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Injuries in Great Britain by industry and severity of injury 2007/08
Injuries to employees by kind of accident, severity of injury and industry 2007/08
Injuries to employees by nature and severity of injury 2006/07 - 2007/08p
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Key annual figures 2007/08

2.1 million people were suffering from an illness they believed was caused or made worse by their current or past work.
229 workers were killed at work, a rate of 0.8 per 100 000 workers.
136 771 other injuries to employees were reported under RIDDOR, a rate of 517.9 per 100 000 employees.
299 000 reportable injuries occurred, according to the Labour Force Survey, a rate of 1000 per 100 000 workers.
34 million days were lost overall (1.4 days per worker), 28 million due to work-related ill health and 6 million due to workplace injury

Injuries in Great Britain by industry and severity of injury 2007/08p

As reported to all enforcing authorities

Standard industrial classification (SIC92)	Section		Employees (including trainees)								Self-employed				Members of the public			Total
Standard industrial classification (SIC92)	Section		Fatal injuries	Non-fatal major injuries	Over-3-day injuries	Total injuries	Fatal injury rate per 100 000 employees	Major injury rate per 100 000 employees	Over-3-day injury rate per 100 000 employees	All reported injuries rate per 100 000 employees	Fatal injuries	Non-fatal major injuries	Over-3-day injuries	Total injuries	Fatal injuries	Non-fatal injuries	Total injuries	Fatal injuries	Non-fatal major injuries	Over-3-day injuries	Total injuries
document.write("")Agriculture, hunting, forestry & fishing (a)	A,B	01,02,05	20	525	1 072	1 617	8.8	231.8	473.4	714.0	19	66	22	107	3	103	106	42	694	1 094	1 830
Agriculture, hunting	A	1	17	484	956	1 457	8.1	229.5	453.4	691.0	17	57	20	94	2	68	70	36	609	976	1 621
Forestry, logging	A	2	2	29	84	115	22.0	318.3	922.1	1 262.3	2	9	2	13	1	35	36	5	73	86	164
Fishing, fish hatcheries & fish farms (a)	B	5	1	12	32	45	15.4	184.6	492.2	692.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	12	32	45
document.write("")Extractive and utility supply industries	C,E	10 -14, 40 - 41	9	390	1 289	1 688	5.5	238.2	787.3	1 031.0	-	11	6	17	2	25	27	11	426	1 295	1 732
Mining of coal & lignite; extraction of peat	CA	10	3	48	249	300	39.0	623.9	3 236.3	3 899.1	-	2	-	2	-	2	2	3	52	249	304
Extraction of crude petroleum, natural gas; service activities incidental to oil & gas extraction excluding surveying	CA	11	-	78	192	270	-	254.6	626.8	881.4	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	78	193	271
Mining of uranium & thorium ores	CA	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mining of metal ores	CB	13	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Other mining & quarrying	CB	14	2	69	171	242	9.8	337.7	836.9	1 184.4	-	4	-	4	1	1	2	3	74	171	248
Electricity, gas, steam, hot water supply	E	40	3	124	382	509	3.9	160.9	495.5	660.3	-	3	4	7	1	13	14	4	140	386	530
Collection, purification & distribution of water	E	41	1	71	293	365	3.6	254.7	1 051.2	1 309.5	-	2	1	3	-	9	9	1	82	294	377
document.write("")Manufacturing	D	15-37	34	5 097	20 618	25 749	1.2	180.8	731.5	913.5	1	79	102	182	1	33	34	36	5 209	20 720	25 965
_ food products & beverages	DA	15	3	907	4 811	5 721	0.8	233.0	1 236.1	1 469.9	-	5	11	16	-	7	7	3	919	4 822	5 744
_ tobacco products	DA	16	-	2	14	16	-	59.4	416.0	475.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	14	16
_ textiles	DB	17	1	83	401	485	1.5	126.6	611.5	739.6	-	-	2	2	1	2	3	2	85	403	490
