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Table INJIND2 - 2007/08

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
Sample cases $ 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 29 304 95 514 0.77 0.25 1.30
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry A 29 304 95 514 0.8 0.25 1.34
Extractive and utility supply C&E 7 * * * * * *
  Mining and quarrying C 2 * * * * * *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E 5 * * * * * *
Manufacturing D 103 790 337 1244 0.24 0.10 0.38
Construction F 110 1026 633 1418 0.45 0.28 0.63
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants G&H 171 729 499 960 0.18 0.12 0.23
  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G 133 605 389 821 0.19 0.12 0.26
  Hotels and restaurants H 38 124 44 204 0.14 0.049 0.23
Transport, storage and communication I 74 681 344 1019 0.37 0.19 0.55
Finance and business J&K 51 278 100 456 0.066 0.024 0.11
  Financial intermediation J 8 * * * * * *
  Real estate, renting and business activities K 43 221 54 389 0.072 0.018 0.13
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 53 351 169 533 0.20 0.097 0.30
Education M 66 369 184 554 0.19 0.097 0.29
Health and social work N 100 738 455 1021 0.28 0.17 0.38
Other community, social and personal service activities O 40 184 54 315 0.15 0.044 0.25
Other P&Q 5 * * * * * *
  Private households with employed persons P 5 * * * * * *
Workplace outside UK   1 * * * * * *
All industries (injury sustained in the current or most recent job)   810 5668 4755 6582 0.24 0.20 0.27
Injury sustained in other job#   60 594 285 903 .. .. ..
Total (injury sustained in any job)   870 6262 5298 7227 0.26 0.22 0.30

Notes:

.. Not applicable.

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

$ For people taking time off work.

# 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.

Estimates for 2007/08 have been revised (March 2009) due to reclassification of a small number of cases.

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