In that year, with 2,848 work accidents per 100,000 residents, Portugal had the highest rate of work claims involving people of working age (workers). The Top 5 is completed with France, Spain, Luxembourg and Germany.

The study details type of bodily harm and injuries resulting from work accidents (traumas, fractures, plus other injuries). “The analysis shows that accidents at work are more prevalent in some European countries than in other countries,” said Sasha Quail of Claims.co.uk, which provides legal advice and follow-up on work-related injury claims in the UK.

Data from the Pordata platform show that mortality resulting from work accidents has decreased in Portugal, falling to less than 200 fatal cases per year in the last decade and decreasing to just over a hundred in 2019.