Cyprus - European Agency for Safety and Health at Work - Europa
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OSH in figures - Occup<strong>at</strong>ional safety <strong>and</strong> health in the transport sector – an overview<br />
3.2 Exposure to risks<br />
3.2.1 Physical work factors<br />
3.2.1.1 Road safety<br />
Regarding road safety, there are available d<strong>at</strong>a on road accidents –serious <strong>and</strong> f<strong>at</strong>al- involving<br />
buses <strong>and</strong> trucks. Although the examined time period is short <strong>for</strong> extracting trends, it is noticeable<br />
th<strong>at</strong> the number of serious traffic accidents involving truck drivers showed a significant 53.3%<br />
decrease since 2003, while the de<strong>at</strong>h toll fluctu<strong>at</strong>ed between 9 in 2005 <strong>and</strong> 23 in 2004. Regarding<br />
bus drivers, f<strong>at</strong>al accidents seem to have decreased, from 3 in 2003 to none in 2005, whereas<br />
serious accidents increased in 2004 (94) only to go down again in 2005 (22).<br />
Figure 8: Road accidents: number of f<strong>at</strong>al <strong>and</strong> serious accidents of drivers, by type of<br />
vehicle, 2003-2005.<br />
500<br />
450<br />
400<br />
350<br />
300<br />
250<br />
200<br />
150<br />
100<br />
50<br />
0<br />
484<br />
31<br />
3 15 2<br />
94<br />
Bus Trucks Bus Trucks Bus Trucks<br />
2003 2004 2005<br />
Source: CYSTAT, Transport st<strong>at</strong>istics 2005<br />
3.2.2 <strong>Health</strong> outcomes<br />
3.2.3 Occup<strong>at</strong>ional accidents<br />
3.2.3.1 General<br />
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F<strong>at</strong>al Serious<br />
According to the Cypriot Department of Labour Inspection (DLI), there were 2,107 occup<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
accidents in the total working popul<strong>at</strong>ion across all activity sectors in 2006, up from 1,064 in 2001. In<br />
any case, part of this 98% increase is likely to be the result of an improved accident recording <strong>and</strong><br />
reporting procedure.<br />
Regarding occup<strong>at</strong>ional accidents in transport, due to the small numbers in air <strong>and</strong> w<strong>at</strong>er transport it<br />
is not possible to define specific trends. As far as l<strong>and</strong> transport is concerned, there appears to be<br />
an increasing number of accidents in 2006 compared to 2001, but the overall trend throughout the<br />
period is uncertain. Concerning f<strong>at</strong>al occup<strong>at</strong>ional accidents, they are very low in transport, with only<br />
two cases recorded in l<strong>and</strong> transport between 2001 <strong>and</strong> 2006.<br />
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