HSE publishes full offshore health and safety statistics 2004/05

E047:06 19 April 2006

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its offshore health and safety statistics for 2004/05. The report provides further details on the 'headline' figures that were posted on HSE's website in August 2005 and contains full provisional injury and incident statistics for the year 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005.

Single copies of Offshore injury, ill health and incident statistics report 2004/05 (Provisional data) can be downloaded free from the HSE website at: www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/statistics/hsr0405.pdf

Notes to editors

1 This is the thirteenth report in a series published by HSE's Offshore Division since HSE became the safety regulator for the offshore oil and gas industry in April 1991. It is the ninth report produced since the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR '95) were introduced offshore.

2 The report contains graphs plotting injury rates since 1995/96 and tables breaking down injuries by type; part of body injured; age of injured person, etc, plus cases of ill health reported since 1998/99. Details of reported dangerous occurrences are also given.

3 Previously, pre-1996/97 statistics were not directly comparable with later figures, due to changes of definitions introduced by RIDDOR '95 - particularly the definitions of major injuries. However, a review of pre-96/97 data to reclassify injuries, in line with RIDDOR '95, means that all figures in the latest report can be compared.

4 The headline figures were previously published on 16 August 2005 in HSE's Offshore Safety Bulletin.

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