JISHA:Fatal & non-fatal accidents caused by type of accidents in Japan in 1999-2022

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Fatal & non-fatal accidents caused by type of accidents in Japan in 1999-2022

Type of accidents	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	total	Type of accidents
fall from height	25,627	25,507	25,762	24,262	24,118	24,193	23,730	24,029	23,064	22,379	20,006	19,458	20,051	20,275	20,182	20,551	19,906	20,094	20,374	21,221	21,346	20,977	21,286	20,620	529,018	fall from height
falling to same level	21,228	21,105	22,591	21,204	22,474	22,456	23,963	24,549	23,649	24,792	23,002	23,958	25,305	25,974	25,878	26,982	25,949	27,152	28,310	31,833	29,986	30,929	33,672	35,295	622,236	falling to same level
crash	6,625	6,723	6,456	5,898	6,108	6,038	6,215	6,316	6,372	6,019	5,342	5,674	5,406	5,499	5,596	5,667	5,659	5,861	6,111	6,354	6,534	6,669	6,838	7,047	147,027	crash
struck by flying or falling object	11,916	11,557	11,241	10,046	9,828	9,874	9,448	9,367	8,769	8,552	7,150	6,998	7,189	7,192	7,035	6,843	6,467	6,600	6,376	6,410	6,049	5,912	5,934	6,065	192,818	struck by flying or falling object
collapse	3,395	3,478	3,378	3,180	3,172	3,107	2,999	3,120	3,042	2,859	2,429	2,464	2,356	2,388	2,391	2,334	2,259	2,261	2,212	2,312	2,236	2,057	2,065	2,049	63,543	collapse
crashed by	7,113	6,740	6,764	6,500	6,075	6,299	6,215	6,204	6,263	6,002	4,921	5,206	5,111	5,141	4,942	5,196	5,166	4,982	5,119	5,373	5,609	5,346	5,491	5,694	137,472	crashed by
caught in/between	24,813	24,595	23,450	22,150	21,795	21,441	20,293	20,043	19,375	18,439	15,514	15,843	15,851	15,802	15,276	15,238	14,513	14,136	14,529	14,585	14,592	13,602	14,020	14,099	423,994	caught in/between
cut	14,541	14,472	13,871	13,323	13,039	12,399	11,682	11,199	11,132	10,707	9,352	9,393	9,229	9,258	9,038	8,704	8,423	8,117	7,760	7,878	7,977	7,592	7,638	7,500	244,224	cut
injury to the sole of the foot	386	344	418	328	330	341	347	342	303	257	224	241	252	282	252	260	262	250	252	258	220	242	246	225	6,862	injury to the sole of the foot
drown	47	46	33	32	31	44	42	32	23	41	38	30	933	34	31	41	30	36	44	46	30	27	29	18	1,738	drown
contact to high/low-temperature	2,624	2,718	2,911	2,750	2,641	2,860	2,613	2,697	2,660	2,692	2,344	2,866	2,704	2,678	2,870	2,810	2,677	2,831	2,889	3,546	3,250	3,099	2,772	3,073	67,575	contact to high/low-temperature
contact to harmful substance	526	572	574	611	584	593	623	655	585	527	444	483	523	482	467	466	504	483	521	537	521	558	510	545	12,894	contact to harmful substance
electric shock	180	194	186	157	130	160	151	115	151	149	102	118	100	108	120	116	105	99	81	126	89	92	98	99	3,026	electric shock
explosion	165	156	139	119	156	123	121	100	146	119	81	93	69	107	78	93	56	58	67	64	66	64	70	56	2,366	explosion
burst	97	85	94	89	85	89	77	75	76	83	55	48	58	60	43	52	53	60	45	44	42	51	44	46	1,551	burst
fire	129	114	129	105	115	112	104	144	113	107	106	93	86	73	83	87	83	81	44	85	128	61	54	70	2,306	fire
traffic accident (public road)	8,315	8,397	8,457	8,326	8,396	8,265	9,787	9,805	9,298	8,795	8,217	8,500	8,172	8,352	8,312	8,266	8,013	8,125	7,885	7,889	7,350	6,863	7,079	6,773	197,637	traffic accident (public road)
traffic accident (others)	158	138	110	139	114	138	175	173	213	127	80	94	101	96	99	97	103	88	98	98	110	97	81	94	2,821	traffic accident (others)
reaction to motion/improper motion	11,699	11,440	12,089	11,621	12,180	12,093	12,824	13,576	14,427	14,615	13,127	13,694	14,108	14,191	13,914	14,191	14,420	15,081	16,177	16,958	17,709	19,121	20,777	20,879	350,911	reaction to motion/improper motion
others	1,068	1,224	1,083	1,061	1,158	1,230	1,302	1,385	1,457	1,417	1,348	1,249	1,791	1,269	1,229	1,231	1,394	1,256	1,291	1,445	1,501	7,620	21,028	1,859	57,896	others
unclassifiable	403	369	413	438	407	393	339	372	360	348	270	230	227	315	321	310	269	259	275	267	266	177	186	249	7,463	unclassifiable
total	141,055	139,974	140,149	132,339	132,936	132,248	133,050	134,298	131,478	129,026	114,152	116,733	119,622	119,576	118,157	119,535	116,311	117,910	120,460	127,329	125,611	131,156	149,918	132,355	3,075,378	total

