There were 802 non-fatal accidents at work in the last quarter of 2009, a decrease of 3.8 per cent compared to last quarter of last year, the NSO said today.
But there were also two fatalities whereas there has been none in the last quarter of 2008.
The NSO said that many of the accidents occurred in manufacturing (24.2 per cent); construction (16.5 per cent); and wholesale and retail trade (12.8 per cent).
With regard to manufacturing and construction, there were decreases of 9.3 and 5.0 per cent respectively, while the accidents in wholesale and retail trade increased by 17.0 per cent.
In October-December 2009, persons employed in elementary occupations were mostly affected by accidents at work. There were 347 accidents (43.3 per cent) involving persons in elementary occupations, a decrease from the previous year.
The occupational category which experienced the main increase in accidents comprised service workers and market and sales workers (+22 accidents).
Just over a third of accidents at work affected persons aged 45 and over, totalling 272, or 33.9 per cent of the total number of accidents.