Reference metadata describe statistical concepts and methodologies used for the collection and generation of data. They provide information on data quality and, since they are strongly content-oriented, assist users in interpreting the data. Reference metadata, unlike structural metadata, can be decoupled from the data.
Unit C2 Labour Market and Information Society Statistics
1.3. Contact name
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1.4. Contact person function
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1.5. Contact mail address
National Statistics Office, Labour Market and Information Society Statistics Unit, Lascaris War Rooms, Valletta VLT 2000, Malta.
1.6. Contact email address
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1.7. Contact phone number
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1.8. Contact fax number
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2.1. Metadata last certified
31 July 2024
2.2. Metadata last posted
31 July 2024
2.3. Metadata last update
31 July 2024
3.1. Data description
Harmonised data on accidents at work are based on the methodology of the 'European Statistics on Accidents at Work (ESAW)'.
An accident at work is defined as 'a discrete occurrence in the course of work which leads to physical or mental harm'. The data include only fatal and non-fatal accidents involving more than 3 calendar days of absence from work. If the accident does not lead to the death of the victim it is called a 'non-fatal' (or 'serious') accident.
A fatal accident at work is defined as an accident that leads to the death of a victim within one year of the accident.
The variables collected on accidents at work include:
- Economic activity of the employer and size of the enterprise - Employment status, occupation, age, sex, and nationality of the victim - Geographical location, date, and time of the accident - Type of injury, body part injured, and the severity of the accident (number of full calendar days during which the victim is unfit for work excluding the day of the accident, permanent incapacity or death within one year of the accident). - Variables on causes and circumstances of the accident: workstation, working environment, working process, specific physical activity, material agent of the specific physical activity, deviation and material agent of deviation, contact - mode of injury and material agent of contact - mode of injury.
The data is presented in the form of numbers, percentages, incidence rates and standardised incidence rates of non-fatal and fatal accidents at work.
- Numbers correspond to a simple count of all non-fatal and fatal accidents for the entirety or certain breakdowns of the data; - Percentages represent shares of breakdowns; - The incidence rate of non-fatal or fatal accidents at work is the number of serious or fatal accidents per 100,000 persons in employment; - The standardised incidence rates of non-fatal or fatal accidents at work aim to eliminate differences in the structures of countries' economies (see section 20.6 Adjustment for more details).
The incidence rate indicates the relative importance of non-fatal or fatal accidents at work in the working population. For both types of accidents at work the numerator is the number of accidents that occurred during the year. The denominator is the reference population (i.e. the number of persons in employment) expressed in 100,000 persons.
The reference population (or number of persons in employment) related to the national ESAW reporting system is provided by the Member States, either from administrative sources related to accidents at work or from the EU Labour Force Survey (LFS). National data on accidents at work are compiled in line with the ESAW methodology. Variables collected cover all variables of Phase 1 and 2 and four variables which are part of the Phase 3 list, namely, working environment, deviation, contact mode of injury and material agent of deviation.
Accidents at work are collected by two separate entities. Non-fatal accidents claims are collected by the Department of Social Security. Claims are made irrespective of length of absence from work. The Occupational Health and Safety Authority provides data on fatal accidents.
3.2. Classification system
The following classifications are used in ESAW:
NACE Rev. 2: 2nd revision of the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community managed by Eurostat. For ESAW data NACE Rev. 2 is used from reference year 2008 onwards; ISCO-08: International Standard Classification of Occupations managed by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) (revision of 2008). ISCO-08 should be used from reference year 2011 onwards; NUTS 2013: Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics. The current NUTS 2013 classification is valid from 1 January 2015, though many datasets will still include other NUTS versions. ICSE-93: International Classification by Status in Employment (revision of 1993)
For full details on these classifications, please refer to the classifications tab in NSO Metadata (gov.mt)
3.3. Coverage - sector
All economic sectors A - S according to NACE Rev. 2 are covered from reference year 2013 onwards.
