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MetricOccupational health and safety

Recordable work-related injury rate by method profile

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Rate of source-defined recordable work-related injury or accident cases for a named worker population and reporting period, expressed per the explicitly declared 200,000-hour or 1,000,000-hour basis without cross-basis conversion.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Structured table
Unit
Structured table — see field-level units
Reporting basis
Reporting-period rate with matching numerator and denominator periods
Aggregation
Never sum or average rates; recalculate only from compatible case and worker-hour totals
Pillar
Social
Topic
Occupational health and safety
Controlled domain
Workforce
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Keep each source definition, population, reporting period and normalization basis distinct. Current ESRS calculation is own-workforce recordable accident cases per 1,000,000 matching worker-hours. GRI rates are observation-only and never converted, summed or averaged.

Cross-library identity

Library mappings and variants

These links compare quantity, population, boundary, period, unit, denominator, aggregation, dimensions, and method edition. Partial relationships are navigation aids only and never authorize observation reuse.

Verified source occurrences

Framework coverage

This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.

  • Adopting Disclosure

    European Sustainability Reporting Standards

    ESRS S1
    Publisher
    EFRAG
    Edition
    Taxonomy entry point dated 22 December 2023; package published 30 August 2024
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Method Variant
    Mapping outcome
    Cross Library Link
    Source locator
    ESRS S1; S1-14; paragraph 88; datapoint S1-14_05; taxonomy concept esrs_RateOfRecordableWorkrelatedAccidents
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    EU Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard

    recordable-accidents-rate
    Publisher
    European Commission / EFRAG
    Edition
    Commission delegated act adopted 3 July 2026; pending Official Journal publication
    Requirement
    Conditional
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Annex I paragraph 41(a)
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    GRI Standards

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    Global Reporting Initiative
    Edition
    2018 edition, effective for reports published from 1 January 2021
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Disclosure
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    Disclosures 403-8 to 403-10, compilation requirements and glossary, PDF pages 19-31
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    GRI Standards

    GRI 403-9
    Publisher
    Global Reporting Initiative
    Edition
    Files published 19 June 2025; entry point dated 23 June 2025
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Method Variant
    Mapping outcome
    Cross Library Link
    Source locator
    GRI 403-9; taxonomy entry point dated 23 June 2025
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    UN Global Compact Communication on Progress

    hrl7-recordable-work-related-accident-rate-employees
    Publisher
    United Nations Global Compact
    Edition
    2026 Communication on Progress Questionnaire and Guidebook, effective 2026
    Requirement
    Conditional
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    2026 CoP Questionnaire PDF page 29, HR/L7; Guidebook PDF page 39
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Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
Structured table — see field-level units
Reporting basis
Reporting-period rate with matching numerator and denominator periods

Unit meaning: This metric is reported as a structured table; each field carries the unit stated in the table fields below.

Table fields and units

  • Case count — source-defined recordable work-related injury or accident cases for the named population and period
  • Worker-hours — actual or explicitly estimated hours for the same population and reporting period
  • Normalization hours — exactly 200,000 or 1,000,000; the two bases are never converted
  • Rate — cases per 200,000 worker-hours or cases per 1,000,000 worker-hours, displayed in full
  • Method profile, recordability edition, population, period, fatality and commuting rules, estimation method, rounding, and calculation status

Published dimensions

  • ESRS or GRI rate profile, edition, definition, and any national alternative
  • Employee, controlled non-employee, or own-workforce population
  • Case count, worker-hours, normalization hours, and reported or calculated status
  • Fatality inclusion, commuting rule, and actual or estimated hours method
  • Site or geography, matching numerator and denominator period, rounding, source and assurance

Calculation method

Formula information

Status
Specified
Formula type
Rate

Formula

esrs_rate_per_1m = (recordable_work_related_accident_cases ÷ own_workforce_hours_worked) × 1,000,000

Divide current-ESRS recordable work-related accident cases for the undertaking's own workforce by hours worked by that same population in the same reporting period, then multiply by one million.

Variables

SymbolVariableDefinitionUnit
recordable_work_related_accident_casesrecordable work related accident casesInput defined by the reporting boundary for Recordable work-related injury rate by method profile.count
own_workforce_hours_workedown workforce hours workedInput defined by the reporting boundary for Recordable work-related injury rate by method profile.hours

Verified sources

Evidence and status sources

Sustopedia checked each record-specific claim directly against primary publisher material. Labels distinguish current measurement authority from future compatibility and corroborative, legal, edition, or method status context. Corroborative evidence can support a stated limitation but cannot establish the core measurement by itself.

Measurement evidence

  • Measurement evidenceChecked 15 August 2026

    GRI 403: Occupational Health and Safety 2018

    Publisher
    Global Reporting Initiative
    Edition
    2018 edition, effective for reports published from 1 January 2021
    Locator
    Disclosures 403-8 to 403-10, compilation requirements and glossary, PDF pages 19-31

    Supports: Official publisher reference linked specifically to the Sustopedia metric “Recordable work-related injury rate by method profile”; interpret it with the source-edition basis and limitations shown on this page.

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Use with context

Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: Binding consolidated ESRS S1-14 and AR89-91, using the current own-workforce accident-rate method only; GRI 403 is restricted observation-only evidence and pending ESRS is compatibility context.

  • Name the source method and edition, recordability definition, worker population, reporting period and exact normalization basis.
  • Use matching numerator and worker-hours populations, periods, definitions and boundaries.
  • State fatality and commuting treatment, actual or estimated hours method, rounding, and reported or calculated status.
  • Never convert, merge, sum or average rates across 200,000-hour and 1,000,000-hour bases.
  • The specified formula is limited to current ESRS own-workforce accident cases per 1,000,000 matching worker-hours.

Record-specific limitations

  • Identical numbers can represent different definitions, populations and normalization bases.
  • Estimated hours reduce comparability and reporting behavior affects the numerator.
  • A rate is not a direct measure of safety or injury severity.

Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.

Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.