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Table 8f

Fatal injuries to employees, self-employed and workers by kind of accident and industry 2005/06

As reported to all enforcing authorities

Kind of accidentEmployeesSelf-employedWorkers
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 machinery1- 10244-- -- 5- 10 2 4
Struck by moving, including flying/falling, object-312782 -1-1 2 3 13 7 9
Struck by moving vehicle4- 47155-1 11 9- 5 8 16
Strike against something fixed or stationary--13-2 ---- 2- 1 3-
Injured while handling, lifting or carrying--1--- ------ 1--
Slips, trips or falls on same level- -1131- --- 1- 1 1 3
Falls from a height of which:- 1 4 15 9 5- 2 10 2 5 1 6 25 11
- up to and inc 2 metres- --15 1-- 3- 1 -- 4 5
- over 2 metres- 13102 4-1 41 4 1 4 14 3
- height not stated- -142 --1 31- - 2 7 3
Trapped by something collapsing/overturning2-222- --21 2 - 2 4 3
Drowning or asphyxiation-1 -1--- --1- 1- 1 1
Exposure to, or contact with, a harmful substance--1131 ---1 1 - 1 1 4
Exposure to fire--2 -2--- ---- 2- 2
Exposure to an explosion-- 211-- ----- 2 1 1
Contact with electricity or electrical discharge--125- --12- - 1 3 7
Injured by an animal--- --2-- -- 2--- -
Acts of violence--- -1--- ------ 1
Other kind of accident1-- 18--- 2- 1-- 3 8
Injuries not classified by kind3- --31- -1- 4-- 1 3
Total 11 5 41 43 64 23 - 4 17 9 34 5 45 60 73

Notes:

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