Wales
The latest information for Wales shows a downtrend trend in workplace injury but no clear trend in rates of work-related ill health.
- Ill Health: 52 000 people suffered from work-related illness, a rate of 3 600 per 100 000 people working in the past 12 months (LFS).
- Injuries: There were 6 064 reported injuries to employees, a 7.5% decrease from the previous year (RIDDOR).
- Injury rates: Total rate of reported injury fell to 542.8 per 100 000 employees, compared with a five year average of 618.7 (RIDDOR).
- Working days lost: 1.5 million working days were lost due to workplace injury and ill health, 1.4 days per worker (LFS).
- Enforcement: HSE inspectors issued 557 notices and prosecuted 31 cases, 28 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 |
| Wales |
3600 |
820 |
11 |
43 |