The NACE sectors are (all branches, at one digit level): A AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING B MINING AND QUARRYING C MANUFACTURING D ELECTRICITY, GAS, STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING SUPPLY E WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES F CONSTRUCTION G WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE; REPAIR OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES H TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE I ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICE ACTIVITIES J INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION K FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES L REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES M PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES N ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES O PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE; COMPULSORY SOCIAL SECURITY P EDUCATION Q HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK ACTIVITIES R ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION S OTHER SERVICE ACTIVITIES T ACTIVITIES OF HOUSEHOLDS AS EMPLOYERS; U0NDIFFERENTIATED GOODS- AND SERVICES-PRODUCING ACTIVITIES OF HOUSEHOLDS FOR OWN USE U ACTIVITIES OF EXTRATERRITORIAL ORGANISATIONS AND BODIES
3.3.1. Sector Coverage ESAW
COVERAGE OF ECONOMIC SECTORS (NACE), (Annual update expected)
NACE
NACE Rev.2
Coverage
A
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Y
B
Mining and quarrying
Y
off shores
Y
others
Y
C
Manufacturing
Y
D
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
Y
E
Water supply, sewerage, steam and air conditioning supply
Y
F
Construction
Y
G
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles
Y
H
Transportation and storage
Y
maritime transport (NACE 50)
Y
air transport (NACE 51)
Y
transport via Railways (NACE 49)
N1
post & telecomunications (NACE 53)
Y
I
Accomodation and food service activities
Y
J
Information and communication
Y
K
Financial and insurance activities
Y
L
Real state activities
Y
M
Professional, scientific and technical activities
Y
N
Administrative and support service activities
Y
O
Public administration and defence;compulsory social security
Y
of which police and firebrigades (NACE 84.24 and 84.25)
Y
P
Education
Y
Q
Human health and social work activities
Y
R
Arts, entertainment and recreation
Y
S
Other service activities
Y
T
Activities of households as employers; undiferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use
N
U
Activites of extra territorial organisations and bodies
Y
Additional comments on coverage of economic sectors
NACE sectors 49.2 and 49.3 are represented in the data, but NACE sectors 49.1 and 49.2 cannot be covered as there is no railway transport in Malta.
Note: Since Malta has a compulsory universal national insurance scheme, embodied in the Social Security Act (Chapter 318 of the Laws of Malta), all economic activities (with the above exceptions) are covered by law
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
National information on accidents at work cover any claim for an injury benefit irrespective of the number of days of absence.
When providing data at EU level, only accidents resulting in more than three days' of absence are disseminated.
3.4.1. Definition of ESAW variables
COVERAGE OF ESAW VARIABLES (Annual update expected)
Economic activity of the employer
Y
Occupation of the victim
Y
Age of victim
Y
Sex of victim
Y
Type of injury
Y
Part of body injured
Y
Geographical location
Y
Date of the accident
Y
Time of the accident
Y
Size of enterprise
Y
Nationality
Y
Employment status
Y
Days lost
Ynum
Workstation
N
Working environment
Y
Working process
N
Specific physical activity
N
Material agent of Specific physical activity
N
Deviation
Y
Material agent of Deviation
Y
Contact – mode of injury
Y
Material agent of Contact - Mode of injury
N
Road traffic accidents (RTA)
Y
Weight
N
Type of weight (under-reporting - U; sampling - S; special sampling - Sp)
not applicable - no weights are used
Additional comments on coverage of ESAW variables
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Codes:
Coverage y Variable fully covered n Variable not covered at all, i.e. variable is so far not collected in country p Variable partially covered
Days lost y num Days lost are covered and in data file listed by numbers (004 - 182) y cat Days lost are covered and in data file listed by categories (A01 - A06) p num, p cat Days lost are partly covered and listed by numbers (categories)
Type of weight U weight to correct under-reporting S weight to account for sampling Sp weight to correct special sampling
3.5. Statistical unit
Data is recorded for each accident, hence the same person may result to be in the dataset for more than once if s/he has more than one accident during the reference year.
3.6. Statistical population
In principle, all accidents at work should be covered which fulfills the definition of '3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions.
