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Injuries to the self-employed by kind of accident, severity of injury and industry 2008/09p

As reported to all enforcing authorities

Kind of accident	Fatal					Non-fatal major					Over-3-day
Kind of accident	Agriculture, hunting, forestry & fishing (a)	Extractive & utility supply industries	Manufacturing industries	Construction	Service industries	Agriculture, hunting, forestry & fishing (a)	Extractive & utility supply industries	Manufacturing industries	Construction	Service industries	Agriculture, hunting, forestry & fishing (a)	Extractive & utility supply industries	Manufacturing industries	Construction	Service industries
Contact with moving machinery	5	-	-	-	1	14	-	12	36	12	7	-	9	29	8
Struck by moving, including flying/falling, object	-	-	-	2	4	16	1	6	92	39	6	1	12	85	39
Struck by moving vehicle	1	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	13	9	2	-	2	5	12
Strike against something fixed or stationary	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	11	7	-	-	3	22	8
Injured while handling, lifting or carrying	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	11	62	20	4	1	12	142	63
Slips, trips or falls on same level	1	-	-	-	-	1	3	22	148	81	3	-	16	137	61
Falls from a height of which:	1			12	6	18	2	15	243	105	2	1	7	108	34
- up to and inc 2 metres	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	9	120	59	1	1	4	75	20
- over 2 metres	1	-	-	9	3	10	-	2	82	27	1	-	3	18	5
- height not stated	-	-	-	3	3	2	-	4	41	19	-	-	-	15	9
Trapped by something collapsing/overturning	3	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	4	2	-	-	1	2	1
Drowning or asphyxiation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
Exposure to, or contact with, a harmful substance	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	9	-	1	3	3	6
Exposure to fire	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	5	-	-	1	2	1
Exposure to an explosion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	2
Contact with electricity or electrical discharge	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	6	5
Injured by an animal	1	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	9	4	-	-	1	5
Acts of violence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	1	6
Other kind of accident	1	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	7	10	1	-	1	18	6
Injuries not classified by kind	1	-	-	5	-	1	-	-	2	1	-	-	1	-	-
Total	16	-	-	20	15	72	8	70	627	321	29	4	68	562	258

(a) Excludes sea fishing
p Provisional
Source: RIDDOR - Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995
* From 2008/09, slips and trips down steps or stairs have been coded as falls from height rather than slips and trips. This has led to a discontinuity in both the slips and falls series.