Latest Health & Safety statistics published
Health & Safety update 07/12/2011
New figures published by the HSE on the 2nd of
November 2011, show a fall in the number of people injured and made
unwell at work.
The statistics show that in Britain between April 2010 and March
2011:
- 24,726 major injuries were reported, such as amputations,
fractures and burns - a rate of 99 injuries per 100,000 workers -
compared with 26,268 in 2009/10.
- 90,653 other injuries serious enough to keep people off work
for four or more days were reported - a rate of 363.1 injuries per
100,000 workers - down from 96,427 the previous year.
- An estimated 1.2 million people said they were suffering from
an illness caused or made worse by their work, down from 1.3
million in 2009/10.
- 171 workers killed - up from 147 the previous year.
The new data confirms that Britain continues to have the lowest
rate of fatal occupational injuries in Europe as well as one of the
lowest levels of work-related ill health.
The construction and agricultural industries continue to suffer
the highest levels of work-related injuries- almost twice the
number of all other industry sectors.
The toll of injury and ill-health resulted in 26.5 million
working days being lost, an average of 15 days per case - 22.1
million to ill-health and 4.4 million to injury.