West Midlands government office region (GOR)
The latest information for the West Midlands shows a downward trend in both work-related ill health and workplace injury.
- Ill Health: 77 000 people suffered from work-related illness, a rate of 3 000 per 100 000 people working in the past 12 months (LFS).
- Injuries: There were 11 086 reported injuries to employees, a 5.7% decrease from the previous year (RIDDOR).
- Injury rates: Total rate of reported injury fell to 524.5 per 100 000 employees, compared with a five year average of 586.2 (RIDDOR).
- Working days lost: 2.3 million working days were lost due to workplace injury and ill health, 1.2 days per worker (LFS).
- Enforcement: HSE inspectors issued 1 089 notices and prosecuted 56 cases, all 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 |
| West Midlands |
3000 |
770 |
13 |
69 |
