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Fatal injuries to employees, self-employed and workers by kind of accident 2004/05 - 2008/09p

As reported to all enforcing authorities

Kind of accident	Employees					Self-employed					Workers
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	10	17	11	15	14	2	4	2	2	6	12	21	13	17	20
Struck by moving, including flying/falling, object	39	30	36	28	22	8	4	5	9	6	47	34	41	37	28
Struck by moving vehicle	23	30	29	31	23	12	8	1	7	2	35	38	30	38	25
Strike against something fixed or stationary	3	4	8	9	7	1	2	-	1	1	4	6	8	10	8
Injured while handling, lifting or carrying	2	1	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	7	2	-
Slips, trips or falls on same level	7	5	4	2	4	-	1	-	1	1	7	6	4	3	5
Falls from a height of which:	36	29	28	32	16	17	19	24	23	19	53	48	52	55	35
- up to and inc 2 metres	5	6	7	7	3	2	4	2	1	-	7	10	9	8	3
- over 2 metres	24	16	18	24	12	14	10	19	19	13	38	26	37	43	25
- height not stated	7	7	3	1	1	1	5	3	3	6	8	12	6	4	7
Trapped by something collapsing/overturning	17	8	16	13	13	2	3	3	4	5	19	11	19	17	18
Drowning or asphyxiation	8	2	11	7	3	2	1	5	-	-	10	3	16	7	3
Exposure to, or contact with, a harmful substance	3	5	4	1	1	-	2	1	-	1	3	7	5	1	2
Exposure to fire	2	4	1	7	-	1	-	-	1	-	3	4	1	8	-
Exposure to an explosion	4	4	5	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	3	3
Contact with electricity or electrical discharge	4	8	11	9	4	3	3	7	1	2	7	11	18	10	6
Injured by an animal	-	-	4	1	-	3	2	7	3	1	3	2	11	4	1
Acts of violence	1	1	3	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	7	4
Other kind of accident	7	10	3	9	4	-	2	1	2	1	7	12	4	11	5
Injuries not classified by kind	6	6	10	2	11	-	2	-	1	6	6	8	10	3	17
Total	172	164	191	178	129	51	53	56	55	51	223	217	247	233	180

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.