To celebrate today’s World Day for Safety and Health at Work, Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Union, posted a few figures on workplace accidents by comparing figures from 2017 to 2022. In 2022, 2.97 million non-fatal workplace accidents resulted in at least 4 days’ sick leave in the EU, which is 4.6% (-143,031) less than in 2017. However, 27.4% of accidents entailed 7-13 days’ sick leave, 18.8% resulted in 4-6 days’ sick leave, 13.3% 1 to 3 months’ sick leave, and 4.5% led to over 183 days’ sick leave or a permanent disability. Also in 2022, 3,286 fatal accidents were reported (0.1% of total accidents). The manufacturing industry reported the highest number of accidents in 2022, with 535,977 accidents (18% of the total), followed by health and care work (469,764; i.e. 15.8%) and building (364,486; i.e. 12.2%). Most economic sectors reported a decrease in the number of accidents from 2017 to 2022, except for health and care work (+133,470 accidents), education (+15,432) and building (+11,232).