Industrial Accidents

(asked on 23rd October 2020) - View Source

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.


Answered by
Mims Davies Portrait
Mims Davies
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 2nd November 2020

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

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