Revision log

HSE Enforcement Notices

November 2012

The number of enforcement notices issued by HSE in 2011/12 (provisional) was increased from 8 480 to 9 910.

An error was discovered with the source data. Notices recorded on HSE systems in Quarter 4 of 2011/12 were missing from the source data that was used to produce figures first published on 31 October 2012.

Fatal injury statistics

October 2012

The industry breakdowns for fatal injury statistics for agriculture and services in 2010/11 have been revised. For agriculture there was an upward revision, from 30 to 34 worker deaths. There was a corresponding decrease in services, from 53 to 49.

Changes were made to the industry sector assigned to these incidents. These changes occurred after the initial release of fatal injury statistics in July 2012.

Employment data

October 2012

The injury and ill health rates for all RIDDOR rate tables, and THOR industry and occupation tables, have been revised to 2004/5.

The Office for National Statistics has reweighted the Annual Population Survey data back to 2004. For further information on this change please read the employment data sources page.

Labour Force Survey

November 2011

The 2001/02 -2009/10 results have been revised. This affects estimates and rates.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reweighted the Labour Force Survey data sets back to mid 2001 using the 2010 revised population estimates for each quarter.

Fatal injury statistics – change to rates

November 2011

Fatal injury rates have been revised following their initial  release in June 2011 The largest effect is in the Agriculture industry, where the rate for 2010/11 has changed from 8.0 to 9.9 per 100 000 workers.

As of November 2011, the employment data source used by HSE’s Statistics Branch is changing to the Annual Population Survey (APS). For further information on the previous sources used, and the reasons for changing to the APS, please read the employment data sources page.

Employment data

November 2011

The injury and ill health rates for all RIDDOR rate tables, and THOR industry and occupation tables, have been revised to 2004/5.

As of November 2011, the employment data source used by HSE’s Statistics Branch is changing to the Annual Population Survey (APS). For further information on the previous sources used, and the reasons for changing to the APS, please read the employment data sources page.

Enforcement statistics – prosecutions in Scotland

November 2011

Scottish prosecution figures have been revised to exclude prosecutions that were not taken by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS).  To indicate the scale of the revision, the number of offences prosecuted in Scotland in 2009/10 has been revised from 100 to 51.

Scottish prosecutions are taken by the COPFS on the basis of HSE notes. Previously, prosecutions that were recommended by HSE but not taken by the COPFS were classed as not guilty, which affected the conviction rate for Scotland. The changes to the enforcement suite of tables now provide a more accurate reflection of the Scottish prosecution system.

Asbestosis Register

November 2011

The number of deaths from asbestosis as underlying cause was revised from 104 to 123 for 2006, 93 to124 for 2007 and 107 to 148 for 2008. The total number of death certificates mentioning asbestosis remained unaffected.

Miscoding of the underlying cause of death.

Fatal injury statistics – regional breakdown

Sept 2011

The regional breakdown of fatal injury statistics for 2009/10 and 2010/11 was revised.  The largest effect was for London in 2010/11 where the figure was revised from 11 to 17.

An error was made in the allocation of fatalities to regions.  Allocation should be made based on the location of the incident where the fatality occurred.  Instead the location had been defined based on the location of the deceased person’s normal workplace.

Labour Force Survey

May 2011

The 2008/09 results have been revised. This affects four industry groups and has a very small impact on the full range of results. 

The Office for National Statistics (ONS)  revised a small number of  1992 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC 92) codes following the identification of a few errors in the mapping from the SIC 2007 to SIC 92. This had a small impact on the weighting factors developed by HSE (explanation of weighting LFS data).

Rate of RIDDOR reported injury to employees and workers

October 2010

Injury rates from 2001/02 to 2008/09 have been revised. This affects both total rates and those by industry. Table showing scale of revision.

In July 2010, the ONS revised the employee job series which forms the denominator for all RIDDOR injury rates for employees and workers. Visit the ONS website for more details about the reason and scale of the revisions.

Fatal injuries

October 2010

The number of fatal injuries to workers was revised from 178 to 179 for 2008/09 and from 151 to 152 for 2009/10p

Incorrect recording of a small number of fatal incidents on HSE’s operational database resulted in them being initially excluded from the National Statistics count first published in June 2010.

HSE prosecutions

July 2010

The number of cases prosecuted by HSE in 2008/09 was increased by 1.

An error was discovered in the source data where one prosecution case (with two breaches) had been incorrectly assigned to the Office for the Rail Regulator.

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