Industrial Accidents Statistics in Japan (2019)

Fig.0

Transition in the Number of Industrial Accidents (1953-2019）

Fig.1

Change in number of deaths in all industries (1996-2019)

Fig.2

Change in number of deaths & injuries with work absence of 4 days or more in all industries (1996-2019)

Fig.3

Change in number of new recipients of workers' accident compensation insurance benefits (1996-2019)

Fig.4

Change in frequency rate in all industries (1996-2019)

Fig.5

Change in severity rate in all industries (1996-2019)

Fig.6

Change in accident rate (deaths & injuries with work absence of 4 days or more) per 1,000 workers in all industries (1996-2009)

Fig.7

Number of deaths & injuries with work absence of 4 days or more by industrial sector (2019)

Fig.8

Number of deaths by industrial sector (2019)

Fig.9

Breakdown of deaths & injuries with work absence of 4 days or more by accident type in all industries (2019)

Fig.10

Breakdown of deaths by accident type in all industries (2019)

Fig.11

Breakdown of deaths & injuries with work absence of 4 days or more by cause agents in all industries (2019)

Fig.12

Breakdown of deaths by cause agents in all industries (2019)

Fig.13

Deaths & injuries with work absence of 4 days or more by workplace size (2019)

Fig.14

Accident rate per 1,000 Workers by workplace size (2019)

Fig.15

Deaths & injuries with work absence of 4 days or more by age group (2019)

Fig.16

Accident rate (Deaths & injuries with work absence of 4 days or more per 1,000 workers) by age group (2019)

Fig.0

Source:

Survey by the Safety Division, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
Excel data source

 

Fig.1

Source:

Survey by the Safety Division, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
https://www.jisha.or.jp/english/statistics/index.html

 

Fig.2

Source:

same as Fig 1

 

Fig.3

Source:

Number of new recipients of workers' accident compensation insurance benefits: Annual report on Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance Programme (only Japanese)
General Guidebook on Industrial Safety 2020, JISHA (only Japanese)

 

Fig.4

Definition:

Frequency rate is expressed in terms of numbers of deaths & injuries in industrial accidents per 1 million work-hours in the aggregate.

Source:

Frequency rate and severity rate: Industrial accident census, MHLW (only Japanese)
General Guidebook on Industrial Safety 2020, JISHA (only Japanese)
2019_ltifr.xls

 

Fig.5

Definition:

Severity rate is expressed in terms of the number of workdays lost per 1,000 work-hours in the aggregate.

Source:

same as Fig.4

 

Fig.6

Source:

Survey by the Safety Division, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
2019_accidents_rate.xls

 

Fig.7

Source:

Accidents report surveyed by the Safety Division, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
Industrial_accidents_in_2019.xls

 

Fig.8

Source:

same as Fig.7

 

Fig.9

Source:

same as Fig.7

 

Fig.10

Source:

same as Fig.7

 

Fig.11

Source:

Accidents report surveyed by the Safety Division, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
2019_accidents.xls

 

Fig.12

Source:

Accidents report surveyed by the Safety Division, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
2019_fatal.xls

 

Fig.13

Source:

same as Fig.11

 

Fig.14

Source:

Accidents report surveyed by the Safety Division, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
2019_accidents.xls
2016 Economic Census Basic Survey, Statistics Bureau, Ministry of General Affairs
General Guidebook on Industrial Safety 2020, JISHA (only Japanese)

 

Fig.15

Source:

same as Fig.11

 

Fig.16

Source:

2019_accidents.xls
Labour Force Survey, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (only Japanese)

 

(Ref)

All data described in this page were showed in "General Guidebook on Industrial Safety 2020", JISHA (only Japanese)

(Ref)

Industrial Accidents Statistics in Japan (2018)

(Ref)

Statistics of Workers' Health Condition in Japan (2018)