Health and Safety Executive

Table INJIND2 - 2008/09

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 section

Industry description + Section Injury sustained in their current/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 24 132 42 221 0.29 0.093 0.49
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry A 24 132 42 221 0.30 0.096 0.50
Extractive and utility supply C&E 10 * * * * * *
  Mining and quarrying C 4 * * * * * *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E 6 * * * * * *
Manufacturing D 91 501 314 689 0.18 0.11 0.25
Construction F 85 608 377 838 0.27 0.17 0.37
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants G&H 116 660 376 943 0.17 0.095 0.24
  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G 87 529 260 798 0.17 0.085 0.26
  Hotels and restaurants H 29 131 41 220 0.15 0.047 0.25
Transport, storage and communication I 73 511 297 725 0.30 0.17 0.42
Finance and business J&K 36 290 0 617 0.069 0 0.15
  Financial intermediation J 4 * * * * * *
  Real estate, renting and business activities K 32 278 0 605 0.089 0 0.19
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 54 387 190 584 0.22 0.11 0.33
Education M 43 201 53 350 0.10 0.026 0.17
Health and social work N 91 737 398 1077 0.26 0.14 0.38
Other community, social and personal service activities O 31 144 43 244 0.12 0.035 0.20
Other P&Q 2 * * * * * *
  Private households with employed persons P 2 * * * * * *
Missing   1 .. .. .. .. .. ..
All industries (injury sustained in current or most recent job)   657 4222 3505 4940 0.18 0.15 0.21
Injury sustained in other job#   38 489 218 761 .. .. ..
Total (injury sustained in any job)   695 4711 3941 5481 0.20 0.17 0.23

Notes:

.. Not applicable

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

$ For people taking time off work.

+ Details of Standard Industrial Classification (1992)

The breakdown by industry section for 2008/09 onwards may not be entirely consistent with those of previous years. This is because a new Standard Industrial Classification, SIC2007, has been introduced to replace the existing classification, SIC92. To allow comparisons with earlier years, each class under SIC2007 has been mapped to a section under SIC92, according to the assumed relationship between the two classifications. It is currently assumed that the effect of the changes on the time series is not significant, but further analysis is being undertaken by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

# 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 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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Updated 16.11.09