_ wearing apparel; dressing & dyeing of fur	DB	18	-	17	44	61	-	61.6	159.4	221.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	44	61
_ leather & leather products	DC	19	-	3	27	30	-	25.5	229.3	254.8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	27	30
_ wood & wood products	DD	20	1	264	710	975	1.3	356.1	957.7	1 315.2	-	7	4	11	-	3	3	1	274	714	989
_ pulp, paper & paper products; publishing & printing	DE	21	1	139	460	600	1.5	213.8	707.4	922.7	-	2	2	4	-	-	-	1	141	462	604
_ publishing, printing & reproduction of recorded media	DE	22	1	180	759	940	-	62.3	262.7	325.3	-	1	1	2	-	1	1	1	182	760	943
_ coke, refined petroleum products & nuclear fuel	DF	23	-	10	58	68	-	44.0	255.5	299.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	58	68
_ chemicals, chemical products & man-made fibres	DG	24	1	247	940	1 188	0.5	133.6	508.6	642.7	1	1	3	5	-	3	3	2	251	943	1 196
_ rubber & plastic products	DH	25	4	382	1 337	1 723	2.1	204.6	716.1	922.8	-	3	8	11	-	2	2	4	387	1 345	1 736
_ other non-metallic mineral products	DI	26	2	285	915	1 202	2.0	291.1	934.7	1 227.9	-	7	6	13	-	4	4	2	296	921	1 219
_ basic metals	DJ	27	3	260	903	1 166	4.3	370.0	1 285.2	1 659.5	-	6	3	9	-	1	1	3	267	906	1 176
_ fabricated metal products	DJ	28	7	939	2 839	3 785	2.3	309.8	936.8	1 249.0	-	17	28	45	-	2	2	7	958	2 867	3 832
_ machinery & equipment nec	DK	29	1	358	1 455	1 814	-	135.8	551.9	688.0	-	9	7	16	-	-	-	1	367	1 462	1 830
_ office machinery & computers	DL	30	-	8	41	49	-	40.2	206.2	246.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	41	49
_ electrical machinery & apparatus nec	DL	31	2	94	504	600	1.8	85.3	457.5	544.6	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	2	94	505	601
_ radio, television & communication equipment & apparatus	DL	32	1	28	130	159	1.8	49.3	229.0	280.0	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	1	29	131	161
_ medical, precision & optical instruments, watches & clocks	DL	33	-	61	221	282	-	57.8	209.5	267.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	61	221	282
_ motor vehicles, trailers & semi-trailers	DM	34	2	296	1 281	1 579	1.3	186.8	808.2	996.2	-	4	4	8	-	-	-	2	300	1 285	1 587
_ other transport equipment	DM	35	-	171	834	1 005	-	121.0	590.2	711.3	-	5	3	8	-	-	-	-	176	837	1 013
_ furniture; manufacturing nec	DN	36	-	204	1 541	1 745	-	132.7	1 002.1	1 134.7	-	5	16	21	-	1	1	-	210	1 557	1 767
_ recycling	DN	37	4	159	393	556	22.3	886.7	2 191.7	3 100.8	-	7	2	9	-	6	6	4	172	395	571
Construction	F	45	54	3 764	7 446	11 264	4.3	302.9	599.2	906.4	18	703	702	1 423	3	197	200	75	4 664	8 148	12 887
document.write("")Total service industries	G-Q	50-99	62	18 200	78 370	96 632	-	82.9	356.9	440.1	12	328	285	625	349	17 805	18 154	423	36 333	78 655	115 411
Sale, maintenance & repair of motor vehicles & motorcycles; retail sale of automotive fuel	G	50	3	582	1 656	2 241	0.5	106.5	303.1	410.2	3	16	5	24	1	47	48	7	645	1 661	2 313
Wholesale & commission trade;exc. motor vehicles & motorcycles	G	51	4	657	2 079	2 740	-	59.3	187.8	247.5	1	14	7	22	1	49	50	6	720	2 086	2 812
Retail trade, except motor vehicles & motor-cycles; repair of personal & household goods	G	52	5	2 200	9 878	12 083	-	77.1	346.3	423.6	1	20	27	48	-	2 156	2 156	6	4 376	9 905	14 287
Hotels & restaurants	H	55	1	1 180	4 128	5 309	-	65.8	230.1	295.9	-	26	26	52	2	927	929	3	2 133	4 154	6 290
Land transport; transport via pipelines	I	60	14	2 039	9 749	11 802	2.6	381.5	1 824.3	2 208.5	1	24	27	52	290	2 712	3 002	305	4 775	9 776	14 856
Water transport (b)	I	61	1	33	95	129	6.6	218.9	630.2	855.8	-	-	2	2	1	3	4	2	36	97	135
