North East government office region (GOR)
The latest information for the North East shows a downward trend in workplace injuries but no clear trend in rates of work-related ill health.
- Ill Health: 53 000 people suffered from work-related illness, a rate of 4 400 per 100 000 people working in the past 12 months (LFS).
- Injuries: There were 5 246 reported injuries to employees, a 5.6% decrease from the previous year (RIDDOR).
- Injury rates: Total rate of reported injury fell to 513.7 per 100 000 employees, from compared to a five year average of 584.3 (RIDDOR).
- Working days lost: 1.8 million working days were lost due to workplace injury and ill health, 2.0 days per worker (LFS).
- Enforcement: HSE inspectors issued 412 notices and prosecuted 16 cases, 15 of which led to a conviction.
- Rate of self-reported ill health prevalence per 100 000 people employed in the last 12 months 2010/11 (LFS)
- Rate of reportable injury per 100 000 workers, 2010/11 (LFS averaged)
- Number of fatal injuries to workers, 2010/11
- Cases prosecuted by HSE, local authorities and, in Scotland, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, 2010/11p
| Region |
Rate of self-reported ill health prevalence per 100 000 people employed in the last 12 months 2010/11 (LFS) |
Rate of reportable injury per 100 000 workers, 2010/11 (LFS averaged) |
Number of fatal injuries to workers, 2010/11 |
Cases prosecuted by HSE, local authorities and, in Scotland, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, 2010/11p |
| North East |
4400 |
1200 |
6 |
17 |
