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Table 8c

Injuries to employees by kind of accident, severity of injury and industry 2005/06

As reported to all enforcing authorities

Kind of accidentFatal Non-fatal major Over-3-day
Agriculture, hunting, forestry & fishing (a) Extractive & utility 
supply 
industries
Manu-facturing
industries
Construction Service
industries
Agriculture, 
hunting,
  forestry & fishing (a)
Extractive & utility 
supply 
industries
Manu-facturing 
industries
Construction Service 
industries

Agriculture, 
hunting, 
forestry &
fishing (a)

Extractive & utility 
supply 
industries
Manu-facturing 
industries
Construction Service 
industries
Contact with moving machinery 1- 10 2 4 46 15 801 181 326 53 34 2 127 249 965
Struck by moving, including flying/falling, object- 3 12 7 8 62 82 840 577 2 056 121 157 3 138 1 156 8 416
Struck by moving vehicle 4- 4 7 15 14 7 140 77 474 17 9 325 84 1 263
Strike against something fixed or stationary-- 1 3- 12 19 228 121 762 26 65 1 173 316 3 663
Injured while handling, lifting or carrying-- 1-- 48 54 953 581 2 761 293 575 10 193 2 882 34 800
Slips, trips or falls on same level- - 1 1 3 93 133 1 530 990 8 209 191 333 4 923 1 649 20 938
Falls from a height of which:- 1 4 15 9 90 45 511 925 1 814 50 58 730 705 2 688
- up to and inc 2 metres- -- 1 5 49 38 351 503 1 289 33 44 557 454 2 012
- over 2 metres- 1 3 10 2 26 4 105 309 231 11 9 81 164 178
- height not stated- - 1 4 2 15 3 55 113 294 6 5 92 87 498
Trapped by something collapsing/overturning 2- 2 2 2 6 1 19 35 46 3- 18 19 90
Drowning or asphyxiation- 1 - 1--- 2 3 2- 1 4 1 8
Exposure to, or contact with, a harmful substance-- 1 1 3 7 10 207 48 417 20 29 751 162 2 141
Exposure to fire-- 2 - 2 4 2 11 8 35 5 2 43 27 140
Exposure to an explosion-- 2 1 1- 1 10 7 20- 3 27 11 69
Contact with electricity or electrical discharge-- 1 2 5 3 5 10 42 45 - 14 68 79 193
Injured by an animal--- -- 61- 8 6 211 69 8 24 16 771
Acts of violence--- - 1 1 1 8 13 951 2 3 21 17 5 594
Other kind of accident 1- - 1 8 17 8 106 80 764 22 38 502 172 3 183
Injuries not classified by kind 3 --- 3 1 2 26 12 55 4 6 59 10 231
Total 11 5 41 43 64 465 385 5 410 3 706 18 948 876 1 335 24 126 7 555 85 153

Notes:

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