In terms of employment types covered, Member States are required to report on 'employees'. The other employment types (self-employed, family members, students, and others) are voluntary.
In addition to NACE sector O (see section 3.3. Coverage – sector), some professions (occupations) are also subject to national confidentiality rules and delivered on a voluntary basis as mentioned in annex II of the ESAW implementing Regulation 349/2011:
For ISCO – 08: - 0 Armed forces occupations - 3351 Customs and border inspectors - 3355 Police inspectors and detectives - 541 Protective Services workers a. 5411 Fire-fighters b. 5412 Police officers c. 5413 Prison guards d. 5414 Security guards e. 5419 Protective services workers not elsewhere classified
3.6.1. Statistical Population ESAW
COVERAGE OF PROFESSIONAL STATUS (Annual update expected)
Professional status
Coverage
1. Self employed
Y
1.1 Self employed with employees
Y
1.2 Self employed without employees
Y
2. Family worker
N
3. Employee
Y
3.1 Part time workers
Y
3.2 Casual workers
Y
3.3 Trainees/Apprentices
Y
4. Students
N
5. Others
N
Additional comments on coverage of professionnal status
Students that are placed in employment on a recognised apprenticeship scheme are covered by the Injury Benefit administrative record as they pay the statutory national insurance contribution.
Codes:
y Professional status fully covered n Professional status not covered at all p Professional status partially covered n.a. Not applicable, i.e. professional status does not exist in country
COVERAGE OF ACCIDENTS OUTSIDE PREMISES (Annual update expected)
Accidents in the course of work
Coverage
1. Commuting accidents
N
2. Accidents in a public place or in a mean of transport during a journey in the course of work
Y
2.1 Road traffic accidents in the course of work (public highways, car parks, internal ways inside the premises of the enterprise)
Y
2.2 Number of fatal road traffic accidents during a journey in the course of work for persons employed outside the NACE Rev. 2 sector H Transportation (PLEASE INSERT THE MANDATORY NUMBER)
0
2.3 Other accidents (slips, falls, aggressions, etc.) in a public place (pavement, staircases, etc.) or in the arrival and starting points (station, port, airport, etc.) of any mean of transport, during a journey in the course of work
Y
2.4 Accidents on board of any means of transport (underground railway, tram, train, boat, plane, etc.) used during a journey in the course of work
Y
2.5 Number of fatal accidents on board of any other means of transport during a journey in the course of work for persons employed outside the NACE Rev. 2 sector H Transportation (PLEASE INSERT THE MANDATORY NUMBER)
0
3. Accidents occurred within the premises of another company than that which employs the victim, or in a private individual, in the course of work
Y
4. Accidents having only a medical origin, in the course of work
N
Additional comments on coverage of accidents outside premises
Codes:
y Accidents fully covered n Accidents not covered at all p Accidents partially covered F Data of fatal road traffic accidents and fatal accidents on board of any means of transport provided in the main CSV data file A Data of fatal and non-fatal road traffic accidents as well as fatal and non-fatal accidents on board of any means of transport provided in the main CSV data file
3.7. Reference area
Data is available for Malta(MT001) and Gozo(MT002) according to NUTS 3 classification.
3.8. Coverage - Time
Data is available from 2008.
3.9. Base period
Not applicable.
The following measurement units are used in ESAW data:
- Number of accidents
- Percentages of accidents (in relation to different totals and breakdowns)
- Incidence rates of accidents: number of accidents per 100,000 workers
The calendar year during which the accidents were reported to have taken place (reference year).
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
Our Office is bound by the Malta Statistics Act which gives the authority to collect such data from the relevant administrative sources.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
Not applicable.
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
A internal policy on anonymisation and pseudo-anonymisation is in place to ascertain that adequate methods are used for the protection of data which the office collects and shares with the public in its capacity as the National Statistics Office. The policy is meant to safeguard confidentiality of both personal and business data entrusted to the NSO. The document provides guidance for all NSO employees who process data on a daily basis as to how anonymisation and pseudo-anonymisation methods should be applied. The policy applies to all confidential, restricted and internal information, regardless of form (paper or electronic documents, applications and databases) that is received, processed, stored and disseminated by the NSO.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
No data treatment on ESAW related statistics takes place when transmitting information.
