tapaturmiin

Tapaturmiin is the illative plural form of the Finnish noun tapaturma, meaning accident or injury. In Finnish, the illative case marks movement into or involvement in something, and tapaturmiin is used when referring to multiple injuries or incidents. The corresponding singular illative is tapaturmaan, and other related forms include tapaturma (nominative singular), tapaturmat (nominative plural) and tapaturmien (genitive plural).

In usage, tapaturmiin appears primarily in safety, health and statistical contexts. It is common in phrases such as tapaturmiin liittyvät tilastot (injury-related statistics), tapaturmiin johtaneet olosuhteet (conditions that led to injuries) and työtapaturmiin liittyvä turvallisuuskeskustelu (safety discussion related to work injuries). The expression tapaturmiin joutuminen or joutua tapaturmiin describes the experience of being involved in injuries or accidents. As a general term, it covers a broad range of incidents, from workplace accidents to sports injuries.

The term is often contrasted with related concepts such as työtapaturma (work accident) and tapaturma generalisoi the broader idea of harm resulting from an incident. In public and occupational health discourse, tapaturmiin is used to discuss incidence rates, risk factors, prevention measures and policy responses aimed at reducing the frequency and severity of injuries.

Overall, tapaturmiin functions as a linguistic tool to reference multiple injuries or incidents within Finnish safety, health and statistical communications, while reflecting its grammatical role as the illative plural form of tapaturma.