Employees Self-employed Members of the public
Standard Industrial Classification - SIC (1) Standard Industrial Classification - SIC (1) Standard Industrial Classification - SIC (1)
Agriculture, Extractive and Manufacturing Construction Service Unclassified All industries Agriculture, Extractive and Manufacturing Construction Service Unclassified All industries Agriculture, Extractive and Manufacturing Construction Service Unclassified All industries
hunting, utility supply industries industries hunting, utility supply industries industries hunting, utility supply industries industries (4)
forestry and industries (3) forestry and industries (3) forestry and industries (3)
fishing (2) fishing (2) fishing (2)
Year (5)
(6) 1981 31 54 123 105 102 26 441 26 - 6 11 10 1 54 13 3 5 12 38 .. 71
1982 27 77 137 100 117 14 472 22 - 2 18 6 - 48 17 1 5 13 47 .. 83
1983 29 48 118 118 111 24 448 26 1 9 22 7 - 65 9 6 7 11 52 .. 85
1984 29 48 142 100 105 14 438 25 - 5 17 13 - 60 7 23 3 7 61 4 105
1985 20 46 124 104 99 7 400 44 - - 22 5 - 71 11 17 5 13 110 3 159
(7) 1986/87 27 30 109 99 80 10 355 17 - 1 26 8 - 52 16 7 5 14 43 7 92
1987/88 21 33 99 103 96 9 361 31 - 5 40 8 - 84 10 2 - 15 82 4 113
1988/89 21 203 94 101 109 1 529 25 2 7 36 10 - 80 15 2 4 14 84 2 121
1989/90 23 31 108 100 108 - 370 30 - 7 54 14 - 105 12 4 3 11 176 - 206
1990/91 25 27 88 96 110 - 346 27 - 10 28 22 - 87 15 3 4 9 108 - 139
1991/92 18 35 64 83 97 - 297 32 1 7 17 14 - 71 5 2 2 6 90 - 105
1992/93 21 29 53 70 103 - 276 19 - 3 26 15 - 63 12 2 - 5 94 - 113
1993/94 16 17 59 75 78 - 245 22 - 3 16 10 - 51 3 1 1 6 96 - 107
1994/95 14 4 46 58 69 - 191 32 1 8 25 15 - 81 5 4 2 5 88 - 104
1995/96 20 18 42 62 67 - 209 20 - 1 17 11 - 49 5 3 - 3 75 - 86
(8) 1996/97 20 9 53 66 59 - 207 35 - 6 24 15 - 80 9 3 1 3 351 - 367
1997/98 20 17 54 58 63 - 212 20 1 7 22 12 - 62 11 1 1 6 374 - 393
1998/99 16 10 63 47 52 - 188 30 1 6 18 10 - 65 9 2 - 3 355 - 369
1999/00 13 6 38 61 44 - 162 23 1 3 20 11 - 58 8 2 4 6 416 - 436
2000/01 13 8 46 73 73 - 213 33 - 4 32 10 - 79 7 3 2 8 424 - 444
Employees Self-employed Members of the public
Standard Industrial Classification - SIC (1) Standard Industrial Classification - SIC (1) Standard Industrial Classification - SIC (1)
Agriculture, Other Manufacturing Water supply; Construction Service All Industries Agriculture, Other Manufacturing Water supply; Construction Service All Industries Agriculture, Other Manufacturing Water supply; Construction Service All Industries
Forestry and extractive & industries sewerage, industries Forestry and extractive & industries sewerage, industries Forestry and extractive & industries sewerage, industries (4)
Fishing (2) utility waste Fishing (2) utility waste Fishing (2) utility waste
industries management industries management industries management
and and and
remediation remediation remediation
Year (5) activities activities activities
2001/02 20 14 42 13 60 57 206 19 - 1 - 20 5 45 2 2 3 3 5 378 393
2002/03 15 3 41 7 56 61 183 20 - 1 - 14 9 44 3 4 - 2 6 381 396
2003/04 6 9 22 6 52 73 168 38 1 3 - 19 7 68 6 3 1 2 4 358 374
2004/05 13 2 40 12 55 50 172 24 - 1 - 14 12 51 3 - 2 2 8 355 370
2005/06 10 5 36 11 43 59 164 23 - 3 2 17 8 53 8 - - 3 4 386 401
2006/07 13 10 34 11 54 69 191 20 - 1 - 25 10 56 7 3 - 3 8 394 415
2007/08 22 8 28 10 53 57 178 24 - 1 - 19 11 55 2 2 2 2 3 360 371
2008/09 9 6 29 7 32 44 127 16 - - - 20 16 52 5 1 1 2 5 412 426
2009/10 14 6 22 4 29 29 104 25 - 2 - 12 4 43 5 - - 4 4 377 390
2010/11p 13 3 25 10 32 37 120 21 - 2 - 18 10 51 8 - 2 1 2 305 318
Notes:
(1) Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities: SIC 1980 for 1981-1990/91; SIC 1992 for 1991/92 - 2000/01; SIC 2007 for 2001/02 onwards.