8.1. Release calendar
At a national level, data on accidents at work is published bi-annually together with a revision of the reference quarters in the previous year.
The Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System (ESS QAF) identifies possible activities, methods and tools that can provide guidance and evidence for the implementation of the Code of Practice when developing, producing and disseminating European statistics.
Eurostat organises about each year a Working Group on European Statistics on Accidents at Work, in which statistics and its metadata are presented. In particular, various quality issues such as data coverage and reporting levels and related improvements are discussed.
Data validation measures are described in concept 3.4 data validation.
11.2. Quality management - assessment
In general, Eurostat aims to continuously improve the quality of ESAW data together with Member States.
ESAW is an administrative data collection which provides information on accidents at work as they are reported by employers in Member States to relevant national state authorities.
The type of data transmitted to Eurostat as well as its timing and other aspects follow strict rules (see section 6. 'Institutional mandate'). Eurostat together with Member States systematically checks and validate data transmissions according to the following legal acts and further guidelines:
Member States fulfill their obligations in relation to these legal acts and guidelines. This includes all classification systems. Exceptions are mentioned in the other concepts of this file (including 19. Comments).
However, the data sources in Member States are to some degree heterogeneous. For example, in some Member States accidents are reported in the framework of accident insurance whereas in other Member States universal social security system apply in case of accidents. This issue is covered in section 6. on Accuracy and reliability of this file.
A particular challenge of ESAW data are the issues of (i) under-reporting of non-fatal accidents in some Member States, (ii) differences in the coverage of self-employed, family workers, and other non-employee workers (voluntary data), and (iii) accuracy of reference populations (number of employed persons in economic sectors) and incidence rates (reference populations are the denominators of incidence rates). These issues are currently worked on but are not likely to be solved completely in the short term.
According to the ESAW implementing Regulation No 349/2011, only three out of nine phase III variables need to be reported to Eurostat. Although many Member States report on more than three phase III variables, the average coverage of phase III variables across all Member States and all variables is currently about 50% only.
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
At a national level there has never been a user survey concerning this domain.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
Not available.
12.3. Completeness
All variables requested are provided.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate
All variables pertaining to Phase 1 and 2 are covered by the national data collection. In terms of Phase 3, three variables are available and disseminated at EU level.
12.3.1.1. Data completeness rate of ESAW variables per sector
Reporting levels of economic sectors (NACE), (Annual update expected)
Global reporting level
100%
Reporting levels by sector
A. Agriculture, forestry and fishing
100%
B. Mining and quarrying
100%
off shores
100%
others
100%
C. Manufacturing
100%
D. Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
100%
E. Water supply, sewerage, steam and air conditioning supply
100%
F. Construction
100%
G. Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles
100%
H. Transportation and storage
100%
maritime transport (NACE 50)
100%
air transport (NACE 51)
100%
transport via Railways (NACE 49)
N
post & telecomunications (NACE 53)
100%
I. Accomodation and food service activities
100%
J. Information and communication
100%
K. Financial and insurance activities
100%
L. Real state activities
100%
M. Professional, scientific and technical activities
100%
N. Administrative and support service activities
100%
O. Public administration and defence;compulsory social security
100%
of which police and firebrigades (NACE 84.24 and 84.25)
100%
P. Education
100%
Q. Human health and social work activities
100%
R. Arts, entertainment and recreation
100%
S. Other service activities
100%
T. Activities of households as employers; undiferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use
N
U. Activites of extra territorial organisations and bodies
100%
Additional comments on global reporting level
Codes:
N sector not covered by data collection UNK sector covered but unknown reporting level (value %) reporting level (e) rough estimate (instead of "medium" or "high")
Explanation: Please fill in every cell with information, either "N" for sector not covered by the data collection, "UNK" for sectors covered but unknown reporting level, or a percentage value for sectors covered for which the reporting level is known (such as "52%"). Instead of "medium" or "high" please fill in a approximate value and flag it with "(e)" at the end, such as "50% (e)". Please fill in both, the global reporting cells and the detailed rows for individual sectors. If for example no sector is covered for your country, then fill into every cell "0", if all sectors are covered but all reporting levels are unknown fill in "UNK" in every cell. "N/A" should be replaced by either "N" or "UNK".
