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At a glanceguide toHealth and Safety Statisticsin Great Britain

2012/13

Health and Safety

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OVERVIEW WORKPLACE INJURY WORK-RELATED ILL HEALTH COSTS RESOURCES

At a glance guide toHealth and SafetyStatistics

What data do we have about workplace health and safetyin Great Britain?

Overview

Ill health/disease

Estimates of the numberof people with an illnesswhich is caused or made

worse by their workRates of work-related ill

health for different groupsof workers (eg by industry

and occupation)

Estimated deaths due towork exposures

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Find out moreabout injuries

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Enforcement statistics

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Statistics website topic list

Safety

Number of people andrates of injury at workfor different groups of

workersNumber of dangerous

occurence reports fromemployers

Other topics

Cost to Britain of health

and safety failings

Working days lost due towork-related ill health and

injury

European comparisonsof health and safety

indicators

Enforcement

Number of companiesprosecuted for breaches

of health and safety

legislationNumber of enforcementnotices served by health

and safety inspectors
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Key facts2


At a glance guide toHealth and SafetyStatistics

Health and safety compared

Musculoskeletal Stress Other illness Injury

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder

Other illness Injury Cancer

Self-reported health and safety

incidents (1.0 million cases)*

Working days lost due to health and

safety incidents (27.0 million days)*

Work-related deaths by cause

(over 12 000 deaths)

Ill health accounts for 43% of the health and safety incidents, 84% of the related sicknessabsence and over 99% of the work-related deaths each year

Note: Includes long standing ill health cases

*This data refers to 2011/12 no Labour Force Survey data for ill health is available for 2012/13.
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Workplace injury3

At a glance guide to Health and SafetyStatistics


Injury severity triangle2012/13(not drawn to scale)

Fatal injury

148Major injury reported by employers

21 000All injuries to workers reported by employers*

80 000Self-reported injury leading to over-7-day absence

175 000Self-reported injury leading to over-3-day absence

231 000Self-reported injury at work

646 000 * From April 2012 RIDDOR reporting requirements moved toover-7-day absences from work
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Workplace injury4



What do we know about ...

Highest rates

in manual

occupations

Most frequent causes

of injury are manual

handling, slips and trips

and falls from height

Highest rates in

agriculture,construction and

transport

Strong

declining

trend

Higher rates

for menthan for

women

Estimated 175 000

over-7-day injuries,

80 000 non-fatal injuries

reported by employers

Higher rates

for less

experienced

workers

Workplaceinjury?

Find out more aboutworkplace injury statistics

Find out more about controls:slips and trips

falls from height

manual handling
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Work-related ill health TYPES

Types of work-related ill health

Work-related

Asthma

Cancers

Work-related

Stress Work-relatedMusculoskeletaldisorders

Other

Respiratorydisease, eg COPD

Work-related

Skindisease

Work-related

Hearingloss

Vibration-related disease

or -re a e

or -a e

sor ers

sease, eg

isease oss

a e sease

or -re ate

Asbestos-related disease

Common healthconditionswhich can be caused or made worse by work

Long-latencyconditionswhich can be caused by previous work activity and

where symptoms can appear many years after exposure
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Work-related STRESS

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Highest rates

in the largest

workplaces

(>250 employees)

Hig trate

in r e t

r a

ce

s

e l

y es)

10.4 million

working

days lost

10.4 ili n

r i

st

Highest rates

in managerial andprofessional

occupations

Hig strate

s

in m

n ri l d

i na

ti s

Higher

rates for

women than

men

i er

f

nt a

n

n

2011/12 statistics

new cases: 221 000

Pre-existing cases

207 000

011/ at sti s

ew :221 00

re c

a es

0

Highest rates

in public administration,

health and social care

and education

Hig trate

ubli i

nis ration,

ci lcare

c i n

Work-related

Stress?

