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News Article
Fatal injuries for 2006/07
Posted by Dan Gibbs | Date Posted 27.07.2007 | Time Posted 09:58:18 | Views: 474
The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) has published its latest detailed statistics on workplace fatal injuries in 2006/07 in the form of Statistics of Fatal Injuries 2006/2007.
In 2006/07, the provisional figures for the UK show that the number of fatally injured workers increased by 11% to 241, corresponding to a rate of fatal injury of 0.80 per 100,000 workers.
In 2005/06, the finalised figures were 217 and 0.72 respectively; these were the lowest annual figures on record.
Although the HSE says a long-term downward trend is still clear, the rate of decrease has slowed over the last 15 years and there has been very little change in the overall rate over the last five years.
The total of 241 fatal injuries in 2006/07 can be analysed as follows.
- Of the total injuries, 46% occurred in the industries of construction and agriculture.
- The construction industry saw 77 fatalities and the rate of fatal injury was 3.7 deaths per 100,000 workers.
- Falling from a height continues to be the most common kind of accident, accounting for 21% of fatal injuries to workers in 2006/07. Over the last decade there has been steady and significant reduction in fatal injuries due to this type of accident.
- Being struck by a moving or falling object, and being struck by a moving vehicle, are the next most common kinds of fatal accident.
- There were 35 fatalities in manufacturing and the rate of fatal injury was 1.1 per 100,000 workers.
- In the services sector there were 85 fatalities, with a rate of fatal injury of 0.35 deaths per 100,000 workers.
- There were 90 members of the public fatally injured in 2006/07 (excluding railways-related incidents).
Commenting on the new figures, the Chair of the HSC, Sir Bill Callaghan, said, "It is disappointing to see that the overall number of deaths has risen."
The figures can be accessed at www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/fatals.htm.
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