Health and Safety Executive

Table INJOCC1_3YR - Averaged 2005/06-2007/08

Estimated incidence and rates of self-reported reportable non-fatal injury to workers, by occupation, for people working in the last 12 months, averaged 2005/06-2007/08

Note: Comparison of averaged 3 year estimates over time involving estimates based on overlapping time periods will not provide a robust indication of change over time.

Occupation description + Major, sub-major, minor or unit group^ Injury sustained in their current/most recent job
Averaged estimated incidence (thousands) Averaged rate per 100 000 workers
central 95% C.I. central 95% C.I.
lower upper lower upper
Managers and senior officials 1 17 13 20 400 310 480
Corporate managers 11 11 8 14 320 230 400
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services 12 6 4 8 720 470 970
Professional occupations 2 10 8 13 290 210 360
Science and technology professionals 21 4 2 6 400 220 590
Teaching and research professionals 23 5 3 6 340 210 470
  Teaching professionals 231 4 3 6 340 210 480
  Research professionals 232 * * * * * *
Business and public service professionals 24 * * * * * *
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 33 28 38 820 690 950
Science and technology associate professionals 31 * * * * * *
Health and social welfare associate professionals 32 13 9 16 1160 880 1450
Protective service occupations 33 11 8 14 3220 2370 4060
Culture, media and sports occupations 34 * * * * * *
Business and public service associate professionals 35 4 2 5 240 130 350
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 10 8 13 310 230 390
Administrative occupations 41 8 6 11 320 230 420
Secretarial and related occupations 42 * * * * * *
Skilled trades occupations 5 59 52 66 1940 1720 2160
Skilled agricultural trades 51 7 5 10 2670 1810 3530
Skilled metal and electrical trades 52 23 19 27 2020 1650 2390
  Metal forming, welding and related trades 521 5 3 7 3850 2320 5370
  Metal machining, fitting and instrument making trades 522 8 5 10 2310 1600 3020
  Vehicle trades 523 5 3 7 1940 1130 2750
  Electrical trades 524 6 4 8 1320 840 1800
Skilled construction and building trades 53 23 19 27 2040 1660 2410
  Construction trades 531 19 16 23 2230 1800 2670
  Building trades 532 * * * * * *
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades 54 6 4 8 1130 710 1540
Personal service occupations 6 29 24 33 1290 1080 1500
Caring personal service occupations 61 25 21 30 1480 1230 1740
  Healthcare and related personal services 611 17 13 20 1800 1420 2180
  Childcare and related personal services 612 7 5 9 920 620 1230
  Animal care services 613 * * * * * *
Leisure and other personal service occupations 62 * * * * * *
Sales and customer service occupations 7 14 11 18 680 520 840
Sales occupations 71 12 9 15 710 530 880
  Sales assistants and retail cashiers 711 11 8 13 690 500 880
  Sales related occupations 712 * * * * * *
Customer service occupations 72 * * * * * *
Process, plant and machine operatives 8 38 33 44 1890 1630 2160
Process, plant and machine operatives 81 17 13 21 1770 1400 2140
  Process operatives 811 5 3 7 1660 1060 2270
  Plant and machine operatives 812 5 3 6 2400 1430 3370
  Assemblers and routine operatives 813 * * * * * *
  Construction operatives 814 * * * * * *
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives 82 21 17 25 2000 1620 2380
  Transport drivers and operatives 821 16 13 20 1840 1440 2240
  Mobile machine drivers and operatives 822 5 3 7 2880 1780 3980
Elementary occupations 9 54 47 60 1690 1490 1890
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations 91 22 18 26 2430 1960 2890
  Elementary agricultural occupations 911 * * * * * *
  Elementary construction occupations 912 5 3 7 2370 1410 3330
    Labourers in building and woodworking trades 9121 5 3 7 2610 1510 3710
    Labourers in other construction trades not elsewhere classified 9129 * * * * * *
  Elementary process plant occupations 913 5 3 8 2360 1490 3230
  Elementary goods storage occupations 914 10 7 12 2540 1790 3290
    Other goods handling and storage occupations not elsewhere classified 9149 10 7 12 2590 1830 3360
Elementary administration and service occupations 92 32 27 37 1400 1190 1610
  Elementary administration occupations 921 5 3 8 2110 1330 2880
    Postal workers, mail sorters, messengers, couriers 9211 5 3 8 2570 1630 3510
  Elementary personal services occupations 922 9 7 12 1100 790 1420
  Elementary cleaning occupations 923 10 7 12 1400 1010 1780
  Elementary security occupations 924 5 3 7 1530 940 2120
  Elementary sales occupations 925 * * * * * *
Missing   .. .. .. .. .. ..
All occupations (injury sustained in current or most recent job)   265 251 279 950 900 1000
Injury sustained in other job#   26 21 30 .. .. ..
Total (injury sustained in any job)   291 276 306 1040 990 1100

Notes:

.. Not applicable

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

+ Details of Standard Occupational Classification (2000)

^Within occupation major groups, some sub-major and minor group information has been provided where some of the categories have sufficiently large sample cases to provide reliable estimates.

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

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 30 sample cases.

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