Higher

rates for middle agedworkers

(ages 35 to 54)
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Work-related MUSCULOSKELETAL disorders

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Highest rates in

agriculture, construction

and postal and

courier activities

Highest rates

in manual

and skilled

occupations

Highest rates

for workersaged over

45

Significant

reduction in cases

over last

10 years

7.5 million

workingdays lost

2011/12 statistics

New cases: 141 000

Pre-existing cases:

297 000

Approximately

40% of disorders affect

the back, and 40% affect

the upper limbs

Work-relatedMusculoskeletaldisorders?
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Work-related CANCER

Find out more aboutcancer statistics

Find out more aboutcancer controls

Primary source of data for occupational

cancerCancer Burden Study

Most new cases are

lung cancer,

breast cancer or

skin cancer

Over 5000 cases

estimated each year

from the construction

industry

Other causes of

occupational cancer are shiftwork, solar radiation, mineral

oils and silica

Three times

more men than women die

from occupational

cancer

The most common

forms of cancer leading todeath are lung cancer and

mesothelioma

8000 deaths and

13 500 new cases

estimated

per year

The leading

cause of death is

occupational exposure

to asbestos

Occupational

Cancer
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Work-related ASBESTOS disease

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statistics

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controls

About as many lung

cancer deaths from asbestos

exposure as mesotheliomas

each year

2291 mesothelioma

deaths in 2011:

1931 in men,

360 in women

Annual

mesothelioma deaths areexpected to peak towards

the end of this decade

Over

400 deaths from

asbestosis in

2011

Diseases take many

years to developfollowing exposure

to asbestos

At least 4500

deaths in total per

year currently, and

still increasing

Current deaths are

a result of past exposures,

particularly in building-

related jobs

Asbestos-relateddisease?
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Work-related RESPIRATORY disease

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statisticsFind out more aboutrespiratory disease

controls

179 occupational

asthma cases seen by

consultants and occupational

physicians in 2012

About 35 000 workers

report they currently have

breathing/lung problems

caused or made worse by

work

A reduction in

new cases of occupationalasthma over the last

10 years

Includes asthma,

COPD, pneumoconiosis

and silicosis - diseases

that can be fatal

Disease like COPD

can take many years todevelop after workplace

exposures

About

8500 new cases

per year according

to GPs

About 4000 COPD

deaths each year due to

past exposure to gases,

dusts and fumes at work

Work-relatedRespiratorydisease?
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Work-related SKIN disease

A reduction in

new dermatitis cases

and all skin disease

over last 10 years

Over 1100

occupational dermatitis

cases seen by

dermatologists in 2011

Working with wet

hands and soaps/cleanersare the most common

cause of dermatitis

Most common type

is contact dermatitis

caused by allergens

or irritants

Severity of skin disease

varies widely from minorirritation to severe cases of

dermatitis, as well as skin

cancers

About 35 000

new cases per year

according to

GPs

Florists,

hairdressers, cooks and

beauticians have high rates

of dermatitis

Work-related

Skindisease?

Find out more aboutskin disease statistics

Find out more aboutskin disease controls
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Work-related HEARING loss

Highest rates of

NIHL occur in energy and

extraction, construction and

manufacturing industries

Disease occurs

predominantly

in men

About

20 000 casesestimated

annually

About 200 new claims

are awarded Industrial

Injuries Disablement

Benefit every year

NIHL is a long

latency disease that is

difficult to estimate

accurately

Total number of

cases in Great Britain was

estimated at around 500 000

in 1997/98

Find out more aboutNIHL statistics

Find out more aboutcontrol of noise risks

noise inducedHearingloss (NIHL)?

Work-related,
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Work-related HAND-ARM VIBRATION disorders

Foundry workers,

construction and

manufacturing most

at risk

Disease occurs

predominantly

in men

New cases of both

vibration white finger and

carpal tunnel syndrome

have been declining over

the past decade

Around 1200 new

claims for Industrial Injuries

Disablement Benefit

each year

Disease caused

by use of

hand-held power

tools

1998 study suggested

prevalence of HAVs

was almost 300 000

cases

Find out more aboutHAVs statistics

Find out more aboutcontrol of vibration risks

vibrationdisorders (HAVs)?

Hand-arm
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Find out more aboutcosts to Britain

Largest single cost

is non-financial value

given to pain, grief and

suffering

Costs have fallen in

recent years in line with

falls in illness and injury

numbers

Borne by individuals

(around 60% of total)employers and

Government (around

20% each)

Figures

exclude costs of

cancer - work is underway

to estimate these

Total 13.8 billion per

year resulting from current or

recent working conditions

(2010/11 estimate in 2011

prices)

Greater costs from

ill health (around 60%)

than from injuries

(including fatalities)

EconomicCosts of injuries

and ill health?
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