3.3. Accidents
To determine whether there actually is a problem with migrant workers’ occupational safety, it was decided to consult (national) accident data. In each of the participating countries government agencies collect both accident data as well as migration numbers. It is important to have both types of data available to assess whether migrants are relatively more involved in occupational accidents. In all cases, these will be rough estimates, because the relevant databases are rather unreliable with regard to these as- pects: not all pertinent accidents are reported (see e.g. Pransky et al., 2002, for a possible solution), and not all migrant workers in- form the relevant authorities of their presence in a certain country