Table 8h

Injuries to the self-employed by kind of accident and severity of injury 2002/04 - 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		4	1	2	4	2	39	61	51	57	63	46	50	34	56	44
Struck by moving, including flying/falling, object		4	9	8	4	8	152	175	192	181	190	133	200	209	213	196
Struck by moving vehicle		7	6	12	8	1	33	35	28	25	29	22	18	15	19	17
Strike against something fixed or stationary		3	-	1	2	-	29	30	33	34	32	37	48	38	44	49
Injured while handling, lifting or carrying		-	-	-	-	-	85	107	112	164	135	220	285	326	320	311
Slips, trips or falls on same level		1	-	-	1	-	256	286	270	318	296	240	270	272	323	297
Falls from a height of which:		14	20	17	19	21	380	458	453	408	341	148	147	152	156	148
- up to and inc 2 metres		-	2	2	4	1	151	212	176	206	190	64	74	83	92	93
- over 2 metres		13	15	14	10	17	168	181	205	145	127	61	44	44	29	44
- height not stated		1	3	1	5	3	61	65	72	57	24	23	29	25	35	11
Trapped by something collapsing/overturning		1	3	2	3	3	11	12	7	11	16	7	5	5	4	8
Drowning or asphyxiation		1	22	2	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Exposure to, or contact with, a harmful substance		3	-	-	2	1	9	22	21	13	18	18	17	30	32	25
Exposure to fire		1	-	1	-	-	6	5	3	5	4	5	4	4	2	1
Exposure to an explosion		-	1	-	-	-	1	2	4	1	-	-	1	2	2	3
Contact with electricity or electrical discharge		3	5	3	3	7	10	15	8	16	10	8	10	13	12	8
Injured by an animal		2	1	3	2	7	13	27	18	16	25	19	7	2	8	9
Acts of violence		-	-	-	-	-	8	13	11	4	2	19	7	11	8	6
Other kind of accident		-	-	-	2	1	38	34	38	41	16	26	41	25	20	16
Injuries not classified by kind		-	-	-	2	-	9	1	2	9	6	2	4	5	4	1
Total		44	68	51	53	56	1 079	1 283	1 251	1 303	1 183	951	1 114	1 143	1 223	1 139

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