The workplace accident rate decreased in the Canary Islands in January of 2026. That month, 2,053 workplace accidents were recorded compared to the 2,182 that occurred in the same month of 2025. This represents a decrease of 5.9%. This is one of the data points that appears in the Workplace Accident Statistics published monthly by the Canarian Institute of Statistics (ISTAC).
A significant decrease in the number of serious or very serious accidents is also observed. In January 2026 there were 3 compared to the 13 there were in 2025, 76.9 percent less.
By provinces, the number of work accidents decreased in Las Palmas by 7%, and in Santa Cruz de Tenerife by 4.6% less, with respect to January 2025.
In relation to the number of affiliated workers, in January 2026 there were 186.8 workplace accidents per 100,000. This figure is the Incidence Index and is lower than in January 2025, when it was 206.1 accidents per 100,000 affiliated workers. To calculate this index, workers who contribute and have recognized professional contingencies are taken into account.
The construction sector is the one that registers a higher incidence, with 349.3 accidents per 100,000 workers, followed by agriculture (287.3). In the first case, 208 work accidents with leave were registered in January 2026. In agriculture there were 57 in this period.
In the industry, the index was 266.4 (114 accidents). The services sector is the one that registers a higher number of incidents (1,371) but also has a higher number of workers, so the index is the lowest of all sectors (168.2 accidents per 100,000 workers).