Three People Died In Workplace Accidents In Malta During First Half Of This Year

Three fatal workplace accidents were recorded in Malta during the first six months of 2026, while more than 1,000 workers were involved in non-fatal accidents over the same period. Meanwhile,…

Three fatal workplace accidents were recorded in Malta during the first six months of 2026, while more than 1,000 workers were involved in non-fatal accidents over the same period.

Meanwhile, 1,015 non-fatal workplace accidents were reported by the Occupational Health and Safety Authority during the first half of the year.

This represented a slight improvement over the same period in 2025, with the number of non-fatal accident claims falling by 26 cases year-on-year.

Construction Recorded Largest Share Of Accidents

Construction accounted for the largest share of reported non-fatal workplace accidents, making up 15.3% of the total.

This was followed by administrative and support service activities, which accounted for 13.2%.

Another 118 accidents, or 11.6%, were recorded in manufacturing, while 110 cases, equivalent to 10.8%, occurred in human health and social work activities.

The latest available annual figures also show that construction had the highest standardised incidence rate for non-fatal workplace accidents in 2025, followed by manufacturing.

30% Of Accidents Involved Workers In Elementary Occupations

When broken down by occupation, workers in elementary occupations were involved in the largest number of accidents.

A total of 305 cases involved people working in elementary occupations, accounting for 30% of all reported non-fatal workplace accidents.

Craft and related trades workers followed with 191 cases, or 18.8% of the total.

More than half of the people involved in workplace accidents were aged between 25 and 44, while over 60% were Maltese nationals.

The consequences also kept many of those injured away from their jobs for a significant period, with more than a quarter absent from work for between seven and 13 days.

One In Three Injuries Affected The Back

Back injuries were particularly common, with almost one-third of all injuries affecting the back, including the spine and vertebrae.

There were 335 such cases, representing 33% of the total.

Wounds and superficial injuries were by far the most common type of injury, accounting for 658 cases, or 64.8%.

These were followed by dislocations, sprains and strains, which accounted for another 256 cases, or 25.2%.

The figures also show that some of Malta’s largest workplaces accounted for a sizeable proportion of accidents.

Some 23.3% of reported accidents occurred in enterprises employing 500 people or more, while another 22% took place in businesses employing between 50 and 249 workers.

For context, Malta recorded an incidence rate of 640 non-fatal workplace accidents per 100,000 employed people in 2025.

The incidence rate for fatal workplace accidents that year stood at 2.7 per 100,000 people in employment.

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