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Safety Statistics - Injuries to employees by kind of accident, severity of injury and industry 2007/08

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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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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
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



 

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