(in German)

The report Safety and Health at Work - Reporting Year 2019, which has been produced by the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, BAuA) on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales, BMAS), gives an overview of various workplace-related data. It includes information on accidents at work, occupational diseases, retirement, incapacity for work, and working conditions, all presented in a tried-and-tested format.

The topics focussed on in this year’s report include the handling of the time pressure and pressure to perform many employees are familiar with from their day-to-day work.

At 42.4 million, the number of employed persons in Germany was somewhat higher in 2019 than in the preceding year (+0.5 m), while the population increased slightly (81.8 m; +0.2 m). The part-time employment rate rose further for both sexes, reaching 29.2% (women: 48.4%; men: 11.5%).

937,456 notifiable accidents at work occurred in 2019, which was 11,853 fewer than in 2018. The accident rate per 1,000 full-time workers was 21.9 - although this figure is not comparable with previous years on account of changes in the methodology used to calculate it by the German Social Accident Insurance (Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung, DGUV).

84,853 reports of suspected occupational diseases were received in 2019, rather more than in the preceding year (+2,231). By contrast, fewer occupational diseases were recognised (20,422; -1,372). In comparison to 2018, there was a slight growth in the number of people who died of occupational diseases (2,581; +124), with the proportion of deaths caused by asbestos dusts continuing to go up (66.1%; 2018: 64.1%).

Please note that the reproduction and dissemination of these figures is only permitted provided their source is acknowledged. When quoted in publications of all kinds (book contributions, articles, lectures, etc.), this report must always be cited as follows: "BMAS/BAuA (2020): Safety and Health at Work - Reporting Year 2019, downloaded from www.baua.de/suga".

A barrier-free version of the report is also available for download. This PDF edition has been designed with additional features that make it easier to utilise the data in the tables and diagrams. The figures are directly embedded in the document as Excel tables for this purpose. To ensure all features and view options can be used, the reader should not display the document in a web browser (with a PDF plug-in), but save it to their hard drive, then open it with either Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat. PDF viewers supplied by other software developers may not be able to display or open the attached files.

Please download the complete report (in German) "Safety and Health at Work - Reporting Year 2019"