In the latest available period, a total of 431 fatal accidents occurred during working hours, marking a decrease of eight notches from the prior year. There were also 93 fatalities among workers commuting to their jobs, a reduction of sixteen from the nine months reported in 2022. These figures highlight how the daily rhythms of work and travel continue to influence safety outcomes across sectors and professions.
Within daytime incidents, natural causes such as heart attacks, strokes, and other health-related events led the fatalities with 193 deaths, which is an increase of eighteen compared with 2022. Coming in second were traffic-related accidents, responsible for 65 deaths, a rise of three from the previous year. This pattern underscores the ongoing importance of health monitoring and road safety for workers during their daily routine.
The most notable improvement was observed in fatalities caused by being trapped, crushed, or amputated, where the total fell to 63, down by twenty compared with the prior period. This shift points to gains in safety procedures and protective measures within high-risk tasks and environments.
By sector, the Services industry registered the highest number of daytime fatal events, with 204 deaths, reflecting a decline of 36 from 2022. The Construction sector followed with 92 fatalities, down by 21. These sectoral trends emphasize where safety investments and policy focus have been most impactful in reducing severe outcomes for workers.
On a relative basis, the agricultural sector showed the strongest improvement, recording nineteen fewer deaths, a twenty-five percent drop. This notable reduction is linked to a major incident in early February of the previous year, when the Spanish vessel Villa de Pitanxo sank off the Newfoundland coast, resulting in twenty-one fatalities. The event had a lasting influence on safety practices and monitoring within maritime and coastal industries across the region. In wake of this tragedy, there was a clear and significant decline in drowning-related fatalities, which fell by seventy-six point two percent in the following period. These shifts illustrate how one major incident can reshape safety norms and prevention measures across related sectors.
Overall, there were 472 fatal crashes among employees, representing an eight-eight decrease from the prior year. In addition, 52 fatal events involved self-employed workers, down by eleven compared with the previous period. These numbers reflect broader changes in employment patterns and risk exposure across different forms of work arrangements.
Gender distribution shows that 405 of the decedents were men, a decrease of eighty-two, while 26 were women, a slight reduction of one from the year before. These ratios help inform gender-specific safety initiatives and the targeting of protective interventions in workplaces across regions.
Looking at sickness-related data, the first nine months of the year recorded 468,075 accidents requiring sick leave, a marginal one percent decrease relative to the same window in 2022. In parallel, 423,550 accidents occurred without sick leave, marking a one percent increase. These figures shed light on the broader health and productivity trends that accompany workplace safety results across the economy.