The Risk Factor of Age in Construction Accidents: Important at Present and Fundamental in the Future

Table 1

Number of construction accidents by severity, age, and average number of days off work. Spain 1996-2015.

	Number of Total Accidents; (1)	Rate; (2)	Average Age [years]; (3)	Average Number of Days Off Work; (4)	Number of Severe+Fatal Accidents; (5)	% Severe+Fatal; (6)
1996	134,144	15.9	35.27	25.51	2,645	1.97%
1997	147,103	16.4	35.12	23.28	2,656	1.81%
1998	179,295	17.5	34.71	22.50	3,048	1.70%
1999	224,868	18.8	34.44	23.15	3,379	1.50%
2000	248,727	18.8	34.31	22.08	3,519	1.41%
2001	260,765	18.3	34.28	22.60	3,880	1.49%
2002	259,522	17.3	34.40	22.64	3,959	1.53%
2003	238,808	15.3	34.68	23.70	4,353	1.82%
2004	235,430	13.9	34.75	22.17	4,096	1.74%
2005	250,372	13.5	34.45	22.79	3,789	1.51%
2006	262,225	12.7	34.68	22.42	3,734	1.42%
2007	263,490	12.4	35.04	23.71	3,672	1.39%
2008	193,769	10.7	35.85	22.10	2,632	1.36%
2009	149,738	9.0	36.95	26.90	1,859	1.24%
2010	105,817	8.5	37.73	29.12	1,487	1.41%
2011	84,674	7.7	38.54	30.23	1,243	1.47%
2012	55,392	6.3	39.31	31.12	874	1.58%
2013	45,517	6.0	39.89	33.10	640	1.41%
2014	46,294	6.3	40.38	32.96	703	1.52%
2015	52,195	6.8	40.73	33.94	749	1.44%
Total	3,438,145		35.31	24.01	52,917	1.54%

Notes. Accident rate for every 100 workers, http://www.empleo.gob.es/es/estadisticas/monograficas_anuales/EAT/2015/index.htm. Source. Prepared by the authors using the anonymous data on occupational accidents provided by the Subdirección General de Estadística of the Ministerio de Empleo y Seguridad Social.