South East government office region (GOR)

The latest information for the South East shows a downward trend in both work-related ill health and workplace injury.

• Ill Health: 181 000 people suffered from work-related illness, a rate of 4 000 per 100 000 people working in the past 12 months (LFS).
• Injuries: There were 13 791 reported injuries to employees, a 7.2% decrease from the previous year (RIDDOR).
• Injury rates: Total rate of reported injury fell to 400.8 per 100 000 employees, compared with a five year average of 444.9 (RIDDOR).
• Working days lost: 3.7 million working days were lost due to workplace injury and ill health, 1.1 days per worker (LFS).
• Enforcement: HSE inspectors issued 1 093 notices and prosecuted 52 cases, 46 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
South East	4000	780	14	74