(2) Excludes sea fishing.
(3) Figures prior to 1996/97 also include injuries in the offshore oil and gas industry reported under offshore installations safety legislation.
(4) From 1996/97, includes fatalities to members of the public (including suicides and trespassers) which were previously reported under railway legislation.
(5) Figures from 1981 to 1985 are on a calendar year basis. Figures from 1986/87 onwards are based on a planning year 1 April - 31 March.
(6) 1981 - 85 reported under the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (NADOR) 1980.
(7) 1986/87 - 1995/96 reported under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1985.
(8) 1996/97 onwards reported under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995.
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Table HISTINJ
Non-fatal major injuries to workers, and non-fatal injuries to members of the public*. reported to all enforcing
authorities by industry 1981 - 2010/11p
Employees
Standard Industrial Classification - SIC (1)
Agriculture, Extractive and Manufacturing Construction Service
hunting, utility supply industries industries
forestry and industries (3)
fishing (2)
Year (4)
(5) 1981 165 1 129 4 184 1 690 4 687
1982 147 1 157 4 133 1 950 4 488
1983 200 1 102 4 308 2 178 4 275
1984 272 562 4 758 2 288 4 185
1985 233 997 4 866 2 239 4 458
(6) 1986/87 429 1 718 7 378 2 736 8 057
1987/88 498 1 397 7 233 2 767 7 936
1988/89 451 1 262 7 380 2 907 7 810
1989/90 403 1 140 7 365 3 180 8 189
1990/91 443 1 061 6 794 2 907 8 514
1991/92 404 1 000 5 738 2 583 7 651
1992/93 424 825 5 292 2 061 8 037
1993/94 444 657 5 265 1 806 8 136
1994/95 420 481 5 304 1 872 8 557
1995/96 408 508 5 146 1 806 8 110
(7) 1996/97 678 679 8 235 3 227 15 145
1997/98 671 608 8 770 3 860 15 278
1998/99 605 521 8 137 4 289 14 816
1999/00 652 467 7 973 4 386 15 174
2000/01 595 467 7 408 4 303 14 751
Employees
Standard Industrial Classification - SIC (1)
Agriculture, Other Manufacturing Water supply; Construction
Forestry and extractive & industries sewerage,
Fishing (2) utility waste
industries management
and
remediation
Year (4) activities
2001/02 583 389 6 988 413 4 068
2002/03 537 349 6 568 446 4 040
2003/04 433 302 6 186 458 3 997
2004/05 446 334 5 923 490 3 797
2005/06 410 313 5 230 461 3 725
2006/07 369 318 4 959 473 3 742
2007/08 405 319 4 944 592 3 727
2008/09 425 289 4 306 638 3 318
2009/10 458 265 3 870 608 2 601
2010/11p 353 244 3 726 709 2 298
Notes:
(1) Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities: SIC 1980 for 1981-1990/91; SIC 1992 for 1991/92 - 2000/
(2) Excludes sea fishing.
(3) Figures prior to 1996/97 also include injuries in the offshore oil and gas industry reported under offshore installation
(4) Figures from 1981 to 1985 are on a calendar year basis. Figures from 1986/87 onwards are based on a planning ye
(5) 1981 - 85 reported under the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (NADOR) 1980.
