2004/05				2005/06				2006/07p
		Fatal	Major	Over-3-day	Total	Fatal	Major	Over-3-day	Total	Fatal	Major	Over-3-day	Total
Falls from a height of which:		36	3 799	4 500	8 335	29	3 385	4 231	7 645	24	3 409	3 922	7 355
	Fall from a height up to and inc 2 metres.	5	2 408	2 770	5 183	6	2 230	3 100	5 336	6	2 324	3 125	5 455
	Fall from a height over 2 metres.	24	872	471	1 367	16	675	443	1 134	15	700	342	1 057
	Fall from a height - height not stated.	7	519	1 259	1 785	7	480	688	1 175	3	385	455	843
Slips, trips or falls on the same level:		7	10 895	27 683	38 585	5	10 955	28 034	38 994	3	10 790	26 732	37 525
	Slipped on wet surface	1	2 073	6 120	8 194	-	2 072	6 267	8 339	-	1 924	5 954	7 878
	Slipped on dry surface or dry items on surface.	-	445	1 200	1 645	-	548	1 548	2 096	1	683	1 648	2 332
	Tripped over obstruction	2	2 098	4 374	6 474	-	1 877	4 074	5 951	-	1 866	3 779	5 645
	Tripped over uneven floor surface	-	870	2 834	3 704	-	851	2 585	3 436	-	929	2 705	3 634
	Slipped, tripped or fell on the same level in another way	3	4 739	11 628	16 370	4	5 018	12 165	17 187	2	4 756	11 397	16 155
	Slipped, tripped or fell on the same level - unknown way.	1	670	1 527	2 198	1	589	1 395	1 985	-	632	1 249	1 881
Struck by moving/falling object(s):		39	3 884	14 144	18 067	30	3 617	12 988	16 635	32	3 590	12 768	16 390
	Hit by object free falling from structures	-	120	463	583	2	117	426	545	2	82	375	459
	Hit by object free falling from lifting machinery/vehicle/equipment.	11	492	1 479	1 982	5	457	1 172	1 634	13	431	1 164	1 608
	Hit by objects or material ejected while using machinery or hand tools.	-	163	403	566	1	130	328	459	-	134	352	486
	Hit by material under pressure during normal operation of equipment.	-	44	136	180	1	30	98	129	1	42	83	126
	Hit by object/material due to explosion/ implosion of pressurised equipt	9	14	20	43	3	10	21	34	-	9	13	22
	Hit by handtools in use.	-	366	2 008	2 374	1	282	1 731	2 014	-	335	1 773	2 108
	Accidentally hit by another person eg who tripped or fell onto them.	-	178	473	651	-	180	421	601	-	164	406	570
	Hit by moving, flying or falling object in another way	17	2 453	8 974	11 444	16	2 362	8 566	10 944	16	2 359	8 472	10 847
	Hit by a moving, flying or falling object - unknown.	2	54	188	244	1	49	225	275	-	34	130	164
Struck by moving vehicle:		23	717	1 814	2 554	30	712	1 698	2 440	29	673	1 479	2 181
	Hit by a vehicle moving forward.	11	442	1 167	1 620	13	401	1 137	1 551	13	411	995	1 419
	Hit by a reversing vehicle.	5	174	398	577	3	219	387	609	5	181	362	548
	Overturning vehicle where overturn is injury causing factor.	3	13	10	26	2	9	9	20	1	4	7	12
	Hit by a runaway vehicle not driven.	1	42	85	128	7	52	72	131	7	43	65	115
	Hit by a moving vehicle - unknown way.	3	46	154	203	5	31	93	129	3	34	50	87
Injured while handling, lifting or carrying:		2	4 893	50 737	55 632	1	4 397	48 743	53 141	7	4 340	46 152	50 499
	Injured by cut from sharp/coarse material/equipment, trapped finger.	-	1 110	7 099	8 209	-	1 056	7 020	8 076	1	884	6 189	7 074
	Injury through sprains/strains from body movement	-	318	6 574	6 892	-	156	5 950	6 106	-	194	6 067	6 261
	Injured while manually handling or supporting a person.	-	339	4 503	4 842	-	281	4 268	4 549	1	332	4 381	4 714
	Injured while handling/transferringperson using handling equipment.	-	19	659	678	-	19	771	790	-	28	801	829
	Injury through lifting or putting down loads.	-	613	12 500	13 113	1	535	11 618	12 154	2	543	10 955	11 500
	Injury through pushing/pulling loads.	-	821	7 053	7 874	-	780	6 748	7 528	-	857	6 699	7 556
	Injury through carrying loads.	-	339	2 394	2 733	-	312	2 230	2 542	2	339	1 843	2 184
	Injured while handling, lifting or carrying in another way	2	1 243	9 106	10 351	-	1 172	9 367	10 539	1	1 090	8 608	9 699
	Injured while handling, lifting or carrying - unknown way.	-	91	849	940	-	86	771	857	-	73	609	682
Total injuries (b)		172	30 451	121 779	152 402	164	28 914	119 045	148 123	185	28 267	113 083	141 535

Notes:

• (a) Reported to all enforcing authorities.
• (b) Includes other kinds of injuries not listed above.
• p Provisional

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

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