Transition of type of fatal and non-fatal accidents in industries (large, middle and small) in Japan (1999-2021)

code	Type of accident	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	total	Type of accident	code
1	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	508,398	fall from height	1
2	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	586,941	falling to same level	2
3	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	139,980	crash	3
4	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	186,753	struck by flying or falling object	4
5	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	61,494	collapse	5
6	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	131,778	crashed by	6
7	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	409,895	caught in/between	7
8	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	236,724	cut	8
9	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	6,637	injury to the sole of the foot	9
10	drown	47	46	33	32	31	44	42	32	23	41	38	30	933	34	31	41	30	36	44	46	30	27	29	1,720	drown	10
11	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	64,502	contact to high/low-temperature	11
12	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	12,349	contact to harmful substance	12
13	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	2,927	electric shock	13
14	explosion	165	156	139	119	156	123	121	100	146	119	81	93	69	107	78	93	56	58	67	64	66	64	70	2,310	explosion	14
15	burst	97	85	94	89	85	89	77	75	76	83	55	48	58	60	43	52	53	60	45	44	42	51	44	1,505	burst	15
16	fire	129	114	129	105	115	112	104	144	113	107	106	93	86	73	83	87	83	81	44	85	128	61	54	2,236	fire	16
17	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	190,864	traffic accident (public road)	17
18	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	2,727	traffic accident (others)	18
19	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	330,032	reaction to motion/improper motion	19
90	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	56,037	others	90
99	unclassifiable	403	369	413	438	407	393	339	372	360	348	270	230	227	315	321	310	269	259	275	267	266	177	186	7,214	unclassifiable	99
0	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	2,943,023	total	0

Industrial accidents mean fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries and diseases with work absence of 4 days and more. Data of 2011 year include Industrial accidents caused by Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011.

Data sources:: https://anzeninfo.mhlw.go.jp/user/anzen/tok/anst00.htm

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