text: *green, digital and demographic transitions; (2) improving prevention of workplace accidents and*
  *illnesses; and (3) increasing preparedness for any potential future health crises.*
  
  **Where did improvements take place?**
  
  **Improvements**took place in major areas: legislation, guidance, instruction, development and use of 
  OSH supporting analogue and digital tools, training of OHS practitioners and professionals, application 
  of OSH management systems, organisational progress in many areas like safety coordination, higher 
  awareness about several topics and aspects like specific risks for certain groups, psychosocial risks and 
  mental health, technical improvements, better technologies to reduce physical health risks like noise or 
  dust, less exposure to and use of highly hazardous chemicals, better medical treatment, financial 
  incentives, and safety and health obligations from insurers. 
  
  In public and policy,**the main indicator for safety outcomes**remains the**work accident figure**, that 
  is, fatal and non-fatal accidents at work and traffic accidents in connection with work or during 
  commuting. The overall statistical picture shows a strong decrease since the mid-1990s until 2010; this 
  positive development continued after 2010 but with significantly lower reduction rates. The main cause 
  of this decrease is better organisational and technical prevention, and it is also supported by economic 
  developments like sectoral shifts — for example, decrease of workforce in high-risk sectors like mining 
  and agriculture —, and technological changes. 