Scotland

Statistics of occupational ill health, safety and enforcement

• In 2008/09, an estimated 104 000 people in Scotland, who worked in the last year, believed they were suffering from a work-related illness, according to the Labour Force Survey (LFS).  This equates to a prevalence rate of 3900 per 100 000 people (3.9%) working in the last 12 months.
• The incidence rate of reportable non-fatal injury in Scotland was 960 per 100 000 workers (0.96%) in 2007/08 (three-year average), based on results from the LFS.
• In 2008/09, the LFS showed that an estimated 3.1 million working days (full-day equivalent) were lost in Scotland due to workplace injury and work-related ill health.
• In 2008/09(p), 26 workers were fatally injured at work, compared with 31 workers in 2007/08. The number of major injuries to employees recorded in Scotland fell from 2 737 in 2007/08 to 2 666 in 2008/09.
• In Scotland, 143 offences were prosecuted where HSE was the enforcing authority, and 4 offences were prosecuted by local authorities in 2008/09.