(6) 1986/87 - 1995/96 reported under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RI
(7) 1996/97 onwards reported under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RID
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* It is difficult to compare recent data with previous years. Whilst on the face of it the overall figures for injuries involvin
be increasing there are reasons to doubt whether this is a real effect. This is because there are two key issues which h
last three years. First, a shift in the interpretation of guidance on the reportability of accidents in schools has resulted in
4 000 injuries in each of the last three years in the Education sector. Revised guidance is planned to be issued, which
reporting. The second issue is a change in data quality procedures. Since 2008/09 fewer checks have been undertake
in local authority (LA) enforced premises. In order to make any reasonable comparison with previous years a correction
data. From this it is estimated that an additional 20 - 30% of LA records have been included over the last three years th
ers of the public*. reported to all enforcing
oyees Self-employed
assification - SIC (1) Standard Industrial Classification - SIC (1)
Unclassified All industries Agriculture, Extractive and Manufacturing Construction Service
hunting, utility supply industries industries
forestry and industries (3)
fishing (2)
461 12 316 21 - 8 40 22
411 12 286 30 - 21 51 25
390 12 453 25 1 18 57 13
429 12 494 30 1 31 70 12
382 13 175 43 - 17 113 33
377 20 695 72 5 89 443 80
226 20 057 91 6 100 561 105
134 19 944 132 5 134 753 124
119 20 396 102 6 132 927 138
177 19 896 115 13 129 931 119
221 17 597 77 22 119 729 126
299 16 938 110 18 121 684 139
397 16 705 135 14 105 768 202
407 17 041 94 11 137 755 223
590 16 568 68 17 135 671 165
- 27 964 100 15 111 827 303
- 29 187 74 76 94 466 105
- 28 368 74 34 96 367 114
- 28 652 74 39 65 363 122
- 27 524 60 5 51 405 109
oyees Self-employed
assification - SIC (1) Standard Industrial Classification - SIC (1)
Service All Industries Agriculture, Other Manufacturing Water supply; Construction
industries Forestry and extractive & industries sewerage,
Fishing (2) utility waste
industries management
and
remediation
activities
15 570 28 011 92 4 100 4 541
16 173 28 113 65 11 98 6 694
19 313 30 689 71 7 117 4 753
19 461 30 451 72 8 100 8 732
18 775 28 914 71 16 109 12 775
18 683 28 544 47 9 77 5 732
18 212 28 199 65 9 71 10 711
18 918 27 894 63 7 68 10 632
18 466 26 268 79 6 66 9 544
17 396 24 726 67 12 80 40 559
980 for 1981-1990/91; SIC 1992 for 1991/92 - 2000/01; SIC 2007 for 2001/02 onwards.
and gas industry reported under offshore installations safety legislation.
s from 1986/87 onwards are based on a planning year 1 April - 31 March.
gerous Occurrences Regulations (NADOR) 1980.
eases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1985.
ases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995.
n the face of it the overall figures for injuries involving members of the public (MoPs) appear to
ct. This is because there are two key issues which have artificially inflated the figures over the
e reportability of accidents in schools has resulted in the additional reporting of between 3 000 -
r. Revised guidance is planned to be issued, which may see a return to previous levels of
. Since 2008/09 fewer checks have been undertaken on the reportability of accidents to MoPs
sonable comparison with previous years a correction factor needs to be applied to the LA
ords have been included over the last three years that previously would have been excluded.
