Health and Safety Executive

Fatal injury statistics

Rates of fatal injury to workers in surface engineering and manufacturing

Rates of fatal injury to workers in surface engineering and manufacturing

Kinds of fatal injuries to workers in surface engineering, 2001/02 to 2009/10p

Kinds of fatal injuries to workers in surface engineering, 2001/02 to 2009/10p

Type of injury Percentage
Hit by moving or falling object 29%
Drowned or asphyxiated 29%
Contact with moving machinery 14%
Collapse 14%
Other kind of accident 14%

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Updated: 15.09.11