Fatal & non-fatal accidents caused by Small causal agents in Japan in 1999-2022

Causal (S) agents 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 Causal (S) agents
engine     61   44   43 36 47 44 35 32 27 51 31 24 33 32 38 38 31 19 40 23 729 engine
power transmission mechanism     552   473   511 456 440 445 379 401 377 374 367 338 392 319 363 351 301 293 313 324 7,769 power transmission mechanism
circular sawing machine     2,370   2,172   1,776 1,641 1,555 1,419 1,199 1,182 1,153 1,094 1,065 1,028 870 839 777 774 805 721 721 653 23,814 circular sawing machine
band sawing machine     235   189   163 118 141 113 104 78 96 79 81 78 69 61 58 59 41 60 49 50 1,922 band sawing machine
wood planer machine     575   462   360 324 276 325 238 229 219 178 184 163 138 143 128 138 121 131 121 116 4,569 wood planer machine
hollow chisel mortiser, wood borer     131   86   66 53 66 53 43 37 33 35 42 31 36 30 26 33 18 25 14 28 886 hollow chisel mortiser, wood borer
chamfering machine, router, woodworking milling machine     110   96   68 62 66 60 45 34 42 34 36 39 32 31 25 43 25 23 31 16 918 chamfering machine, router, woodworking milling machine
chain saw     646   721   639 604 698 651 689 690 631 571 502 541 503 449 431 407 427 461 467 385 11,113 chain saw
other woodworking machines     1,023   878   763 680 713 634 519 518 551 524 483 475 411 436 390 374 387 349 372 305 10,785 other woodworking machines
leveling, transporting or loading machine     407   381   346 347 306 295 260 293 268 287 279 235 272 251 270 277 234 237 278 262 5,785 leveling, transporting or loading machine
excavating machine     1,108   913   942 823 752 752 663 645 671 696 681 690 573 567 586 593 653 672 650 684 14,314 excavating machine
foundation work machine     107   80   86 87 69 63 54 53 56 64 62 62 70 61 57 64 51 61 44 44 1,295 foundation work machine
hardening machine     175   137   96 111 100 99 88 99 74 78 64 83 84 79 57 52 66 52 58 49 1,701 hardening machine
demolition machine     131   126   131 125 119 120 112 98 104 105 171 186 192 193 181 164 171 162 186 168 2,945 demolition machine
vehicle for high lift work     91   95   98 114 112 119 105 92 90 88 81 89 102 105 95 78 119 100 102 119 1,994 vehicle for high lift work
other construction machines     460   388   421 364 330 337 313 292 327 331 322 297 212 227 180 198 168 173 195 175 5,710 other construction machines
lathe     527   424   395 433 363 385 287 298 306 338 267 241 284 244 210 249 227 222 233 189 6,122 lathe
drill press, milling machine     680   572   558 536 510 494 319 327 323 298 300 299 314 286 232 250 229 220 218 231 7,196 drill press, milling machine
grinding machine, buffing machine     849   797   755 726 816 749 599 633 689 620 561 603 565 569 549 562 560 521 554 518 12,795 grinding machine, buffing machine
power press     1,119   1,116   1,030 973 904 785 527 559 649 651 586 602 565 517 559 524 503 452 451 475 13,547 power press
forging pressure hammer     30   17   25 21 19 26 16 18 12 12 12 11 12 12 14 10 15 11 9 20 322 forging pressure hammer
shearing machine     194   213   176 156 189 160 144 141 120 141 102 132 105 125 95 101 95 91 93 83 2,656 shearing machine
other metal manufacturing machines     1,716   1,480   1,353 1,415 1,341 1,191 821 921 981 956 931 931 796 779 844 831 817 725 788 747 20,364 other metal manufacturing machines
centrifugal machine     21   21   16 24 18 25 13 12 16 13 18 16 15 13 11 17 18 12 14 17 330 centrifugal machine
mixer, grinder     389   356   313 324 331 300 262 243 248 284 282 256 250 201 221 224 243 238 225 230 5,420 mixer, grinder
roll machine (except printingroll machine)     646   602   566 532 529 509 446 479 416 439 440 424 385 348 417 365 358 354 321 351 8,927 roll machine (except printingroll machine)
