China News Service, April 14. According to Taiwan's "Central News Agency", the "Occupational Safety and Health Administration", the labor authority in Taiwan, recently released statistics on major occupational disasters in the past 10 years in Taiwan for the middle-aged and the elderly. Among them, male victims accounted for as much as 94%, the industry is specialized in construction industry, construction engineering industry and other employees, and the main types of disasters are falling and rolling.
According to the report, the "Occupational Safety Administration" recently announced the statistical analysis of major occupational disasters for middle-aged and elderly workers in the past 10 years (2011 to 2020) in accordance with the "Employment Promotion Law for the Middle-aged and the Elderly and the Elderly".
According to statistics, in the past 10 years, there have been 1,691 major occupational disaster cases among middle-aged and elderly workers, resulting in a total of 1,768 deaths.
According to the analysis, 1,662 of the victims were male, accounting for 94%, and 106 were women, accounting for 6%. The age of the victims was 474 (26.81%) from 50 to 54 years old. , followed by 413 people (23.36%) between the ages of 55 and 59, 386 (21.83%) between the ages of 45 and 49, 313 (17.7%) between the ages of 60 and 64, and those over 65 years old. 182 (10.29%).
Further analysis of the occupation of the victims shows that the top 5 industries in terms of the number of victims are other specialized construction industry (292 people, 16.52%), building decoration engineering industry (218 people, 12.33%), construction industry (292 people, 16.52%), 115 people, 6.50%), other civil engineering industry (103 people, 5.83%) and electrical, telecommunication and circuit equipment installation industry (101 people, 5.71%).
Zhu Wenyong, head of the occupational safety team of the "Occupational Safety and Health Administration", said that in the past 10 years, the elderly and major occupational disaster victims were mostly male. The high proportion of occupational accidents is due to the fact that industries that are more prone to occupational accidents are mostly physically demanding and high-risk operations, which are also caused by the majority of male employees.
In addition, the statistics also analyzed that the top 5 types of major occupational disasters in the elderly and senior workers in the past 10 years were falling and rolling (931 people, 52.66%), objects falling and collapsing (168 people, 52.66%). 9.50%), objects flying (110 people, 6.22%), hit (102 people, 5.77%), and electrocution (85 people, 4.81%).
In the past 10 years, the top five types of occupational disasters in the middle-aged and elderly workers who suffered from major occupational disasters were high-altitude work with a height of more than 2 meters (355 people, 20.08%), roof work (246 people, 13.91%). %), hoisting and hoisting equipment operations (176 persons, 9.95%), vehicle construction machinery operations (144 persons, 8.14%) and mechanical equipment repair/maintenance operations (117 persons, 6.62%).