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Table 10

Injuries to employees by site and severity of injury 2005/06 - 2006/07p

As reported to all enforcing authorities

 Fatal Non-fatal major Over-3-day
Site of injury05/06 06/07p05/06 06/07p05/06 06/07p
Eye-- 824 658 1 783 1 651
Ear-- 10 6 128 131
Other parts of face 2- 168 139 1 825 1 654
Head (excluding face) 32 33 1 321 1 315 3 568 3 507
Several locations of head- 1 15 12 71 51
Total: Head locations 34 34 2 338 2 130 7 375 6 994
Neck 2 4 83 78 1 941 1 795
Back 1 3 629 597 28 357 26 114
Trunk 18 17 2 131 2 007 4 085 3 869
Several locations of torso 3 3 30 30 737 568
Total: Torso locations 24 27 2 873 2 712 35 120 32 346
One or more finger/thumb(s)-- 1 965 1 856 14 461 13 848
Hand-- 2 344 2 335 6 022 5 555
Wrist- 1 4 148 4 094 2 826 2 752
Rest of upper limb 1 1 4 823 4 818 10 150 9 836
Several locations of upper limb 1 1 224 256 1 307 1 265
Total: Upper limb locations 2 3 13 504 13 359 34 766 33 256
One or more toes-- 80 95 1 769 1 756
Foot-- 2 886 2 906 3 817 3 923
Ankle 1 2 2 608 2 551 8 140 7 769
Rest of lower limb 4 5 2 542 2 536 12 237 11 867
Several locations of lower limb 1 - 150 129 924 809
Total: Lower limb locations 6 7 8 266 8 217 26 887 26 124
Several locations 31 40 1 457 1 356 13 584 13 035
General locations 32 47 418 458 978 1 103
Unspecified locations 35 27 58 35 335 225
Total: All locations 164 185 28 914 28 267 119 045 113 083

Notes:

Source: RIDDOR - Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995

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