Health and safety at work – Accidents at work: a campaign to better prevent them

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During the year 2022, more than 559,812 work accidents were declared for employees of the general regime and the agricultural regime. 38 022 of them caused lasting after-effects and 789 and death.

In addition, every day in France, more than 100 employees are seriously injured and 2 die as a result of work.

In order to reduce these high figures, the Ministry of Labor and Employment is engaging a prevention campaign relying on a complete file as well as on several TV spots and radio.

Towards better prevention of professional risks

The campaign Employee safety is something we have to think about every day aims to:

• inform and raise awareness with pedagogy employers, employees and the general public on serious or fatal workplace accidents;
• highlight the means of action and prevention available to employers;
• remind the company of its responsibility in preventing accidents;
• reaffirm the existence of legal, prevention and protection measures;
• better recognize dangerous situations at work.

Rappel

For a work accident to be recognized, 2 conditions must be completed:

• the accidental fact (sudden and unexpected) in the work environment ;
• the accident caused a physical and/or psychological damage.