ployed Members of
assification - SIC (1) the public *
Unclassified All industries All industries
- 91 5 609
- 127 5 618
- 114 6 331
- 144 6 679
- 206 6 939
1 690 14 575
4 867 12 880
4 1152 12 614
5 1310 11 378
19 1326 9 981
28 1101 11 009
43 1115 10 669
50 1274 11 552
93 1313 12 642
110 1166 13 234
- 1356 35 694
- 815 28 613
- 685 23 800
- 663 25 059
- 630 20 836
ployed Members of
assification - SIC (1) the public *
Service All Industries All industries
industries
188 929 14 834
205 1 079 12 793
331 1 283 13 679
331 1 251 14 316
320 1 303 15 868
324 1 194 17 773
324 1 190 18 544
326 1 106 23 547
344 1 048 26 082
343 1 101 28 584
Table HISTINJ
Over-3-day injuries reported to all enforcing authorities by industry 1986/87 - 2010/11p
Employees
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) (1)
Agriculture, Extractive and Manufacturing Construction Service
hunting, utility supply industries industries
forestry and industries (3)
fishing (2)
Year (4)
(5) 1986/87 1 043 19 621 54 046 16 468 65 958
1987/88 1 349 15 798 52 734 16 622 69 085
1988/89 1 473 13 728 56 141 16 597 71 268
1989/90 1 496 11 684 60 006 17 177 74 405
1990/91 1 318 10 256 56 403 16 689 75 344
1991/92 1 423 8 545 52 046 14 998 74 271
1992/93 1 420 6 672 47 358 11 428 72 577
1993/94 1 316 4 932 44 142 9 497 72 918
1994/95 1 301 3 923 45 594 9 642 76 681
1995/96 1 279 3 173 42 097 8 305 72 465
(6) 1996/97 1 457 3 023 40 005 8 637 74 164
1997/98 1 334 3 188 41 648 9 756 78 863
1998/99 1 258 2 845 39 168 9 195 79 829
1999/00 1 415 2 401 39 370 10 159 82 036
2000/01 1 372 2 369 38 105 9 367 82 892
Employees
Standard Industrial Classification - SIC (1)
Agriculture, Other Manufacturing Water supply; Construction
Forestry and extractive & industries sewerage,
Fishing (2) utility waste
industries management
and
remediation
Year (5) activities
2001/02 1 483 1 836 34 707 1 921 9 141
2002/03 1 143 1 429 32 813 2 022 8 992
2003/04 742 1 324 29 595 2 017 8 322
2004/05 701 1 099 25 914 1 913 7 632
2005/06 648 939 23 703 1 886 7 625
2006/07 617 1 041 21 387 1 835 7 219
2007/08 712 1 004 20 240 2 574 7 533
2008/09 718 910 17 396 2 456 6 860
2009/10 725 710 14 720 2 380 5 712
2010/11p 588 621 13 713 2 499 4 784
Notes:
(1) Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities: SIC 1980 for 1981-1990/91; SIC 1992 for 1991/92 - 2
(2) Excludes sea fishing.
(3) Figures prior to 1996/97 also include injuries in the offshore oil and gas industry reported under offshore install
(4) Figures are based on a planning year 1 April - 31 March.
(5) 1986/87 - 1995/96 reported under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulation
(6) 1996/97 onwards reported under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
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Self-employed
on (SIC) (1) Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) (1)
Unclassified All industries Agriculture, Extractive and Manufacturing Construction Service
hunting, utility supply industries industries
forestry and industries (3)
fishing (2)
1 875 159 011 108 8 99 704 104
4 264 159 852 117 10 122 763 156
3 912 163 119 142 10 128 969 245
476 165 244 130 21 148 1 310 251
801 160 811 104 20 146 1 554 226
1 223 152 506 118 63 140 1 231 232
1 692 141 147 126 36 164 1 291 474
2 123 134 928 87 22 185 1 576 573
2 208 139 349 100 28 218 1 532 846
3 263 130 582 94 14 204 1 390 498
- 127 286 57 16 154 1 029 1 026
- 134 789 48 151 94 509 182
- 132 295 40 129 96 381 203
- 135 381 41 110 90 345 146
- 134 105 26 6 82 429 172
Self-employed
on - SIC (1) Standard Industrial Classification - SIC (1)
Service All Industries Agriculture, Other Manufacturing Water supply; Construction
industries Forestry and extractive & industries sewerage,
Fishing (2) utility waste
industries management
and
remediation
activities
80 567 129 655 37 9 63 8 596
81 785 128 184 23 4 91 - 630
89 017 131 017 29 7 86 3 742
84 520 121 779 22 10 102 6 753
84 244 119 045 16 9 91 4 832
82 554 114 653 15 4 100 5 755
77 991 110 054 21 5 100 10 710
76 921 105 261 24 3 71 4 569
72 180 96 427 25 5 72 5 527
68 448 90 653 19 3 80 30 544
981-1990/91; SIC 1992 for 1991/92 - 2000/01; SIC 2007 for 2001/02 onwards.
ndustry reported under offshore installations safety legislation.
d Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1985.
Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995.
on (SIC) (1)
Unclassified All industries
6 1 029
1 1 169
9 1 503
5 1 865
27 2 077
48 1 832
45 2 136
88 2 531
145 2 869
194 2 394
- 2 282
- 984
- 849
- 732
- 715
on - SIC (1)
Service All Industries
industries
204 917
203 951
247 1 114
250 1 143
271 1 223
267 1 146
275 1 121
260 931
277 911
313 989