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Injuries to employees by kind of accident and severity of injury 2004/05 - 2008/09p

As reported to all enforcing authorities

Kind of accident Fatal Non-fatal major Over-3-day
04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09p 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09p 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09p
Contact with moving machinery 10 17 11 15 14 1 481 1 369 1 410 1 422 1 174 3 376 3 428 3 290 3 207 3 109
Struck by moving, including flying/falling, object 39 30 36 28 22 3 884 3 617 3 609 3 398 3 223 14 144 12 988 12 913 12 315 11 981
Struck by moving vehicle 23 30 29 31 23 717 712 675 691 583 1 814 1 698 1 496 1 599 1 529
Strike against something fixed or stationary 3 4 8 9 7 1 199 1 142 1 058 1 032 953 5 496 5 243 4 977 4 494 4 348
Injured while handling, lifting or carrying 2 1 7 2 - 4 893 4 397 4 390 4 371 3 516 50 737 48 743 46 883 44 263 38 166
Slips, trips or falls on same level 7 5 4 2 4 10 895 10 955 10 922 10 963 10 368 27 683 28 034 27 061 26 461 23 797
Falls from a height of which: 36 29 28 32 16 3 799 3 385 3 435 3 270 4 654 4 500 4 231 3 961 3 907 7 065
- up to and inc 2 metres 5 6 7 7 3 2 408 2 230 2 343 2 263 3 036 2 770 3 100 3 162 3 138 5 034
- over 2 metres 24 16 18 24 12 872 675 704 689 610 471 443 343 336 359
- height not stated 7 7 3 1 1 519 480 388 318 1 008 1 259 688 456 433 1 672
Trapped by something collapsing/overturning 17 8 16 13 13 108 107 66 84 105 161 130 125 99 152
Drowning or asphyxiation 8 2 11 7 3 11 7 7 14 16 6 14 13 13 11
Exposure to, or contact with, a harmful substance 3 5 4 1 1 833 689 615 551 493 3 185 3 103 3 178 2 905 2 745
Exposure to fire 2 4 1 7 - 62 60 54 57 57 229 217 222 220 190
Exposure to an explosion 4 4 5 3 3 59 38 32 25 40 89 110 89 73 63
Contact with electricity or electrical discharge 4 8 11 9 4 118 105 111 83 95 357 354 359 341 316
Injured by an animal - - 4 1 - 278 286 295 316 311 819 888 912 864 833
Acts of violence 1 1 3 7 4 962 974 946 921 921 5 267 5 637 5 571 5 369 5 221
Other kind of accident 7 10 3 9 4 1 062 975 842 920 990 3 660 3 917 3 341 3 728 4 545
Injuries not classified by kind 6 6 10 2 11 90 96 77 81 95 256 310 262 196 230
Total 172 164 191 178 129 30 451 28 914 28 544 28 199 27 594 121 779 119 045 114 653 110 054 104 301

Notes:

  • 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.

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Updated 07.10.09