Over 3,000 people lose their lives in workplace accidents every year.
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- The most recent available data at the time of the speech was from 2023, with 3,298 fatal accidents. The figure represents fatal accidents at work in the EU (excluding some Member States with incomplete data reporting). The publication date of this data was October 2025, which is after the MEP's speech date of April 2026, but the data refers to the 2023 reference period which is before the speech date.