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Table 8g

Injuries to employees by kind of accident and severity of injury 2002/03 - 2006/07p

As reported to all enforcing authorities

  Fatal Non-fatal major Over-3-day
Kind of accident Year 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07p 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07p 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07p
Contact with moving machinery 17 9 10 17 11 1 297 1 499 1 481 1 369 1 407 4 104 3 915 3 376 3 428 3 269
Struck by moving, including flying/falling, object 26 19 39 30 32 3 803 3 939 3 884 3 617 3 590 14 796 15 024 14 144 12 988 12 768
Struck by moving vehicle 32 38 23 30 29 654 816 717 712 673 1 983 1 993 1 814 1 698 1 479
Strike against something fixed or stationary 10 6 3 4 8 1 211 1 262 1 199 1 142 1 052 6 067 6 070 5 496 5 243 4 921
Injured while handling, lifting or carrying 3 3 2 1 7 3 466 4 324 4 893 4 397 4 340 49 809 53 219 50 737 48 743 46 152
Slips, trips or falls on same level - 4 7 5 3 10 458 11 341 10 895 10 955 10 790 30 316 30 919 27 683 28 034 26 732
Falls from a height of which: 36 48 36 29 24 3 860 3 896 3 799 3 385 3 409 5 052 5 087 4 500 4 231 3 922
- up to and inc 2 metres 5 4 5 6 6 2 009 2 127 2 408 2 230 2 324 3 004 2 990 2 770 3 100 3 125
- over 2 metres 25 37 24 16 15 983 845 872 675 700 580 541 471 443 342
- height not stated 6 7 7 7 3 868 924 519 480 385 1 468 1 556 1 259 688 455
Trapped by something collapsing/overturning 10 4 17 8 16 127 126 108 107 65 243 173 161 130 123
Drowning or asphyxiation 7 - 8 2 11 9 19 11 7 7 14 8 6 14 13
Exposure to, or contact with, a harmful substance 5 6 3 5 3 777 831 833 689 611 3 302 3 417 3 185 3 103 3 163
Exposure to fire 5 1 2 4 1 28 80 62 60 53 242 243 229 217 220
Exposure to an explosion 6 - 4 4 6 46 43 59 38 32 91 91 89 110 89
Contact with electricity or electrical discharge 12 9 4 8 11 127 148 118 105 110 447 379 357 354 355
Injured by an animal 2 - - - 4 210 254 278 286 294 925 856 819 888 909
Acts of violence 1 2 1 1 4 880 990 962 974 930 5 614 5 506 5 267 5 637 5 462
Other kind of accident 9 13 7 10 7 1 037 1 035 1 062 975 832 4 805 3 852 3 660 3 917 3 259
Injuries not classified by kind 2 6 6 6 8 123 86 90 96 72 374 265 256 310 247
Total 183 168 172 164 185 28 113 30 689 30 451 28 914 28 267 128 184 131 017 121 779 119 045 113 083

Notes:

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

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