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How each indicator is calculated
The incidence rate is the one the IMSS publishes, so it is the one to compare. The frequency and severity rates follow the ILO definition.
If you do not have the year's hours worked, the calculator estimates them as workers × hours per week × weeks worked. Accidents are work accidents, excluding commuting accidents, as in the IMSS tables; occupational diseases are reported separately. The frequency and severity rates follow the ILO Resolution concerning statistics of occupational injuries, adopted in 1998 by the 16th ICLS.
The 2024 IMSS figures
Work accidents per 100 workers covered by the occupational risk insurance, by state and by economic activity division, highest to lowest.
By state
| State (IMSS office) | Workers | Work accidents | Per 100 |
|---|
| Baja California Sur | 221,047 | 8,127 | 3.68 |
| Nayarit | 190,580 | 6,241 | 3.27 |
| Quintana Roo | 508,157 | 14,325 | 2.82 |
| Colima | 158,011 | 4,085 | 2.59 |
| Jalisco | 1,816,409 | 46,376 | 2.55 |
| Aguascalientes | 325,927 | 8,253 | 2.53 |
| Guerrero | 195,094 | 4,573 | 2.34 |
| Zacatecas | 210,063 | 4,871 | 2.32 |
| México Oriente | 1,708,950 | 38,317 | 2.24 |
| Sinaloa | 613,744 | 13,692 | 2.23 |
| Baja California | 1,060,977 | 22,661 | 2.14 |
| Oaxaca | 224,638 | 4,797 | 2.14 |
| Hidalgo | 330,583 | 6,775 | 2.05 |
| Sonora | 652,808 | 13,005 | 1.99 |
| Durango | 295,301 | 5,840 | 1.98 |
| Michoacán | 522,994 | 10,036 | 1.92 |
| Puebla | 699,264 | 12,762 | 1.83 |
| Tabasco | 266,319 | 4,881 | 1.83 |
| Yucatán | 392,242 | 7,099 | 1.81 |
| Guanajuato | 1,128,184 | 20,091 | 1.78 |
| Campeche | 135,066 | 2,387 | 1.77 |
| San Luis Potosí | 486,766 | 8,609 | 1.77 |
| Tamaulipas | 760,762 | 13,379 | 1.76 |
| Coahuila | 870,889 | 14,403 | 1.65 |
| México Poniente | 962,260 | 15,738 | 1.64 |
| Nuevo León | 1,750,347 | 28,139 | 1.61 |
| Veracruz Norte | 471,397 | 7,494 | 1.59 |
| Veracruz Sur | 319,795 | 5,023 | 1.57 |
| Chihuahua | 988,859 | 15,312 | 1.55 |
| CDMX Sur | 1,374,569 | 21,327 | 1.55 |
| Querétaro | 643,102 | 9,329 | 1.45 |
| CDMX Norte | 916,229 | 12,119 | 1.32 |
| Morelos | 260,585 | 3,299 | 1.27 |
| Chiapas | 279,556 | 3,301 | 1.18 |
| Tlaxcala | 164,140 | 1,848 | 1.13 |
| National | 21,905,614 | 418,514 | 1.91 |
By economic activity
| Economic activity division | Workers | Work accidents | Per 100 |
|---|
| Construction | 1,713,268 | 43,309 | 2.53 |
| Commerce | 4,767,605 | 105,802 | 2.22 |
| Transport and communications | 1,590,698 | 35,058 | 2.20 |
| Extractive industries | 129,957 | 2,427 | 1.87 |
| Manufacturing industries | 6,014,093 | 106,921 | 1.78 |
| Services for businesses, people and households | 4,849,379 | 85,407 | 1.76 |
| Agriculture, livestock, forestry, fishing and hunting | 733,803 | 12,053 | 1.64 |
| Social and community services | 1,948,882 | 25,460 | 1.31 |
| Electricity and drinking water capture and supply | 157,929 | 2,029 | 1.28 |
| National | 21,905,614 | 418,514 | 1.91 |
Source: IMSS, 2024 Statistical Report (Memoria Estadística), chapter VII «Salud en el Trabajo»: occupational risks by IMSS administrative office (OOAD) and by economic activity division. The IMSS splits the State of Mexico into Oriente and Poniente, Veracruz into Norte and Sur, and Mexico City into Norte and Sur.
How to read your result
- The rate is what you compare with the IMSS. The IMSS publishes accidents per 100 workers; the frequency and severity rates are for tracking your plant month to month and for comparing with plants that calculate them the same way.
- A year with few cases swings a lot. At a plant of 250 people, one more accident raises the rate by 0.4 points: look at the trend over several years.
- Severity counts days. A few accidents with many lost days weigh more in the severity rate than many minor ones.
- The same data drives your premium. The cases and lost days in this calculation go into the IMSS risk premium formula: calculate yours with the risk premium calculator.
The IMSS rates are from 2024, the most recent year in its Statistical Report. Plants in the United States report the OSHA rate instead: TRIR calculator with BLS industry averages.
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Frequently asked questions about accident rates
How is the accident frequency rate calculated?
Divide the work accidents in the period by the hours worked by all staff in that period and multiply by one million: it is the number of accidents per million hours worked, as the ILO defines it. A plant of 250 people that worked 600,000 hours and had 6 accidents has a frequency rate of 10.
What is the severity rate?
It is the days lost to work accidents per million hours worked. With 180 lost days in 600,000 hours, the severity rate is 300. Some organizations calculate it per 1,000 hours: it is the same number divided by 1,000, 0.3 in the example.
What is the work accident rate in Mexico?
In 2024 the IMSS recorded 418,514 work accidents among 21,905,614 workers covered by the occupational risk insurance: 1.91 per 100. By state it ranged from 1.13 in Tlaxcala to 3.68 in Baja California Sur, and by economic activity division, from 1.28 («Electricity and drinking water capture and supply») to 2.53 («Construction»).
More questions
What is the difference between the incidence rate and the frequency rate?
The incidence rate divides accidents by people (per 100 workers) and the frequency rate by hours worked (per million hours). The incidence rate is the one the IMSS publishes; the frequency rate accounts for shift length and overtime, so it is better for comparing plants with different schedules.
Which accidents count?
The work accidents in your records, excluding commuting accidents, as in the IMSS tables, which report them separately. Occupational diseases are also reported separately.
Which IMSS figures does it compare with?
Those in the IMSS 2024 Statistical Report, chapter VII «Salud en el Trabajo»: work accidents per 100 workers covered by the occupational risk insurance, by state and by economic activity division. They are updated when the IMSS publishes the next year.
Do you store the numbers I enter?
No. The calculator stores nothing in your browser and needs no sign-up. If you download the report, we receive your name, your email and the figures you entered.
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