Fatal and non-fatal accidents mean fatal and non-fatal injuries and occupational diseases with work absence of 4 days and more.
Data of 2022 year do not include Covid-19 cases. Data of 2020 & 2021 year include Covid-19 cases. Fatal and non-fatal data are same situation.
Data of 2011 year include fatal and non-fatal accidents caused by Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011.

Fatal accidents caused by type of accidents in Japan in 1999-2022

Type of accidents	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	total	Type of accidents
fall from height	492	453	461	411	413	415	339	353	361	311	289	311	284	271	266	263	248	232	258	256	216	191	217	234	7,545	fall from height
falling to same level	46	41	35	34	37	34	30	28	32	24	28	33	29	33	34	21	34	24	22	28	22	28	26	27	730	falling to same level
crash	14	7	8	4	15	8	10	10	6	11	9	5	7	3	8	5	7	3	3	3	2	11	3	6	168	crash
struck by flying or falling object	93	90	91	90	79	87	82	92	66	77	57	63	40	46	56	50	53	41	43	53	43	42	38	42	1,514	struck by flying or falling object
collapse	132	114	112	110	104	90	86	100	92	83	67	67	63	76	56	58	65	57	57	54	56	48	42	52	1,841	collapse
crashed by	145	137	108	104	74	102	111	125	94	96	74	73	62	72	76	97	67	78	83	58	77	54	62	59	2,088	crashed by
caught in/between	259	263	229	245	229	229	193	189	191	192	150	171	148	157	132	151	128	132	140	113	104	126	135	115	4,121	caught in/between
cut	5	9	7	8	11	7	8	4	6	6	4	8	6	8	5	4	2	0	0	5	4	6	2	4	129	cut
injury to the sole of the foot	2	0	1	3	2	2	1	2	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	injury to the sole of the foot
drown	35	37	22	26	27	40	31	26	20	38	33	23	911	31	25	35	24	31	38	35	24	21	25	14	1,572	drown
contact to high/low-temperature	33	23	37	26	20	18	23	20	28	24	10	53	22	23	35	15	34	16	22	36	27	26	22	31	624	contact to high/low-temperature
contact to harmful substance	25	30	21	32	24	19	17	29	15	20	20	20	20	17	18	17	22	9	13	17	14	21	17	8	465	contact to harmful substance
electric shock	33	34	30	16	14	23	28	19	14	21	14	13	12	15	5	15	11	11	9	13	3	6	13	8	380	electric shock
explosion	14	7	7	5	21	15	7	3	13	9	9	5	6	13	12	12	2	3	6	7	4	4	3	6	193	explosion
burst	6	3	5	1	0	6	5	3	0	5	1	3	1	3	2	4	1	6	1	1	0	2	1	0	60	burst
fire	11	20	40	4	22	6	6	22	14	9	18	5	9	7	9	9	13	3	5	6	45	6	8	10	307	fire
traffic accident (public road)	608	590	552	492	482	444	466	385	337	287	238	278	240	251	233	232	189	218	202	175	157	164	129	129	7,478	traffic accident (public road)
traffic accident (others)	16	11	11	16	10	18	16	14	14	10	9	12	12	6	3	4	3	1	12	3	3	5	6	9	224	traffic accident (others)
reaction to motion/improper motion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	reaction to motion/improper motion
others	18	18	10	25	39	52	47	45	47	38	36	46	458	56	47	59	61	58	60	43	42	41	113	20	1,479	others
unclassifiable	5	2	3	6	5	5	8	3	4	7	9	4	7	5	7	4	8	2	4	3	2	0	5	0	108	unclassifiable
total	1,992	1,889	1,790	1,658	1,628	1,620	1,514	1,472	1,357	1,268	1,075	1,195	2,338	1,093	1,030	1,057	972	928	978	909	845	802	867	774	31,051	total

Data sources: https://anzeninfo.mhlw.go.jp/user/anzen/tok/anst00.htm Another window opens (MHLW, Japan)

Reference:

Accident classification of OSH statistics in Japan

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