, Denmark and France. 157 That means that in these countries 
the respondents reported more than 50% such work accidents that did not cause an absence. Cultural 
differences in health perception in society and working life will probably be the major reason for these 
differences. 
 
  
© caro photo agency/EU-OSHA