Accidents
Learning from accidents is important in order to avoid similar accidents in the future. Tukes publishes information on accidents occurred in Finland so that companies, employees and consumers could identify and manage the risks associated with their own operations.
Companies can use the information on accidents for the following purposes, among others
- to assist in risk assessment: What kinds of accidents have occurred?
- in training: Could this happen to us? How is it prevented?
Information on accidents and incidents occurring in the following branches supervised by Tukes is published in the damage and accident register, VARO register:
- electricity
- lifts
- dangerous chemicals, including natural gas and LPG
- pressure equipment
- mining
- explosives
- fireworks.
Tukes has also published tips for searching (pdf, 126 kB, in Finnish).