Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many serious workplace accidents have been reported to the Health and Safety Executive in each year since 2015 under the 2013 Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations; and in which industries those accidents took place.
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR) places duties on employers, the self-employed and people in control of work premises (the Responsible Person) to report certain workplace injuries, occupational diseases and specified dangerous occurrences (near misses)
The tables below show the number of serious workplace injuries (fatal/non-fatal) which have been reported under RIDDOR since 2015 in the main industry sectors.
Table 1: Fatal injuries to workers (i.e. employees and the self-employed; excluding railways) | ||||||
Main industry | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20p |
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 32 | 27 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 20 |
Mining and Quarrying | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Manufacturing | 18 | 28 | 18 | 15 | 26 | 15 |
Gas, electricity & water supply; sewerage, waste & recycling | 6 | 8 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 6 |
Construction | 35 | 47 | 31 | 37 | 31 | 40 |
Services | 48 | 35 | 37 | 41 | 51 | 26 |
All industries | 140 | 147 | 135 | 139 | 147 | 107 |
Table 2: Fatal injuries to non-workers (e.g. members of the public; excluding railways) | ||||||
Main industry | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20p |
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
Manufacturing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gas, electricity & water supply; sewerage, waste & recycling | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Construction | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
Services | 86 | 71 | 41 | 36 | 45 | 43 |
All industries | 102 | 75 | 49 | 51 | 60 | 51 |
Table 3: non-fatal ‘specified’ injuries to workers (excluding railways) | |||||
Main industry | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19p |
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 435 | 417 | 395 | 408 | 384 |
Mining and Quarrying | 77 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 67 |
Manufacturing | 2956 | 2851 | 2807 | 2793 | 2821 |
Gas, electricity & water supply; sewerage, waste & recycling | 675 | 679 | 623 | 658 | 645 |
Construction | 2481 | 2542 | 2606 | 2510 | 2424 |
Services | 12478 | 12505 | 12085 | 12944 | 12357 |
All industries | 19102 | 19065 | 18585 | 19375 | 18698 |