According to the latest statistics provided by the European Union’s statistical office, Eurostat, there were 3,515 fatal occupational accidents in the EU in 2012. Malta had the highest incidence of fatal accidents (8.81 deaths per 100,000 persons employed) whilst the Netherlands, Greece, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Germany and Finland had the lowest incidences of fatal accidents (less than 2.00 fatal accidents at work per 100,000 persons employed). In 2012, just less than 2.5 million non-fatal occupational accidents in the EU resulted in the employee being absent from work for at least four days.