13.1. Accuracy - overall
No additional information to the metadata on EU level available. Information corresponds to the EU metadata.
13.2. Sampling error
There is no sampling involved in the national ESAW data collection.
Hence the issue of sampling error is not relevant.
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators
Not applicable.
13.3. Non-sampling error
Not applicable.
13.3.1. Coverage error
Information about the coverage of variables, economic sectors, employment types and occupations can be found in the metadata annex to this file.
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate
Not available.
13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion
Not applicable.
13.3.2. Measurement error
Not applicable.
13.3.3. Non response error
Not applicable.
13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.4. Processing error
Not available.
13.3.5. Model assumption error
Not applicable.
14.1. Timeliness
Data is normally passed to NSI in the second week following the reference period.
At a national level, this information is disseminated usually from 3 to 5 weeks after the last day of the reference period.
14.1.1. Time lag - first result
3 to 5 weeks
14.1.2. Time lag - final result
Data for year t is finalised by the second quarter of the following year.
14.2. Punctuality
Data is transmitted within the deadline
At a national level information is delivered 100% on time whilst a revision of yearly results to the corresponding past year is published in Q1 of every year.
Such revisions to results are necessary given that some benefit claims submissions to the Department of Social Security are late.
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication
Deadlines are always met for dissemination.
15.1. Comparability - geographical
All data is comparable.
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient
Not applicable
15.2. Comparability - over time
Data is comparable from 2008 onwards
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series
Data is comparable from 2008 onwards
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
Cross domain comparability is not possible since despite the fact that the national LFS has informtion on accidents at work through ad hoc modules, the results from this survey tend to be based on very low sample counts.
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
Not applicable
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts
Not applicable
15.4. Coherence - internal
Data is coherent from 2008 onwards.
Not Available.
17.1. Data revision - policy
Not applicable.
17.2. Data revision - practice
Not applicable.
17.2.1. Data revision - average size
Not applicable.
18.1. Source data
In Malta, an Injury Benefit may be awarded to a person registered under the Social Security Act and who suffers from personal injury caused by an accident arising out of, or in the course of his employment or self-occupation. This benefit will only be granted for an employment for which Social Security Contributions are paid for. Data is collected via claim forms filled in by claimants for injury benefits.
Fatalities data is collected by the Occupational Health and Safety Authority and compiled via incident reports.
The source of the reference population is the Labour Force Survey (LFS).
18.2. Frequency of data collection
Continuous
18.3. Data collection
Data is collected via claim forms filled in by claimants for injury benefits and then sent to NSI via excel sheet.
Fatalities data is sent to the NSI via an excel sheet from the Occupational Health and Safety Authority.
18.4. Data validation
Statistics are compared to previous levels.
Consistency checks concerning the economic activity and other variables are also carried out.
In addition, through the use of descriptive text provided with the coded variables, checks on the assignment of codes can be made.
18.5. Data compilation
Not available
18.5.1. Imputation - rate
Around 55% of NACE codes have been imputed
18.6. Adjustment
Not available
18.6.1. Seasonal adjustment
Not applicable.
Harmonised data on accidents at work are based on the methodology of the 'European Statistics on Accidents at Work (ESAW)'.
An accident at work is defined as 'a discrete occurrence in the course of work which leads to physical or mental harm'. The data include only fatal and non-fatal accidents involving more than 3 calendar days of absence from work. If the accident does not lead to the death of the victim it is called a 'non-fatal' (or 'serious') accident.
A fatal accident at work is defined as an accident that leads to the death of a victim within one year of the accident.
