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Table 8d

Injuries to the self-employed 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 industriesConstruction 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 machinery4- ---8-10 27124-637 9
Struck by moving, including flying/falling, object2-1-114 3181083812 1415145
Struck by moving vehicle5- 1112-3 812---7 12
Strike against something fixed or stationary2----3 112181- 23110
Injured while handling, lifting or carrying-----5 2241052833 3321467
Slips, trips or falls on same level1 ----103 13200925419 22372
Falls from a height of which: 5 - 2 10 2 18 4 26 261 99-- 7 127 22
- up to and inc 2 metres1 --3- 4113 13355- -57413
- over 2 metres4 -141 10-8 10027- --254
- height not stated- -131 435 2817- -2285
Trapped by something collapsing/overturning---212 -135-- -22
Drowning or asphyxiation-- --1--- ------ -
Exposure to, or contact with, a harmful substance1---11 -1741- 9715
Exposure to fire--- ----12 2---2-
Exposure to an explosion-- -----1 ------ 2
Contact with electricity or electrical discharge---12- 4354-- 183
Injured by an animal2-- --4-2- 102--15
Acts of violence--- ----3- 1--125
Other kind of accident--- 2-6-417 14--2135
Injuries not classified by kind1- -1---4 23---4 -
Total 23- 4 17 9 73 17 115 766 332 17 9 94 829 274

Notes:

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

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