Scotland

The latest information for Scotland shows a downward trend in workplace injuries but no clear trend in rates of work-related ill health.

• Ill Health: 77 000 people suffered from work-related illness, a rate of 2 900 per 100 000 people working in the past 12 months (LFS).
• Injuries: There were 10 135 reported injuries to employees, a 5.1% decrease from the previous year (RIDDOR).
• Injury rates: Total rate of reported injury fell to 447.5 per 100 000 employees, compared to a five year average of 490.4 (RIDDOR).
• Working days lost: 2.1 million working days were lost due to workplace injury and ill health, 1.1 days per worker (LFS).
• Enforcement: HSE inspectors issued 1 046 notices and prosecuted 33 cases, all of which led to a conviction.

Region	Rate of self-reported ill health prevalence per 100 000 people employed in the last 12 months 2010/11 (LFS)	Rate of reportable injury per 100 000 workers, 2010/11 (LFS averaged)	Number of fatal injuries to workers, 2010/11	Cases prosecuted by HSE, local authorities and, in Scotland, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, 2010/11p
Scotland	2900	780	15	38