injection molding machine     194   204   174 146 162 108 119 121 90 104 97 73 73 69 75 95 76 71 84 66 2,201 injection molding machine
food manufacturing machine     2,476   2,347   2,267 2,004 2,001 2,152 1,967 1,992 1,992 1,902 1,852 1,723 1,784 1,778 1,744 1,588 1,658 1,548 1,503 1,503 37,781 food manufacturing machine
printing machine     521   470   424 410 390 377 326 304 295 290 263 249 211 224 216 191 176 180 206 179 5,902 printing machine
industrial robot     26   47   36 36 51 34 29 26 30 31 30 29 26 24 26 26 22 24 29 21 603 industrial robot
other general power machines     5,335   5,064   4,430 4,507 4,309 4,126 3,626 3,571 3,576 3,371 3,282 3,158 3,184 3,083 3,071 3,176 3,206 2,954 3,020 2,993 73,042 other general power machines
felling machine                                 48 56 39 37 45 65 40 70 400 felling machine
mobile logging machine                                 27 20 19 24 21 18 15 21 165 mobile logging machine
skyline yarding machine                                 12 15 7 11 15 11 16 15 102 skyline yarding machine
other mobile silviculture machine                                 4 5 3 5 6 12 12 10 57 other mobile silviculture machine
crane     1,357   1,269   1,252 1,216 1,185 1,175 840 844 871 875 789 840 742 772 785 828 850 725 780 762 18,757 crane
mobile crane     969   912   870 766 736 768 648 619 588 566 660 630 615 597 564 603 589 570 566 551 13,387 mobile crane
derrick crane     5   3   2 4 4 4 1 5 3 2   2         1       36 derrick crane
elevator, lift     321   280   228 268 271 218 214 174 168 189 180 193 184 145 155 176 197 159 171 167 4,058 elevator, lift
cargo lifting appliance     20   12   14 10 14 6 5 10 16 5 12 11 5 13 14 12 16 11 15 16 237 cargo lifting appliance
gondola     15   10   14 13 8 21 11 12 13 5 11 7 4 5 10 7 8 5 11 9 199 gondola
lumberyard equipment, logging cableway     63   45   50 42 35 44 34 39 24 34 21   19 21 11 12 9 11 16 12 542 lumberyard equipment, logging cableway
simple skyline yarding equipment                                 3 1   1   3 4 2 14 simple skyline yarding equipment
other powered crane     246   229   234 226 166 169 145 158 156 146 155 145 136 118 108 143 132 130 116 105 3,163 other powered crane
truck     11,480   10,876   10,304 10,228 9,923 9,445 8,253 8,548 8,547 8,677 8,995 8,817 8,664 8,502 8,797 8,870 8,760 8,890 9,011 8,788 184,375 truck
forklift     2,621   2,613   2,607 2,570 2,534 2,404 1,954 1,916 2,054 1,982 1,904 1,898 1,890 1,977 1,997 2,113 2,145 1,989 2,028 2,092 43,288 forklift
railway equipment     33   28   29 36 29 37 24 15 24 26 28 25 26 13 16 19 31 18 17 10 484 railway equipment
conveyor     1,554   1,504   1,376 1,390 1,400 1,339 1,071 1,153 1,092 1,104 1,127 1,131 998 981 1,019 988 967 941 976 935 23,046 conveyor
loader     66   66   52 61 43 50 38 36 48 48 37 50 48 47 47 40 57 47 54 59 994 loader
straddle carrier         5   1 6 2 5 1 2 3 5 2 7 4 5 5 4 2 4 5 3 71 straddle carrier
rough terrain hauler     48   41   33 31 19 37 43 20 23 17 22 25 28 18 34 25 30 23 24 20 561 rough terrain hauler
other powered conveying machines     665   647   623 623 587 543 444 527 521 498 465 478 408 409 464 460 430 376 395 407 9,970 other powered conveying machines
cars, bus, motorcycle     7,633   7,718   9,931 10,039 9,761 9,414 8,828 8,854 8,431 8,516 8,509 8,496 8,281 8,279 8,179 8,396 7,913 7,311 7,634 7,320 169,443 cars, bus, motorcycle
railway vehicle     72   64   92 83 65 73 75 64 71 64 91 65 50 67 74 65 81 65 79 66 1,426 railway vehicle
other vehicles     793   770   801 758 861 702 660 636 644 713 565 560 539 489 513 488 493 395 441 486 12,307 other vehicles
