South West government office region (GOR)
The latest information for the South West shows a downward trend in workplace injuries but no clear trend in rates of work-related ill health.
- Ill Health: 112 000 people suffered from work-related illness, a rate of 4 230 per 100 000 people working in the past 12 months (LFS).
- Injuries: There were 9 093 reported injuries to employees, a 4.9% decrease from the previous year (RIDDOR).
- Injury rates: Total rate of reported injury fell to 415.4 per 100 000 employees, compared with a five year average of 456.6 (RIDDOR).
- Working days lost: 3.1 million working days were lost due to workplace injury and ill health, 1.5 days per worker (LFS).
- Enforcement: HSE inspectors issued 1 027 notices and prosecuted 60 cases, 57 of which led to a conviction.
- Rate of total cases of self-reported ill health per 100 000 people employed in the last 12 months 2011/12 (LFS)
- Rate of over-3-day absences injury per 100 000 workers, 2010/11 (LFS three-year average)
- Number of fatal injuries to workers 2011/12
- Cases prosecuted by HSE, local authorities and , in Scotland, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, 2011/12p
| Region |
Rate of total cases of self-reported ill health per 100 000 people employed in the last 12 months 2011/12 (LFS) |
Rate of over-3-day absences injury per 100 000 workers, 2010/11 (LFS three-year average) |
Number of fatal injuries to workers 2011/12 |
Cases prosecuted by HSE, local authorities and , in Scotland, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, 2011/12p |
| South West |
4230 |
870 |
16 |
73 |
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