Working days lost

Estimates of work-related days lost come from self-reporting household surveys: the Labour Force Survey (LFS) for workplace injuries and the Self-reported Work-related Illness (SWI) surveys from work related ill health.

The latest figures available are as follows:

For workplace injuries and work-related illness

• Working days lost due to workplace injury and work related ill health
• Working days lost by occupation
• Working days lost by industry
• Working days lost by region and country
• Working days lost by kind of injury
• Working days lost by type of illness and gender
• Health and Safety Statistics 2008/09 (See page 22)
• Self-reported work-related illness and workplace injuries in 2007/08: Results from the Labour Force Survey
• Self-reported work-related illness and workplace injuries in 2007/08: Detailed tables
• Achieving the Revitalising Health and Safety Targets: Statistical Progress Report, October 2009

Estimated costs of workplace injuries and work-related illness

• Interim update of the "Costs to Britain of Workplace Accidents and Work-Related Ill Health"
  A note by HSE's Economic Advisers Unit providing estimates of the total costs to individuals, employers and society of workplace accidents and work-related ill health, using data from 2001/02.