Reference material and open data
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Data sets we publish
Every table and calculator on this site reads from these sets. They are downloaded from the official source, fingerprinted, and this list updates itself as they are refreshed.
| Data set | Provider | Fetched | Size |
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Size is the uncompressed file served to the page. The binding source is the provider's own publication.
Where the data comes from
Every table on this site is pulled from its own official source, fingerprinted and dated. No figure on these pages is typed in by hand.
- Social Security Institution (SGK)Annual statistics package: occupational accident, occupational disease, age, injury type, province and month tables.
- Ministry of Labour and Social SecurityThe administrative fine table republished each January after revaluation — 6 laws, 80 penalty items.
- Work Equipment Regulation, Annex-IIIInspection period, inspection criteria and the referenced standards for 81 work equipment types.
- EurostatAccidents at work, greenhouse gas emissions, energy balance and waste generation series for Europe.
- International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT)Fatal and non-fatal occupational injury rates, read over the SDMX endpoint — 81 countries.
- World Bank and Climate TRACEPer-capita carbon emission and energy intensity indicators — 260 countries.
- U.S. Office of the Federal Register (eCFR)29 CFR 1903.15 — the current ceilings for OSHA civil penalties, with their effective date.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSurvey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII): injury and illness rates, 2015-2024.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)Greenhouse gas emission factors: stationary and mobile combustion, electricity (eGRID) and upstream transport.
- legislation.gov.uk (The National Archives)HSWA Schedule 3A offences and maximum penalties; LOLER, PUWER and PSSR examination duties.
- UK Government (DESNZ / Defra)Greenhouse gas conversion factors for company reporting; the publication opens annually and its address changes with the year.
- Member-state legislation portalsgesetze-im-internet.de, Normattiva, BOE and wetten.overheid.nl — the EU sets no penalty amounts, so fines are read country by country.
Open the page next to each source: the provider, the fetch time and the source fingerprint are printed there, read live from the dataset manifest.
Each dataset carries a manifest beside it: source address, fetch time, byte size and content fingerprint. When the source publishes a new year, the figure on the page changes with it.
Legal basis
The table shows the obligations of the legislation region you pick in the top bar; it refreshes without reloading the page when the region changes.
Türkiye — obligations and their legal basis
| Obligation | Legal basis | How the page covers it |
|---|---|---|
| The equipment or equipment groups listed in the tables of Annex III are subject to periodic inspection. | Work Equipment Regulation, art. 7(1) and Annex III | The data set 'Work Equipment Regulation, Annex III — inspection intervals of 81 equipment types'. |
| Where the duties listed in the Law are breached, an administrative fine is imposed on the employer separately for each duty. | Law No. 6331, art. 26(1) | The data set 'administrative fine table reissued each January with the revaluation rate — 6 laws, 80 penalty items'. |
The legal bases were read from fingerprinted source texts: Work Equipment Regulation, art. 7(1) and Annex III · Law No. 6331, art. 26(1).
European Union — obligations and their legal basis
| Obligation | Legal basis | How the page covers it |
|---|---|---|
| The employer shall ensure that work equipment exposed to deteriorating conditions is subject to periodic inspections and, where appropriate, testing by competent persons; the results shall be recorded. | Directive 2009/104/EC, art. 5(2)(a) and 5(3) | The EU basis of the periodic inspection data set. |
The legal bases were read from fingerprinted source texts: Directive 2009/104/EC, art. 5(2)(a) and 5(3).
Legal basis — United Kingdom
| Obligation | Legal basis | How the page covers it |
|---|---|---|
| Work equipment exposed to conditions causing deterioration is subject to inspection; lifting equipment shall be thoroughly examined before being put into service for the first time and where its safety depends on the installation conditions. | PUWER 1998, reg. 6(2) · LOLER 1998, reg. 9(1)-(2) | The source 'LOLER, PUWER and PSSR examination duties' (legislation.gov.uk). |
| The user of an installed pressure system shall have a written scheme for the periodic examination by a competent person. | PSSR 2000, reg. 8(1) | The PSSR examination duty in the same source. |
| It is an offence to fail to discharge a duty under sections 2 to 7 or to contravene any health and safety regulations; the mode of trial and maximum penalty are set out in Schedule 3A. | HSWA 1974, s. 33(1)-(2) and Sch. 3A | The source 'HSWA Schedule 3A offences and maximum penalties'. |
The legal bases were read from fingerprinted source texts: PUWER 1998, reg. 6(2) · LOLER 1998, reg. 9(1)-(2) · PSSR 2000, reg. 8(1) · HSWA 1974, s. 33(1)-(2) and Sch. 3A.
United States — obligations and their legal basis
| Obligation | Legal basis | How the page covers it |
|---|---|---|
| The current maxima of the proposed civil monetary penalties are set as the adjusted amounts for penalties proposed after January 15, 2025. | 29 CFR 1903.15(d) | The source '29 CFR 1903.15 — current maxima of OSHA civil penalties' (eCFR). |
| An employer who wilfully or repeatedly violates the requirements may be assessed a civil penalty for each violation; a separate tariff applies to serious violations. | 29 U.S.C. 666(a)-(b) | The statutory section on which that source rests. |
The legal bases were read from fingerprinted source texts: 29 CFR 1903.15(d) · 29 U.S.C. 666(a)-(b).