text: The total number of reported non-fatal accidents for the EU27 was 3,140,950 in 2019.136 As mentioned 
  in the introduction to this chapter, the incident rates of non-fatal accidents fell in about 25 years from 
  4,089 (year 1998137) to 1,713 (2019), that is,**it decreased about 58%**.138 The**greatest part of this**
  **decrease**took place between**1998 and 2010**,139 the incidence rate halved to 2,021,**a drop of 51%**. 
  Still, between 2010 and 2019 the incidence rate for the EU27 fell from 2,021 incidents per 100,000 
  workers to 1,713, a drop of a further 15% (taking 2010 as the reference year).140 