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Key annual figures 2008/09

  • 1.2 million people who worked during the last year were suffering from an illness (long standing as well as new cases) they believed was caused or made worse by their current or past work. 551 000 of these were new cases.
  • 180 workers were killed at work, a rate of 0.6 per 100 00 workers.
  • 131 895 other injuries to employees were reported under RIDDOR, a rate of 502.2 per 100 000 employees.
  • 246 000 reportable injuries occurred, according to the Labour Force Survey, a rate of 870 per 100 000 workers.
  • 29.3 million days were lost overall (1.24 days per worker), 24.6 million due to work-related ill health and 4.7 million due to workplace injury.

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  • Dec 2009: Quarterly Statistics – Release of quarter 2 (Jul-Sept) fatal and non-fatal injury statistics from RIDDOR for 2009/10 (inc. trend series)

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