text: The success of these efforts can be demonstrated by Eurostat’s work accident data. In 1998, Eurostat 
  registered in its — just in 1994 introduced —**‘European statistics on accidents at work’ (ESAW)**an 
  incidence rate115 of non-fatal accidents of**4,089**(Sector A and D-K, NACE Rev. 1.1, EU-15).116**This**
  **incidence rate fell to 1,713 in 2019**(Sector A, C-N, NACE Rev. 2, EU27). 117 That is, between**1998**
  **and 2019 the incidence rate of non-fatal accidents in these sectors fell about 58%**. According to 
  ESAW, the total number of non-fatal accidents for all NACE classes in 2019 was 3,140,950. 118 
  
  The incidence rate for**fatal accidents dropped**from**5.03 in 1998**119 to**2.17 in 2019**,120 that is, between 
  1998 and 2019 the incident rate of**fatal accidents decreased by 57%**. The total number of fatal 
  accidents in 2019 was 3,408.121 