At a glance guide to Health and Safety Statistics 2010/11

At a glance guide toHealth and Safety Statistics

2010/11

Health and Safety Executive

At a glance guide to Health and Safety Statistics www.hse.gov.uk

Overview1

OVERVIEW WORK-RELATED ILL HEALTH WORKPLACE INJURY COSTS RESOURCES

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

Ill health/diseaseEstimates of the number of people with an illness which is caused or made

worse by their workRates of work-related ill

health for different groups of workers (eg by industry

and occupation)Estimated deaths due to

work exposures

Find out more about work-related ill health

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Find out more about injuries

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SafetyNumber of people and rates of injury at work for different groups of

workersNumber of dangerous

occurence reports from employers

Other topicsCost to Britain of health

and safety failingsWorking days lost due to work-related ill health and

injuryEuropean comparisons

of health and safety indicators

EnforcementNumber of companies

prosecuted for breaches of health and safety

legislationNumber of enforcement notices served by health

and safety inspectors

http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/overall/hssh1011.pdf

http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics

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http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/tables/index.htm#enforcement

http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/a-z.htm


Overview2


Health and safety compared, 2010/11

Musculoskeletal Stress Other illness InjuryChronic Obstructive Pulmonary DisorderOther illness Injury Cancer

Self-reported health and safetyincidents (1.1 million cases)

Working days lost due to health and safety incidents (26.4 million days)

Work-related deaths by cause(over 12 000 deaths)

■ Ill health accounts for 45% of the health and safety incidents, 84% of the related sickness absence and over 99% of the work-related deaths each year

Note: Includes long standing ill health cases



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Types of work-related ill health

Work-related ill health TYPES

Workrelated

Asthma

Cancers

Work-related

Stress Work-related

Musculoskeletaldisorders

Other

Respiratorydisease, eg COPD

Work-related

Skindisease

Work-related

Hearingloss

Vibration-related disease

Work-related

Workrelated

disordersdd

disease, eg COPD

disease loss

re

D

related disease

Work-related

Asbestos-related disease

Common health conditionswhich can be caused or made worse by work

Long-latency conditionswhich can be caused by previous work activity and

where symptoms can appear many years after exposure



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What do we know about ...

Work-related STRESS

Find out more about Stress statistics

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Highest ratesin the largestworkplaces

(>250 employees)

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189 000

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Work-relatedStress?

Higherrates for middle aged

workers(ages 35 to 54)


http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causdis/stress/index.htm

http://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/index.htm


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Work-related MUSCULOSKELETAL disorders

Find out more about MSD statistics

Find out more about MSD controls

Highest rates inagriculture, construction

and postal and courier activities

Highest ratesin manualand skilled

occupations

Highest ratesfor workersaged over

45

Significantreduction in cases

over last10 years

7.6 millionworkingdays lost

2010/11 statisticsNew cases: 158 000Pre-existing cases:

351 000

Approximately40% of disorders affect

the back, and 40% affectthe upper limbs

Work-relatedMusculoskeletaldisorders?


http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causdis/musculoskeletal/index.htm

http://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/index.htm


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Work-related CANCER

Find out more about cancer statistics

Find out more about cancer controls

Primary source of data for occupationalcancer Cancer Burden Study

Most new cases arelung cancer,

breast cancer orskin cancer

Over 5000 casesestimated each year

from the constructionindustry

Other causes ofoccupational cancer are shiftwork, solar radiation, mineral

oils and silica

Three timesmore men than women die

from occupational cancer

The most common forms of cancer leading to death are lung cancer and

mesothelioma

8000 deaths and13 000 new cases

estimatedper year

The leadingcause of death is

occupational exposureto asbestos

OccupationalCancer


http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causdis/cancer/index.htm

http://www.hse.gov.uk/cancer/index.htm

http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr800.pdf


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Work-related ASBESTOSIS disease

Find out more about asbestos-related disease statistics Find out more about asbestos-related disease controls

About as many lungcancer deaths from asbestosexposure as mesotheliomas

each year

2321 mesotheliomadeaths in 2009:

1933 in men,388 in women

Annual male mesothelioma deaths could

peak as high as 2100in 2016

Over 400 deaths from

asbestosis in2009

Diseases take manyyears to develop

following exposureto asbestos

At least 4000deaths in total peryear currently, and

still increasing

Current deaths area result of past exposures,

particularly in building-related jobs

Asbestos-related disease?


