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. 2016 Feb 16;7(3):231–236. doi: 10.1016/j.shaw.2016.01.004

Table 2.

Number and percentage of injured per category

Variable Variable value Superficial wounds Dislocations and sprains Bone fractures Concussion and internal injuries Burns, scalding and freezing Overall
Sex Male 36,425 (98.2) 33,408 (95.6) 5,391 (96.9) 4,576 (96.7) 1,735 (98.8) 87,215 (97.0)
Female 672 (1.8) 1,527 (4.4) 170 (3.1) 158 (3.3) 21 (1.2) 2,739 (3.0)
Nationality Spanish 33,240 (89.6) 31,969 (91.5) 5,074 (91.2) 4,335 (91.6) 1,568 (89.3) 81,581 (90.7)
Foreign 3,857 (10.4) 2,966 (8.5) 487 (8.8) 399 (8.4) 188 (10.7) 8,373 (9.3)
Employee or other Employed by company 36,759 (99.1) 34,575 (99.0) 5,448 (98.0) 4,684 (98.9) 1,728 (98.4) 87,372 (97.1)
Others 338 (0.9) 360 (1.0) 113 (2.0) 50 (1.1) 28 (1.6) 2,582 (2.9)
Workforce ≤ 5 13,542 (36.5) 11,185 (32) 2,258 (40.6) 1,559 (32.9) 745 (42.4) 31,507 (35.0)
> 5 23,555 (63.5) 23,750 (68.0) 3,303 (59.4) 3,175 (67.1) 1,011 (57.6) 58,447 (65.0)
Risk assessment Yes 15,189 (40.9) 15,043 (43.1) 2,486 (44.7) 2,103 (44.4) 761 (43.3) 38,307 (42.6)
No 21,908 (59.1) 19,892 (56.9) 3,075 (55.3) 2,631 (55.6) 995 (56.7) 51,647 (57.4)
H&S organization Outsourced H&S 8,533 (23.0) 8,467 (24.2) 1,420 (25.5) 1,052 (22.2) 482 (27.4) 21,281 (23.7)
Other H&S system 28,564 (77.0) 26,468 (75.8) 4,141 (74.5) 3,682 (77.8) 1,274 (72.6) 68,673 (76.3)
Temporary employment agencies Yes 37,078 (99.9) 34,907 (99.9) 5,555 (99.9) 4,732 (100) 1,752 (99.8) 89,884 (99.9)
No 19 (0.1) 28 (0.1) 6 (0.1) 2 (0) 4 (0.2) 70 (0.1)
Place of accident Usual workplace 34,160 (92.1) 29,992 (85.9) 4,456 (80.1) 4,131 (87.3) 1,669 (95.0) 79,081 (87.9)
Outside usual workplace 2,937 (7.9) 4,943 (14.1) 1,105 (19.9) 603 (12.7) 87 (5.0) 10,873 (12.1)
Number of workers injured > 1 150 (0.4) 217 (0.6) 29 (0.5) 23 (0.5) 19 (1.1) 486 (0.5)
1 36,947 (99.6) 34,718 (99.4) 5,532 (99.5) 4,711 (99.5) 1,737 (98.9) 89,468 (99.5)
Monday Yes 8,608 (23.2) 9,268 (26.5) 1,207 (21.7) 1,225 (25.9) 373 (21.2) 22,087 (24.6)
No 28,489 (76.8) 25,666 (73.5) 4,354 (78.3) 3,509 (74.1) 1,383 (78.8) 67,867 (75.4)
Usual job Yes 34,837 (93.9) 31,780 (91.0) 4,970 (89.4) 4,335 (91.6) 1,687 (96.1) 82,864 (92.1)
No 2,260 (6.1) 3,155 (9.0) 591 (10.6) 399 (8.4) 69 (3.9) 7,090 (7.9)

Data are presented as n (%).

H&S, health and safety.