Occupational disease registrations at all-time high
More than 832,000 occupational and leisure accidents and occupational illnesses were reported to all accident insurers last year. According to Suva, this is 3.6 percent more receipts.
The 24 accident insurers in Switzerland recorded a total of 832,000 accidents and occupational illnesses among employees and job seekers in 2021. According to Suva, this is 3.6 percent more than in 2020, but 4.2 percent less than in 2019 before the Corona pandemic.
Thus, due to the pandemic, the number of occupational accidents and diseases in 2021 is almost back to the level of 2019, with about 277,000 registrations. The number of leisure accidents is about 536,000 and, however, still significantly lower than in 2019. In 2019, there were 6.6 percent more leisure accidents in percentage terms. This is also because certain recreational sports could largely not be practiced during the Corona pandemic.
In 2020, accident insurers paid a total of 4.9 billion Swiss francs in medical costs, daily allowances and disability pensions under the UVG. According to Suva, an extraordinary expense of 3.5 billion Swiss francs was required to top up the coverage spiral of all current pensions. The current costs for 2021 are not yet available.
The long-lasting phase of declining numbers of cases of reported occupational diseases came to an abrupt end with the outbreak of the Corona pandemic. The number of filings reached an all-time high in 2020. At the height of individual Covid 19 waves, this number skyrocketed to several thousand per month. In 2020, accident insurers recognized a total of 16,138 occupational diseases, of which nearly 13,000 were Corona-related.
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Source: Suva
