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Table 8e

Fatal injuries to employees, self-employed and workers by kind of accident and industry 2006/07p

As reported to all enforcing authorities

Kind of accident EmployeesSelf-employed Workers
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 machinery2- 3151-- -1 3- 3 1 6
Struck by moving, including flying/falling, object-1711133 --5- 3 1 7 16 13
Struck by moving vehicle11 45181-- -- 2 1 4 5 18
Strike against something fixed or stationary-2114- ----- 2 1 1 4
Injured while handling, lifting or carrying---52- ------ - 5 2
Slips, trips or falls on same level- ---3-- ------ - 3
Falls from a height of which: 2 1 4 10 7 3-- 13 5 5 1 4 23 12
- up to and inc 2 metres- 1122 --- 1-- 1 1 3 2
- over 2 metres2 -184 3-- 113 5 - 1 19 7
- height not stated- -2-1 --- 12- - 2 1 3
Trapped by something collapsing/overturning224531 --2- 3 2 4 7 3
Drowning or asphyxiation11 1352-- 21 3 1 1 5 6
Exposure to, or contact with, a harmful substance--111- -1---- 2 1 1
Exposure to fire--- 1----- ---- 1-
Exposure to an explosion-- 4-2--- ---- 4- 2
Contact with electricity or electrical discharge3--531 --51 4- - 10 4
Injured by an animal3-1 --7--- - 10- 1- -
Acts of violence--- -4---- ----- 4
Other kind of accident-13 121--- - 1 1 3 1 2
Injuries not classified by kind-1 115--- --- 1 1 1 5
Total 14 10 34 50 77 20 - 1 27 8 34 10 35 77 85

Notes:

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