Workplace accidents rose by 7.4 percent in the second quarter of this year to reach 1,182, but there were no fatalities, the NSO said today.

It said that applications for injury benefit showed that 1,182 persons were injured at work between April and June, an increase of 81 over the same period last year.

The biggest number of accidents, 32.9 percent, occurred in the manufacturing sector, followed by 15.4 percent in construction and 11.7 percent in the transport, storage, and communications sector.

Just over half of the accidents involved people in elementary occupations. 44.5 per cent of the accidents at work occurred to persons who were under 35 years old.

During the same period last year, there were three fatalities at work.

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