Statistics

Latest RIDDOR accident information to 2009-10 (provisional)

The major accident rate for the rubber industry is still above that for manufacturing industries overall.

Rubber manufacture - All RIDDORs 2009/10 (provisional)

In 2009-10, manual handling accounted for most of the reported RIDDOR injuries:

Percentage by Type of RIDDOR

Manual handling - 31%
Contact with moving machinery - 16%
Hit by moving or falling object - 14%
Slip or trip - 13%
Other - 26%

Pie chart of percentages by injury type, all RIDDOR

However, contact with moving machinery and being hit by a moving or falling object caused more than 50% of all the major injuries:

Rubber manufacture - RIDDOR major injuries 2009/10 (provisional)

Percentage by Type of RIDDOR

Manual handling - 9%
Contact with moving machinery - 28%
Hit by moving or falling object - 26%
Slip or trip - 13%
Other - 24%

Pie chart of percentages by injury type- major injuries

Contact with moving machinery 2009-10 (provisional) - machine details

The rubber industry has a fairly high percentage of accidents caused by contact with moving machinery and this increased slightly in 2009-10 (13 Major 19 O3D).

There is no particular type of machinery that stands out as the main cause but calendars, lathes, saws, tyre-presses and moulding machines all feature more than once.