The variables collected on accidents at work include:
- Economic activity of the employer and size of the enterprise - Employment status, occupation, age, sex, and nationality of the victim - Geographical location, date, and time of the accident - Type of injury, body part injured, and the severity of the accident (number of full calendar days during which the victim is unfit for work excluding the day of the accident, permanent incapacity or death within one year of the accident). - Variables on causes and circumstances of the accident: workstation, working environment, working process, specific physical activity, material agent of the specific physical activity, deviation and material agent of deviation, contact - mode of injury and material agent of contact - mode of injury.
The data is presented in the form of numbers, percentages, incidence rates and standardised incidence rates of non-fatal and fatal accidents at work.
- Numbers correspond to a simple count of all non-fatal and fatal accidents for the entirety or certain breakdowns of the data; - Percentages represent shares of breakdowns; - The incidence rate of non-fatal or fatal accidents at work is the number of serious or fatal accidents per 100,000 persons in employment; - The standardised incidence rates of non-fatal or fatal accidents at work aim to eliminate differences in the structures of countries' economies (see section 20.6 Adjustment for more details).
The incidence rate indicates the relative importance of non-fatal or fatal accidents at work in the working population. For both types of accidents at work the numerator is the number of accidents that occurred during the year. The denominator is the reference population (i.e. the number of persons in employment) expressed in 100,000 persons.
The reference population (or number of persons in employment) related to the national ESAW reporting system is provided by the Member States, either from administrative sources related to accidents at work or from the EU Labour Force Survey (LFS). National data on accidents at work are compiled in line with the ESAW methodology. Variables collected cover all variables of Phase 1 and 2 and four variables which are part of the Phase 3 list, namely, working environment, deviation, contact mode of injury and material agent of deviation.
Accidents at work are collected by two separate entities. Non-fatal accidents claims are collected by the Department of Social Security. Claims are made irrespective of length of absence from work. The Occupational Health and Safety Authority provides data on fatal accidents.
31 July 2024
National information on accidents at work cover any claim for an injury benefit irrespective of the number of days of absence.
When providing data at EU level, only accidents resulting in more than three days' of absence are disseminated.
Data is recorded for each accident, hence the same person may result to be in the dataset for more than once if s/he has more than one accident during the reference year.
In principle, all accidents at work should be covered which fulfills the definition of '3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions.
In terms of employment types covered, Member States are required to report on 'employees'. The other employment types (self-employed, family members, students, and others) are voluntary.
In addition to NACE sector O (see section 3.3. Coverage – sector), some professions (occupations) are also subject to national confidentiality rules and delivered on a voluntary basis as mentioned in annex II of the ESAW implementing Regulation 349/2011:
For ISCO – 08: - 0 Armed forces occupations - 3351 Customs and border inspectors - 3355 Police inspectors and detectives - 541 Protective Services workers a. 5411 Fire-fighters b. 5412 Police officers c. 5413 Prison guards d. 5414 Security guards e. 5419 Protective services workers not elsewhere classified
Data is available for Malta(MT001) and Gozo(MT002) according to NUTS 3 classification.
The calendar year during which the accidents were reported to have taken place (reference year).
No additional information to the metadata on EU level available. Information corresponds to the EU metadata.
The following measurement units are used in ESAW data:
- Number of accidents
- Percentages of accidents (in relation to different totals and breakdowns)
- Incidence rates of accidents: number of accidents per 100,000 workers
Not available
In Malta, an Injury Benefit may be awarded to a person registered under the Social Security Act and who suffers from personal injury caused by an accident arising out of, or in the course of his employment or self-occupation. This benefit will only be granted for an employment for which Social Security Contributions are paid for. Data is collected via claim forms filled in by claimants for injury benefits.
Fatalities data is collected by the Occupational Health and Safety Authority and compiled via incident reports.
The source of the reference population is the Labour Force Survey (LFS).
Sub-annual dissemination at a national level, annual dissemination at EU level.
Data is normally passed to NSI in the second week following the reference period.
At a national level, this information is disseminated usually from 3 to 5 weeks after the last day of the reference period.