boiler     28   19   32 27 36 17 23 23 14 18 19 22 7 13 14 16 17 10 10 12 377 boiler
pressure vessel     65   52   42 39 35 39 36 24 29 41 26 18 29 31 38 22 29 23 23 17 658 pressure vessel
other pressure vessels     117   105   76 63 76 82 71 54 61 75 59 63 47 65 49 55 38 41 57 48 1,302 other pressure vessels
chemical facilities     27   44   57 45 40 40 26 25 33 33 17 38 29 32 24 43 30 21 47 31 682 chemical facilities
gas welding equipment     96   83   97 57 84 70 85 64 66 57 53 53 54 50 56 82 65 40 35 53 1,300 gas welding equipment
arc welding equipment     107   87   102 97 120 102 96 65 69 64 84 79 69 87 63 73 64 69 66 58 1,621 arc welding equipment
other welding equipment     140   112   106 107 97 115 54 55 48 76 77 86 70 70 68 59 67 59 74 79 1,619 other welding equipment
kiln, caldron     205   203   181 182 174 185 173 194 144 151 174 146 145 119 169 170 215 172 179 194 3,475 kiln, caldron
industrial dryer     29   20   30 24 21 25 29 21 26 23 25 27 16 16 29 16 28 25 22 25 477 industrial dryer
other kiln, caldron     30   37   12 31 24 24 25 16 18 19 20 30 35 30 23 22 21 17 20 16 470 other kiln, caldron
transmission     117   96   116 101 136 142 115 88 101 140 112 123 140 139 163 185 173 138 191 214 2,730 transmission
electric power facilities     73   64   65 50 72 66 51 72 50 56 49 60 47 45 42 59 38 45 52 47 1,103 electric power facilities
other electrical equipment     138   108   106 96 85 105 72 86 99 65 91 89 76 92 88 91 90 116 114 76 1,883 other electrical equipment
human power cranes     113   115   100 94 97 95 57 66 82 60 65 72 56 62 64 84 406 573 907 1,384 4,552 human power cranes
human power hauling equipment     2,616   2,770   3,102 3,296 3,420 3,635 3,281 3,464 3,532 3,714 3,654 3,796 3,821 4,249 4,281 4,593 4,493 4,528 4,332 4,208 74,785 human power hauling equipment
human power machine     189   124   126 130 124 114 85 106 96 100 113 110 101 85 100 85 94 94 99 88 2,163 human power machine
hand tool     4,784   4,451   4,138 4,052 4,077 3,730 3,324 3,333 3,201 3,492 3,406 3,245 3,145 2,972 2,987 3,122 3,068 3,121 3,238 3,204 70,090 hand tool
ladder     5,867   5,651   5,610 5,653 5,613 5,464 5,041 5,061 5,199 5,309 5,269 5,250 5,034 5,086 5,178 5,410 5,571 5,621 5,663 5,569 108,119 ladder
slinging tool     815   743   758 706 704 647 518 516 482 483 497 448 449 468 444 417 418 369 394 379 10,655 slinging tool
other tools     4,022   4,131   4,233 4,572 4,534 4,848 3,873 3,945 4,220 4,080 4,303 4,371 4,481 4,733 5,066 5,109 5,568 5,180 5,553 5,582 92,404 other tools
other equipment, facilities     2,715   2,433   2,923 2,961 3,086 3,150 2,827 3,123 2,931 3,101 3,143 3,266 3,190 3,338 3,103 3,348 3,368 3,476 3,808 3,924 63,214 other equipment, facilities
scaffolding     2,296   2,035   1,905 1,881 1,838 1,580 1,182 1,053 1,224 1,234 1,318 1,332 1,154 1,093 1,030 1,023 1,116 920 908 813 26,935 scaffolding
timbering     224   148   132 169 164 116 88 86 87 83 86 72 83 65 52 67 50 49 75 56 1,952 timbering
stairs, landing stage     4,760   5,048   5,151 5,575 5,476 5,467 5,088 4,992 5,133 5,118 4,986 5,337 5,320 5,618 5,786 5,950 6,270 6,343 6,597 6,725 110,740 stairs, landing stage
opening     578   493   476 505 494 449 457 395 387 433 429 420 413 456 420 494 502 484 466 474 9,225 opening
roof, beam, haze, crossbeam, principal rafter     2,135   1,859   1,851 1,657 1,360 1,317 1,103 1,187 1,337 1,360 1,246 1,170 1,069 1,030 962 1,080 946 836 814 802 25,121 roof, beam, haze, crossbeam, principal rafter
working platform, boot board     3,846   4,033   3,462 3,793 3,803 3,979 3,481 3,627 3,440 3,434 3,396 3,714 3,693 3,578 3,780 4,035 3,775 3,515 3,400 3,841 73,625 working platform, boot board
