With the two periods of confinement in 2020, the number of commuting accidents between home and the workplace also decreased by 19.7% in 2020. Bicycle and scooter accidents however increased by 14.8% .
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The number of recognized work accidents decreased by 17.7% in 2020, compared to 2019. This drop (539,833 accidents in 2020, after 655,715 in 2019) “corresponds to the two periods of confinement”, explains the occupational health and risk insurance. With the two confinement periods of 2020, the number of commuting accidents between home and the workplace also decreased by 19.7% in 2020, with 79,428 accidents listed. THEOn the other hand, bicycle and scooter accidents have increased by 14.8%.
Conversely, mental illnesses at work continue the “increase observed in recent years”. Last year, 1,441 occupational illnesses related to psychosocial disorders were covered by the branch, “approximately 37% more than in 2019”. A strong increase “probably related” To “the impact of the pandemic on the professional context”, estimates the branch.
For some sectors like “the ambulance professions, purchasing centers or distance selling, very much in demand during the crisis” health, the number of accidents at work has increased. In all, health insurance recorded an increase of 2.4% for ambulances, 5% for central purchasing and 14% for distance selling.