Table 3.
Causes of accidents at the workplace of social workers, 2011–2015.
Source: Department Statistics, German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV)
| Cause of accident | Social workers and therapists (N = 9551) | Caregivers in sheltered workshops (N = 4683) | Teachers in residential institutions (N = 2564) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Slipping, stumbling or falling | 2930 | 30.7 | 961 | 20.5 | 753 | 29.4 |
| Movements of the body without physical stress | 1495 | 15.7 | 961 | 20.5 | 591 | 23.1 |
| Movements of the body under/with physical stress | 1879 | 19.7 | 795 | 17.0 | 488 | 19.0 |
| Violence, attack, threat, fright, surprise | 1354 | 14.2 | 1031 | 22.0 | 410 | 16.0 |
| Others/not specified | 1894 | 19.8 | 935 | 20.0 | 322 | 12.6 |
As data refer to projected sample statistics, uncertainties in the extrapolation and rounding errors may occur