Risk of Accidents and Occupational Diseases among the Finnish Defence Forces

Military activities are often considered more dangerous than civilian work, especially in crisis situations, but peacetime or even peacekeeping conditions have seldom been analyzed in this respect. According to the compensation statistics of the Finnish State Treasury, in 2001, 80% of injuries among military personnel were caused by accidents at work, 15% occurred during commuting to and from work, and 5% were attributable to occupational...