Causes and circumstances of accidents at work in the European Union, Slovakia and Czech Republic

Katarína Hollá; Alena Ďad'ová; Mária Hudáková; Jirí Valla; Anna Cidlinová; Linda Makovická Osvaldová

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1118330

Causes and circumstances of accidents at work in the European Union, Slovakia and Czech Republic

Front Public Health. 2023 Jun 20:11:1118330. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1118330. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Katarína Hollá¹, Alena Ďad'ová¹, Mária Hudáková¹, Jirí Valla², Anna Cidlinová², Linda Makovická Osvaldová¹

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Security Engineering, University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovakia.
² Occupational Safety Research Institute, Prague, Czechia.

Abstract

There are several challenges in occupational safety and health that need to be addressed. The basic premise is the reduction of occupational accidents in individual sectors. Finding effective tools to reduce them is very challenging. Safety culture is perceived differently in the countries of the European Union. The basic intention of this article is to compare the accidents number in these two countries and in the European Union in selected NACE categories. This comparison is based on the statistical processing of data by NACE category and representation of accident rates in individual industries. The main causes of accidents were identified, which give space for further research in this field a state measures to prevent work accidents to happen or to reduce its numbers.

Keywords: Czech Republic; European Union; Slovakia; occupational accidents; occupational safety and health; risk assessment; survey.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Accidents, Occupational*
Czech Republic / epidemiology
European Union
Risk Factors
Slovakia / epidemiology

Grants and funding

This research was funded by APVV-20-0603 Development of Risk Assessment Tools for Selected Businesses and Professions in the Slovak Republic in accordance with the EU Requirements.