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Injuries to the self-employed 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
Kind of accident	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	2	4	2	2	6	51	57	64	54	74	34	56	45	60	53
Struck by moving, including flying/falling, object	8	4	5	9	6	192	181	190	190	154	209	213	195	192	143
Struck by moving vehicle	12	8	1	7	2	28	25	30	30	24	15	19	17	14	21
Strike against something fixed or stationary	1	2	-	1	1	33	34	32	21	23	38	44	50	43	33
Injured while handling, lifting or carrying	-	-	-	-	-	112	164	135	125	98	326	320	315	295	222
Slips, trips or falls on same level	-	1	-	1	1	270	318	302	291	255	272	323	299	285	217
Falls from a height of which:	17	19	24	23	19	453	408	343	390	383	152	156	148	144	152
- up to and inc 2 metres	2	4	2	1	-	176	206	192	197	196	83	92	93	88	101
- over 2 metres	14	10	19	19	13	205	145	127	158	121	44	29	44	39	27
- height not stated	1	5	3	3	6	72	57	24	35	66	25	35	11	17	24
Trapped by something collapsing/overturning	2	3	3	4	5	7	11	16	13	8	5	4	8	3	4
Drowning or asphyxiation	2	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	1
Exposure to, or contact with, a harmful substance	-	2	1	-	1	21	13	18	7	13	30	32	25	20	13
Exposure to fire	1	-	-	1	-	3	5	4	3	8	4	2	1	7	4
Exposure to an explosion	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	8	1	2	2	3	1	3
Contact with electricity or electrical discharge	3	3	7	1	2	8	16	10	4	7	13	12	8	11	11
Injured by an animal	3	2	7	3	1	18	16	25	16	16	2	8	9	6	10
Acts of violence	-	-	-	-	-	11	4	2	8	7	11	8	6	10	7
Other kind of accident	-	2	1	2	1	38	41	17	27	22	25	20	16	28	26
Injuries not classified by kind	-	2	-	1	6	2	9	6	1	4	5	4	1	2	1
Total	51	53	56	55	51	1 251	1 303	1 194	1 190	1 098	1 143	1 223	1 146	1 121	921

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.