Shattered lives campaign - Key information for journalists

Date:

26 February 2008

In addition to the news releases, on this page you will find the latest, detailed statistics relating to the 'Shattered Lives' campaign, relevant to the industries targeted and broken down by local authority area.

Statistics

Food retail:

• Last year, slips, trips and falls in the food retail industry cost society £31m
• Slips, trips and falls account for more than a third (38%) of all major workplace injuries
• Over a third of all the injuries reported to the HSE last year in the food manufacturing and food retail industries were caused by a slip, trip or fall

Food manufacturing:

• Slips, trips and falls account for more than a third (38%) of all major workplace injuries
• Over a third of all the injuries reported to the HSE last year in the food manufacturing and food retail industries were caused by a slip, trip or fall
• Last year, slips, trips and falls in the food manufacturing industry cost society £25m

Construction building and plant maintenance:

• 23 people died last year from falling in the building and plant maintenance and construction industries
• Every week one person dies from a slip, trip or fall in the workplace and just under half of these are in the construction, building and plant maintenance industries
• Of the almost 11,000 injuries reported to the HSE last year from slips, trips and falls nearly half (46%) of these were from the construction, building and plant maintenance industries
• Last year, slips, trips and falls in the construction, building and plant maintenance industry cost society £139m

Catering and hospitality:

• Slips, trips and falls account for over 50% of major injuries at work in the catering and hospitality industry
• Last year, 1863 people were injured as a result of a slip, trip or fall in the workplace in the catering and hospitality industry
• Last year in the catering and hospitality industry, slips and trips at work cost society £31m