Injury analysis - data tables

Overview

Rate of reportable non-fatal injury to employees and LFS rate of reportable non-fatal injury to workers

	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09
LFS rate of reportable non-fatal injury per 100 000 workers	1530	1520	1500	1490	1310	1200	1090	1000	1050	870
95% confidence interval (lower)	1430	1410	1400	1390	1210	1100	990	910	950	780
95% confidence interval (upper)	1630	1620	1600	1600	1410	1290	1180	1090	1140	960
Rate of RIDDOR-reported non-fatal injury per 100 000 employees	667	647	624	618	635	590	565	546	523	502

Data sources

Non-fatal accidents reported under RIDDOR by severity

	Major	Over 3 day
2001/02	28940	130572
2002/03	29192	129135
2003/04	31972	132131
2004/05	31702	122922
2005/06	30217	120268
2006/07	29738	115799
2007/08	29389	111175
2008/09	28692	105222
Total	239842	967224

Kinds of accident

Number of fatal injuries to workers by most frequent kind of accident 2001/02 - 2008/09p

	Falls from a height	Struck by a moving vehicle	Struck by moving/ falling object	Trapped by something collapsing/ overturning	Contact with moving machinery
01/02	69	39	46	8	22
02/03	50	39	30	11	21
03/04	68	44	28	7	10
04/05	53	35	47	19	12
05/06	48	38	34	11	21
06/07	52	30	41	19	13
07/08	55	38	37	17	17
08/09	35	25	28	18	20

Number of major injuries to employees by kind of accident 2001/02 to 2008/09p

	Slips, trips or falls on the same level	Struck by a moving/ falling object	Injured while handling, lifting or carrying	Falls from a height	Falls and slips combined
01/02	10268	4016	2948	4066	14334
02/03	10458	3803	3466	3860	14318
03/04	11341	3939	4324	3896	15237
04/05	10895	3884	4893	3799	14694
05/06	10955	3617	4397	3385	14340
06/07	10922	3609	4390	3435	14357
07/08	10963	3398	4371	3270	14233
08/09	10368	3223	3516	4654	15022

Number of over-3-day injuries to employees by most frequent kind of accident 2001/02 to 2008/09p

	Injured while handling, lifting or carrying	Slips, trips or falls on the same level	Struck by a moving/ falling object	Strike against something fixed or stationary	Physical assault	Falls	Falls and slips combined
01/02	48963	30106	16288	6252	5247	5459	35565
02/03	49809	30316	14796	6067	5614	5052	35368
03/04	53219	30919	15024	6070	5506	5087	36006
04/05	50737	27683	14144	5496	5267	4500	32183
05/06	48743	28034	12988	5243	5637	4231	32265
06/07	46883	27061	12913	4977	5571	3961	31022
07/08	44263	26461	12315	4494	5369	3907	30368
08/09	38166	23797	11981	4348	5221	7065	30862

Slips

Non-fatal slip/trip accidents to employees reported under RIDDOR

	Major	Over 3 day
2001/02	10268	30106
2002/03	10458	30316
2003/04	11341	30919
2004/05	10895	27683
2005/06	10955	28034
2006/07	10922	27061
2007/08	10963	26461
2008/09p	10368	23797

Key results from the "Fit3" employer survey

	2005	2006	2007
% claiming to use risk assessment to control the risk	43	39	41
% using training to control the risk	13	18	18
% changing/improving flooring	13	13	12
% changing cleaning methods	10	9	9
% who have made changes to their control of slip/trip risk in last 6 months	31	39	34
% saying there is no more they could do to reduce the risk	34	30	37
% who regard current control of slip/trip risk to be excellent	18	13	18

Key results from the "Fit3" worker survey

	2006	2007	2008
% saying they are very or fairly concerned about the slip/trip risk	21	28	28
% saying they have received training about slips and trips	35	40	44
% saying they saw a slip/trip hazard on their most recent day in work	39	49	48
% saying that slip/trip hazards are dealt with very quickly by their employers	58	56	55
% saying that the measures in place to control slip/trip risk are very effective	58	54	53

Falls

Figures 1,2 & 3 (Latest year)

	Fatal	Major	O3D
High fall - ladder	4	254	123
High fall - other	21	477	263
Low fall - ladder	4	820	784
Low fall - other	6	3486	6047

Fall injuries to workers reported under the RIDDOR regulations, 2001/02 to 2008/09p

	High fall - ladder	High fall - other	Low fall - ladder	Low fall - other
2001/02	722	1328	1909	6137
2002/03	706	1124	1956	5704
2003/04	599	1064	2028	5963
2004/05	600	1030	1916	5411
2005/06	470	848	1891	5019
2006/07	470	785	1700	4984
2007/08	480	785	1652	4849
2008/09p	381	761	1608	9539

Key results from the "Fit3" employer survey

	2005	2006	2007
% using risk assessment to control the risk	8	29	31
% using training to control the risk	43	43	42
% who use safety equipment to control the risk	21	16	16
% who have made changes to their control of the fall risk in last 6 months	46	34	29
% saying there is no more they could do to reduce the fall risk	27	35	38

Key results from the "Fit3" worker survey

	2006	2007	2008
% saying they are very or fairly concerned about the fall risk	36	37	41
% saying they have received training about fall risks	40	45	46
% saying their manager or supervisor checked their working practices in relation to falls from height in the last year	43	45	41
% saying that the measures in place at their workplace to control the fall risk are very effective	38	40	41

Workplace transport

Figures 1,2 & 3

	Fatal injury	Major injury	Over 3 day injury
Struck by	25	605	1547
Collapse	9	46	25
Fall from	2	861	1205
Materials	5	172	342
Hit against	4	146	883

Workplace transport injuries to workers reported under the RIDDOR regulations, 2001/02 to 2008/09p

	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09p
Struck by moving vehicle	2919	2720	2898	2593	2475	2240	2360	2177
Fall from vehicle	1690	1785	2002	1985	1766	1787	1699	2068
Hit by materials falling from vehicle	354	491	729	760	646	762	634	519
Hit against a vehicle whilst travelling in it	640	668	1222	1398	1359	1392	1298	1033
Vehicle collapse/overturn	138	88	97	97	104	94	74	80

Workplace transport injuries to workers for selected vehicle types

	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09p
Refuse collection vehicle	98	109	140	174	188	145	163	147
Van	331	351	408	408	368	376	373	426
Trailer	415	486	484	468	415	398	419	411
Other Large Goods Vehicle (LGV)	445	446	873	983	854	893	806	809
Car	554	444	549	544	543	492	534	511
Fork lift truck	1474	1476	1818	1667	1604	1663	1605	1288
Hand truck	283	434	524	419	409	422	331	395

Key results from the "Fit3" employer survey

	2005	2006	2007
% using risk assessment to control the risk	22	28	31
% using training to control the risk	32	32	32
% who clearly separate vehicle and pedestrian areas	29	28	26
% who use safety signage to control the risk	18	22	19
% who have made changes to their control of vehicle risk in last 6 months	37	33	31
% saying there is no more they could do to reduce the risk	17	22	26
% who regard current control of vehicle risk to be excellent	10	13	15

Key results from the "Fit3" worker survey

	2006	2007	2008
% saying they are very or fairly concerned about the vehicle risk	40	39	41
% saying they have received training about vehicle risks	55	53	56
% saying their manager or supervisor checked their working practices in relation to vehicles in the last year	45	47	42
% saying that the measures in place at their workplace to control vehicle risk are very effective	50	49	49