Fatal Injury Statistics 2006/07
Of the main industrial sectors, agriculture and Construction have the highest rates of fatal injury.
The provisional figure for the number of worker fatally injured in 2006/07 is 241, and corresponds to a rate of fatal injury of 0.80 per 100 000 workers.
Although 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 5 years.
Falling from a height continues to be the most common kind (type) of accident, accounting for 19% of fatal injuries to workers in 2006/07. Over the last decade there has been a 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.
In agriculture there were 34 fatalities and the rate of fatal injury was 8.1 deaths per 100 000 workers.
In construction tehre were 77 fatalities an dthe rate of fatal injury was 3.7 deaths per 100 000 workers.
In manufacturing there were 35 fatalities and the rate of fatal injury was 1.1 per 100 000 workers.
(This information was extracted from HSE Summary of Fatal Injury Statistics for 20006/07 report)