Air transport	I	62	-	72	668	740	-	81.3	754.0	835.2	-	2	1	3	-	23	23	-	97	669	766
Supporting & auxil. transport activities; activities of travel agencies	I	63	4	499	2 857	3 360	0.9	114.5	655.8	771.2	-	9	3	12	2	38	40	6	546	2 860	3 412
Post & telecommunications	I	64	-	759	5 817	6 576	-	162.8	1 247.6	1 410.4	-	6	8	14	-	8	8	-	773	5 825	6 598
Financial intermediation, except insurance & pension funding	J	65	-	235	617	852	-	41.2	108.2	149.3	-	1	1	2	-	37	37	-	273	618	891
Insurance & pension funding, except compulsory social security	J	66	-	30	85	115	-	17.0	48.1	65.1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	31	85	116
Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation	J	67	-	18	56	74	-	6.5	20.3	26.8	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	20	56	76
Real estate activities	K	70	-	378	1 456	1 834	-	83.5	321.6	405.1	-	26	11	37	2	316	318	2	720	1 467	2 189
Renting of machinery & equipment without operator & of personal & household goods	K	71	2	258	622	882	1.3	163.1	393.1	557.4	1	5	2	8	-	6	6	3	269	624	896
Computer & related activities	K	72	-	53	245	298	-	10.4	47.9	58.3	-	4	1	5	-	1	1	-	58	246	304
Research & development	K	73	-	41	127	168	-	36.9	114.4	151.4	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	43	127	170
Other business activities	K	74	6	1 575	4 020	5 601	0.2	46.3	118.1	164.5	3	53	62	118	-	41	41	9	1 669	4 082	5 760
Public administration & defence; compulsory social security	L	75	9	1 797	11 276	13 082	0.6	124.3	780.1	905.1	1	15	8	24	2	545	547	12	2 357	11 284	13 653
Education	M	80	1	1 857	4 685	6 543	-	79.9	201.5	281.4	-	28	21	49	-	7 527	7 527	1	9 412	4 706	14 119
primary education	M	80.1	-	627	1 245	1 872	-	68.3	135.7	204.0	-	2	4	6	-	1 877	1 877	-	2 506	1 249	3 755
secondary education	M	80.2	-	579	1 371	1 950	-	86.7	205.2	291.9	-	8	11	19	-	4 487	4 487	-	5 074	1 382	6 456
higher education	M	80.3	-	397	1 270	1 667	-	76.5	244.7	321.2	-	10	4	14	-	919	919	-	1 326	1 274	2 600
adult & other education	M	80.4	1	254	799	1 054	0.5	115.1	362.0	477.5	-	8	2	10	-	244	244	1	506	801	1 308
Health and social work	N	85	3	2 553	14 288	16 844	-	77.7	434.7	512.5	-	20	24	44	38	1 847	1 885	41	4 420	14 312	18 773
_human health activities	N	85.1	1	1 550	10 358	11 909	-	74.2	496.0	570.2	-	11	14	25	25	741	766	26	2 302	10 372	12 700
_veterinary activities	N	85.2	-	33	73	106	-	87.6	193.9	281.5	-	3	1	4	-	5	5	-	41	74	115
_social work activities	N	85.3	2	970	3 857	4 829	-	83.6	332.4	416.1	-	6	9	15	13	1 101	1 114	15	2 077	3 866	5 958
Sewage & refuse disposal, sanitation & similar activities	O	90	6	419	1 908	2 333	5.4	380.4	1 732.1	2 117.9	-	1	7	8	2	14	16	8	434	1 915	2 357
Activities of membership organisations nec	O	91	-	66	135	201	-	29.5	60.3	89.8	-	7	5	12	1	48	49	1	121	140	262
Recreational, cultural & sporting activities	O	92	3	777	1 473	2 253	-	103.8	196.7	300.9	1	36	30	67	7	1 354	1 361	11	2 167	1 503	3 681
Other service activities nec	O	93	-	107	390	497	-	33.8	123.1	156.8	-	1	1	2	-	43	43	-	151	391	542
Private households with employed persons	P	95	-	3	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	6
Undifferentiated goods producing activities of private households for own use	P	96	-	11	55	66	-	-	-	-	-	13	6	19	-	59	59	-	83	61	144
Undifferentiated services producing activities of private households for own use	P	97	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Extra-territorial organisations & bodies	Q	99	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
All industries	A-Q	01-99	179	27 976	108 795	136 950	0.7	105.9	411.9	518.6	50	1 187	1 117	2 354	358	18 163	18 521	587	47 326	109 912	157 825

