Health and Safety Executive

Table INJIND2 - 2006/07

Estimated days (full-day equivalent) off work and associated average days lost per (full-time equivalent) worker due to self-reported workplace injuries attributed to the current or most recent job, by industry.

Industry description + Section Injury ascribed to the current or most recent job
Days lost (thousands) Average days lost per worker
central 95% C.I. central 95% C.I.
lower upper lower upper
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing A&B 166 57 276 0.47 0.16 0.79
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry A 127 48 206 0.38 0.14 0.62
  Fishing B * * * * * *
Extractive and utility supply C&E * * * * * *
  Mining and quarrying C * * * * * *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E * * * * * *
Manufacturing D 824 478 1170 0.25 0.15 0.36
Construction F 946 515 1377 0.43 0.24 0.63
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants G&H 908 433 1382 0.23 0.11 0.35
  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G 781 315 1248 0.26 0.10 0.41
  Hotels and restaurants H 127 40 213 0.15 0.047 0.25
Transport, storage and communication I429 220 638 0.24 0.12 0.36
Finance and business J&K 257 92 421 0.065 0.023 0.11
  Financial intermediation J * * * * * *
  Real estate, renting and business activities K 238 74 401 0.082 0.026 0.14
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 555 238 872 0.33 0.14 0.52
Education M 250 115 385 0.14 0.063 0.21
Health and social work N 550 336 764 0.22 0.13 0.30
Other community, social and personal service activities O 280 133 426 0.23 0.11 0.35
Missing   .. .. .. .. .. ..
All industries (injury sustained in the current or most recent job)   5279 4370 6188 0.23 0.19 0.27
Injury sustained in other job#   494 275 714 .. .. ..
Total (injury sustained in any job)   5773 4838 6708 0.25 0.21 0.29

Notes:

.. Not applicable.

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

# Includes those who did not answer the question identifying the job to which their injury was ascribed and those who said their injury was ascribed to a job other than their current or most recent in the last 12 months.

+ Details of Standard Industrial Classification (1992)

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 40 sample cases.

Estimated days lost and days lost per worker due to workplace injuries include all those sustained as a result of a non-road traffic accident, not just reportable injuries resulting in over 3 days of absence from work.

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