http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causdis/asbestos/index.htm

http://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/index.htm


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Work-related RESPIRATORY disease

Find out more about respiratory disease statistics Find out more about respiratory disease controls

261 occupationalasthma cases seen by

consultants and occupationalphysicians in 2010

About 30 000 workersreport they currently havebreathing/lung problemscaused or made worse by

work

A reduction innew cases of occupational

asthma over the last10 years

Includes asthma,COPD, pneumoconiosisand silicosis - diseases

that can be fatal

Disease like COPDcan take many years todevelop after workplace

exposures

About7000 new cases

per year accordingto GPs

About 4000 COPDdeaths each year due topast exposure to gases,dusts and fumes at work

Work-relatedRespiratorydisease?


http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causdis/asthma/index.htm

http://www.hse.gov.uk/asthma/index.htm


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Work-related SKIN disease

A reduction innew dermatitis casesand all skin diseaseover last 10 years

Nearly 1500 dermatitiscases seen by dermatologists

and occupationalphysicians in 2010

Soaps/cleaners, wetwork, rubber, chemicals and

materials are the most common cause of

dermatitis

Most common typeis contact dermatitiscaused by allergens

or irritants

Severity of skin diseasevaries widely from minor

irritation to severe cases ofdermatitis, as well as skin

cancers

About 40 000new cases per year

according toGPs

Florists andhairdressers continue to

have high rates ofdermatitis

Work-relatedSkin disease?

Find out more about skin disease statistics

Find out more about skin disease controls


http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causdis/dermatitis/index.htm

http://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/index.htm


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Work-related HEARING loss

Highest rates ofNIHL occur in energy and

extraction, construction andmanufacturing industries

Disease occurspredominantly

in men

About20 000 new cases

estimated annually

About 200 new claimsare awarded IndustrialInjuries Disablement

Benefit every year

NIHL is a longlatency disease that is

difficult to estimateaccurately

Total number ofcases in Great Britain was

estimated at around 500 000in 1997/98

Find out more about NIHL statistics

Find out more about control of noise risks

noise inducedHearing loss (NIHL)?

Work-related,


http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causdis/deafness/index.htm

http://www.hse.gov.uk/noise/index.htm


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HAND_ARM VIBRATION disorders

Foundry workers,construction and

manufacturing mostat risk

Disease occurspredominantly

in men

New cases of bothvibration white finger andcarpal tunnel syndrome

have been declining over the past decade

Around 1500 newclaims for Industrial Injuries

Disablement Benefiteach year

Disease causedby use of

hand-held powertools

1998 study suggestedprevalence of HAVswas almost 300 000

cases

Find out more about HAVs statistics

Find out more about control of vibration risks

vibration disorders (HAVs)?

Hand-arm


http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causdis/vibration/index.htm

http://www.hse.gov.uk/vibration/index.htm


Workplace injury12


Fatal injury

171Major injury reported by employers

26 000Injury reported by employers

118 000Self-reported injury leading to over-3-day absence

200 000Self-reported injury at work

603 000

Injury severity triangle2010/11(not drawn to scale)



Workplace injury13



Highest ratesin manual

occupations

Most frequent causesof injury are manual

handling, slips and tripsand falls from height

Highest rates inagriculture,

construction andtransport

Strongdeclining

trend

Higher ratesfor menthan forwomen

Estimated 200 000over-3-day injuries,

118 000 injuries reported byemployers

Higher ratesfor less

experiencedworkers

Workplaceinjury?

Find out more about workplace injury statistics

Find out more about controls: slips and trips falls from height manual handling


http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causinj/index.htm

http://www.hse.gov.uk/falls/index.htm

http://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/index.htm

http://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/manualhandling.htm


Costs14


What do we know about ... Find out more about costs to Britain

Largest single costis non-financial value

given to pain, grief andsuffering

Costs fall onall sectors but highest

per worker in agricultureand construction

Borne by individuals (around 60% of total)

employers and Government (around

20% each)

Figuresexclude costs of

cancer: work is underwayto estimate these

Total £14 billionper year resulting from

current or recent workingconditions (2009/10

estimate)

Greater costs fromill health (around 60% oftotal) than from injuries

(including fatalities)

EconomicCosts of injuries and ill health?


http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/cost.htm


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