Occupational accidents in the Danish merchant fleet and the nationality of seafarers

Table 1 Relationship between the nationality of seafarer and the rate of occupational accidents that occurred on board non-passenger merchant ships registered in the Danish International Ship Register in 2010-2012

Nationality	Accidents	Person-days	Incidence/100000 days	Incidence rate ratio	95% CI	Incidence rate ratio	95% CI
				Crude		Adjusted^a
All injuries
Western European	582	3325410	17.50	1		1
Eastern European	101	1026072	9.84	0.56	0.45 to 0.69	0.53	0.43 to 0.67
South East Asian	389	3547534	10.97	0.63	0.55 to 0.71	0.51	0.44 to 0.59
Indian	146	982581	14.86	0.85	0.71 to 1.02	0.74	0.60 to 0.91
Serious injuries
Western European	3621	3325410	10.86	1		1
Eastern European	77	1026072	7.50	0.69	0.54 to 0.88	0.64	0.50 to 0.84
South East Asian	272	3547534	7.67	0.71	0.60 to 0.83	0.56	0.46 to 0.67
Indian	115	982581	11.70	1.08	0.87 to 1.33	0.90	0.70 to 1.16
Back injuries
Western European	82	3325410	2.47	1		1
Eastern European	8	1026072	0.78	0.32	0.15 to 0.65	0.32	0.16 to 0.67
South East Asian	19	3547534	0.54	0.22	0.13 to 0.36	0.16	0.09 to 0.29
Indian	10	982581	1.02	0.41	0.21 to 0.80	0.50	0.25 to 1.01
Eye injuries
Western European	43	3325410	1.29	1		1
Eastern European	6	1026072	0.58	0.45	0.19 to 1.06	0.42	0.16 to 1.06
South East Asian	66	3547534	1.86	1.44	0.98 to 2.11	1.25	0.77 to 2.02
Indian	9	982581	0.92	0.71	0.35 to 1.45	0.62	0.26 to 1.46

^aAdjusted for ship size (> = 3000 vs. <3000 gross tonnage), position (officer vs. non-officer) and age of employee.

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