Table 2.

Relative Risks (RR) of accidents at the workplace among social workers compared to other health and welfare service workers, 2015

Occupation	Accidents at the workplace (n)	RRa	95% CI
Social workers
Social workers and therapists	1619	0.82	0.75–0.89
Caregivers in sheltered workshops	945	1.30	1.14–1.49
Teachers in residential institutions	473	1.41	1.17–1.70
Other health and welfare service workers	68,916	1

For the calculation of RRs, commuting accidents served as an estimate of the total number of social workers insured with the Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in the Health and Welfare Services (BGW)

^aAdjusted for age and gender