passage     9,055   9,058   10,174 10,336 9,946 10,636 9,794 10,378 11,112 11,340 11,043 11,746 11,404 13,046 13,283 15,395 14,401 15,042 16,969 16,776 240,934 passage
building, establishment     4,631   4,258   4,172 4,498 4,348 4,267 3,931 4,020 4,244 4,047 4,061 3,713 3,862 3,746 4,058 4,196 3,739 3,895 3,973 3,926 81,585 building, establishment
other temporary buildings, establishments     2,599   2,791   2,777 2,813 2,544 2,522 2,376 2,538 2,393 2,584 2,434 2,781 2,887 2,976 2,734 2,883 3,269 3,359 3,105 3,303 55,668 other temporary buildings, establishments
explosive substance     47   48   44 29 27 22 19 21 15 17 31 18 17 16 14 14 14 11 18 19 461 explosive substance
inflammable substance     218   190   166 197 199 163 127 152 111 147 124 153 112 101 112 106 164 98 110 101 2,851 inflammable substance
inflammable gas     116   108   88 93 94 106 59 63 95 85 61 79 49 80 59 70 59 55 37 49 1,505 inflammable gas
harmful substance     330   307   341 380 320 272 214 264 294 255 258 230 278 250 238 259 213 192 176 195 5,266 harmful substance
radiation     1   2     1   3 1     1   1 1 1 5       2   19 radiation
other hazards, harmful substances     534   520   524 472 467 419 411 350 452 416 432 445 415 470 475 411 481 456 452 440 9,042 other hazards, harmful substances
metal material     6,771   5,751   5,534 5,629 5,427 4,893 3,850 3,822 3,749 3,901 3,663 3,809 3,509 3,463 3,595 3,548 3,394 3,070 3,131 3,320 83,829 metal material
lumber, bamboo     2,444   2,066   1,947 1,822 1,734 1,427 1,289 1,266 1,270 1,254 1,277 1,198 1,095 1,111 1,070 1,067 1,028 1,007 969 1,031 27,372 lumber, bamboo
stone, sand, substance     917   721   642 580 543 492 396 401 408 408 400 448 321 326 336 334 347 323 312 329 8,984 stone, sand, substance
other materials     2,286   2,127   1,977 2,211 2,134 1,890 1,710 1,741 1,761 1,832 1,798 1,760 1,676 1,501 1,486 1,451 1,504 1,435 1,458 1,581 35,319 other materials
load     7,791   7,077   6,837 7,227 7,576 7,146 6,106 6,009 6,009 6,080 5,917 5,950 5,997 6,103 6,134 6,487 6,581 6,841 6,995 7,338 132,201 load
machine/equipment as load     862   713   706 713 710 683 586 590 528 589 543 458 459 451 396 423 461 431 397 432 11,131 machine/equipment as load
natural ground, rock     1,527   1,424   1,151 1,153 1,071 1,095 966 956 963 964 917 833 873 751 797 745 786 773 777 758 19,280 natural ground, rock
standing tree     1,506   1,373   1,250 1,163 1,277 1,213 1,374 1,371 1,332 1,141 1,106 1,053 1,086 1,005 965 980 899 953 882 840 22,769 standing tree
water     155   178   183 204 170 182 163 126 1,450 155 184 188 130 148 135 204 160 206 140 99 4,560 water
abnormal environment     46   40   41 41 44 45 27 44 59 83 65 26 35 51 55 65 31 32 28 34 892 abnormal environment
high/cold temperature environment     652   391   382 516 480 485 300 834 662 709 819 748 656 666 733 1,483 1,087 1,194 847 1,210 14,854 high/cold temperature environment
other environments     2,851   2,368   2,848 2,605 2,174 2,515 2,351 2,608 3,021 3,294 3,407 3,944 2,924 3,321 3,484 3,968 2,987 3,230 3,758 4,477 62,135 other environments
other causal agent     3,019   2,891   3,115 3,431 3,206 3,367 2,797 2,859 3,365 3,088 3,168 3,141 3,386 3,190 3,603 3,374 3,672 9,486 22,953 3,998 91,109 other causal agent
no causal agent     4,210   4,855   5,155 5,163 5,291 5,589 5,959 6,155 6,093 6,428 6,291 6,478 6,749 6,613 7,514 8,635 8,939 10,065 11,276 10,980 138,438 no causal agent
unclassifiable     583   552   467 500 540 587 449 374 368 428 394 385 324 252 294 342 256 176 194 250 7,715 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 & non-fatal accidents caused by Small causal agents in Japan in 1999-2022

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