Study population, incidence of notified accidents, incidence of injuries causing payment of disability compensation, and fatal accidents by occupation (rank) of the victim on board
| All identified accidents | Accidents causing permanent injury of 5% or more* | Fatal accidents†| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Employment periods | Days at sea | Accidents (n) | Accident rate/10000 days | Accidents (n) | Accident rate/10000 days | Accidents (n) | Accident rate/10000 days |
| *Among the 209 accidents causing permanent injury, 151 (72%) had also been notified to the maritime authorities as notifiable occupational accidents; | ||||||||
| †among the 27 fatal accidents, 23 had also been notified to the maritime authorities as notifiable occupational accidents. | ||||||||
| Navigation officers | 31364 | 2585021 | 182 | 0.70 | 43 | 0.17 | 7 | 0.027 |
| Ship's engineers | 20902 | 1649996 | 233 | 1.41 | 39 | 0.24 | 1 | 0.006 |
| Ratings, deck | 30878 | 3397492 | 862 | 2.54 | 81 | 0.24 | 13 | 0.038 |
| Ratings, engine | 6668 | 793473 | 154 | 1.94 | 14 | 0.18 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Galley crew | 9301 | 920675 | 161 | 1.75 | 12 | 0.13 | 4 | 0.043 |
| Catering crew | 20242 | 1436055 | 301 | 2.10 | 13 | 0.09 | 2 | 0.014 |
| Other crew | 7929 | 591345 | 100 | 1.69 | 7 | 0.12 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Total | 127284 | 11374057 | 1993 | 1.75 | 209 | 0.18 | 27 | 0.024 |