Health and Safety Executive

Table RVIOL05

The number of reports of violence at work to HSE and Local Authority under RIDDOR for the financial year 2006/07p in the Service Industry by industry sub-groups (with more than 30 total cases)

  Major Over 3 day Total
Public Administration and Defence 325 1541 1866
Human health activities 169 1607 1776
Social work activities* 94 685 781
Land Transport, Transport via Pipelines 39 534 573
Other Business Activities* 60 232 293
Adult and other education 34 202 236
Retail Trade, Except Motor Vehicles* 61 127 189
Hotels and Restaurants 47 84 131
Secondary education 12 65 77
Post and Telecommunications 6 67 73
Supporting & Auxiliary Transport Activities 12 56 68
Real Estate Activites 8 47 55
Higher education 7 43 50
Recreational, Cultural and Sporting Activities 10 34 44
Primary education 7 32 39
Sewage and Refuge Disposal 9 6 15

Notes:

  • p provisional
  • * There were also fatalities in Retail Trade (Except Motor Vehicles), Other Business Activities and Social work activities

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