Notes:

a) Excludes sea fishing.
b) Injuries arising from shore-based services only. Excludes incidents reported under merchant shipping legislation.
p Provisional
nec Not elsewhere classified
Source: RIDDOR - Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995

Injuries to employees by kind of accident, severity of injury and industry 2007/08p

As reported to all enforcing authorities

Kind of accident	Fatal					Non-fatal major					Over-3-day
Kind of accident	Agriculture, hunting, forestry & fishing (a)	Extractive & utility supply industries	Manufacturing industries	Construction	Service industries	Agriculture, hunting,forestry & fishing (a)	Extractive & utility supply industries	Manufacturing industries	Construction	Service industries	Agriculture, hunting, forestry & fishing (a)	Extractive & utility supply industries	Manufacturing industries	Construction	Service industries
Contact with moving machinery	-	-	11	2	3	54	18	822	175	342	69	33	1 934	269	889
Struck by moving, including flying/falling, object	3	2	6	8	4	84	82	856	603	1 745	142	183	2 828	1 132	7 923
Struck by moving vehicle	4	1	5	9	13	26	11	126	68	457	10	7	280	99	1 190
Strike against something fixed or stationary	3	-	2	1	3	24	12	182	118	689	42	54	931	267	3 159
Injured while handling, lifting or carrying	-	-	1	-	1	56	54	865	593	2 763	371	495	8 596	2 865	31 500
Slips, trips or falls on same level	-	-	-	-	3	106	131	1 450	1 037	8 186	229	378	4 078	1 732	19 780
Falls from a height of which:	1	1	3	21	8	72	47	462	938	1 716	55	55	642	576	2 499
- up to and inc 2 metres	1	-	-	4	3	47	32	341	536	1 281	41	41	539	386	2 070
- over 2 metres	-	1	3	16	4	17	10	89	317	255	5	5	53	133	138
- height not stated	-	-	-	1	1	8	5	32	85	180	9	9	50	57	291
Trapped by something collapsing/overturning	2	1	4	6	2	7	3	13	20	42	4	2	19	12	62
Drowning or asphyxiation	2	2	-	4	-	-	-	2	2	10	-	-	2	1	11
Exposure to, or contact with, a harmful substance	-	-	-	-	-	13	8	160	65	301	25	18	700	144	1 997
Exposure to fire	1	-	-	-	5	2	1	14	10	30	3	3	46	19	146
Exposure to an explosion	-	-	1	-	1	1	2	6	5	11	-	2	18	14	39
Contact with electricity or electrical discharge	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	13	23	42	4	5	44	74	215
Injured by an animal	-	-	-	-	1	62	2	4	4	241	84	9	26	17	721
Acts of violence	-	-	-	-	7	1	2	7	9	887	2	3	15	14	5 205
Other kind of accident	-	-	-	1	8	13	11	101	86	687	28	42	418	198	2 905
Injuries not classified by kind	2	-	-	1	1	2	4	14	8	51	4	-	41	13	129
Total	20	9	34	54	62	525	390	5 097	3 764	18 200	1 072	1 289	20 618	7 446	78 370

Notes:

(a) Excludes sea fishing
p Provisional
Source: RIDDOR - Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995

Injuries to employees by nature and severity of injury 2006/07 - 2007/08p

As reported to all enforcing authorities

Nature of injury	Fatal		Non-fatal major		Over-3-day
Nature of injury	05/06	06/07p	05/06	06/07p	05/06	06/07p
Amputation	1	-	730	712	-	-
Loss of sight of eye	-	-	113	75	2	-
Fracture	23	23	20 625	20 516	5 567	5 297
Dislocation	1	-	1 548	1 428	426	448
Concussion and internal injuries	28	16	350	316	666	617
Lacerations and open wounds	8	7	1 710	1 558	10 789	10 856
Contusions	7	21	824	786	21 984	20 895
Burns	4	1	506	494	3 044	2 904
Poisonings and gassings	14	9	158	143	201	196
Sprains and strains	1	-	432	392	54 396	51 583
Superficial injuries	1	-	446	397	7 034	5 969
Multiple injuries	28	36	604	715	6 581	6 759
Other injuries caused by contact with electricity	9	8	50	41	250	225
Natural causes	-	5	31	31	37	27
Injuries not elsewhere classified	29	24	285	224	2 305	1 696
Injuries not known	37	29	132	148	1 371	1 323
Total	191	179	28 544	27 976	114 653	108 795

Notes:

p Provisional
Source: RIDDOR - Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995

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