Occupational health and safety is a major concern to many countries since occupational accidents represent a major source of risk. In 2010, accidents at work killed 3691 workers in in EU-28, while 2721629 workers were injured , with absence of work more than three days , as reported by Eurostat. Traditional occupational safety methods are analysis of accidents and accident statistics, regulations, standards and safety guidelines. The most significant standards used for occupational safety are the British BSI (1996,1999) and the international standard by ILO (2001). In addition various analyses of occupational accidents have been published, examining causes of injuries and fatalities such as those performed for the construction sector by Ale et al (2008), for the electric power industry by Carnero and Pedregal (2010) and for the extractive industry by Silva and Jacinto (2012).
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