Health & Safety Stats 2007/08

[brothermagrew]

One that may or may not interest all CWU health and safety reps.

Key facts for 2007/08 are:
Ill health
2.1 million people were suffering from an illness (long-standing as
well as new cases) they believed was caused or made worse by
their current or past work.

1.3 million of these cases were suffered by people working during
the year, of which 563 000 were new cases.

2056 people died of mesothelioma (2006), and thousands more
from other occupational cancers and lung diseases.

Injuries
229 workers were killed at work, a rate of 0.8 per 100 000 workers.

136 771 other injuries to employees were reported under RIDDOR,
a rate of 517.9 per 100 000 employees.

299 000 reportable injuries occurred, according to the Labour
Force Survey (LFS), a rate of 1000 per 100 000 workers.

Working days lost
34 million days were lost overall (1.4 days per worker), 28 million
due to work-related ill health and 6 million due to workplace injury.

Full report:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/overall/hssh0708.pdf

[DGP1]

It would be interesting to see how RM compare against the national statistics

[paul_skinback]

One that may or may not interest all CWU health and safety reps.

Key facts for 2007/08 are:
Ill health
2.1 million people were suffering from an illness (long-standing as
well as new cases) they believed was caused or made worse by
their current or past work.

1.3 million of these cases were suffered by people working during
the year, of which 563 000 were new cases.

2056 people died of mesothelioma (2006), and thousands more
from other occupational cancers and lung diseases.

Injuries
229 workers were killed at work, a rate of 0.8 per 100 000 workers.

136 771 other injuries to employees were reported under RIDDOR,
a rate of 517.9 per 100 000 employees.

299 000 reportable injuries occurred, according to the Labour
Force Survey (LFS), a rate of 1000 per 100 000 workers.

Working days lost
34 million days were lost overall (1.4 days per worker), 28 million
due to work-related ill health and 6 million due to workplace injury.

Full report:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/overall/hssh0708.pdf

Did i read that right that 229 workers died just going to work? My flabber is truly ghasted. This country is becoming bloody unreal