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Health and Safety StatisticsAt a glance
2014/15
Health and Safety Executive
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Health and Safety Statistics 2014/15 - At a glance
OVERVIEW WORK-RELATED ILL HEALTH WORKPLACE INJURY COSTS RESOURCES
What data do we have about workplace health and safetyin Great Britain?
Overview
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
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Find out more about injuries
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SafetyNumber of people injured and rates of injury at work
for different groups of workers
Number of dangerous occurrence 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
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Key facts2
Health and Safety Statistics 2014/15 - At a glance
OVERVIEW WORK-RELATED ILL HEALTH WORKPLACE INJURY COSTS RESOURCES
Health and safety compared
Musculoskeletal Stress Other illness InjuryChronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseOther illness Injury Cancer
Self-reported health and safetyincidents (1.1 million cases)
Working days lost due to health and safety incidents (27.3 million days)
Work-related deaths by cause(around 13,000 deaths)
Note: includes diseases where sufficient data to reliably count or estimate current mortality
■ Ill health accounts for 46% of the health and safety incidents, 85% of the related sickness absence and around 99% of the work-related deaths each year
Note: Includes long standing ill health cases
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Health and Safety Statistics 2014/15 - At a glance
OVERVIEW WORK-RELATED ILL HEALTH WORKPLACE INJURY COSTS RESOURCES
Work-related ill health TYPES
Types of work-related ill health
Work-related
Asthma
Cancers
Work-related
Stress Work-related
Musculoskeletaldisorders
Other
Respiratorydisease, eg COPD
Work-related
Skindisease
Work-related
Hearingloss
Vibration-related disease
Work-related
disease, eg COPD
disease loss
re
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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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Health and Safety Statistics 2014/15 - At a glance
OVERVIEW WORK-RELATED ILL HEALTH WORKPLACE INJURY COSTS RESOURCES
Work-related STRESS
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High ratesin large
workplaces(>250 employees)
9.9 millionworkingdays lost
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High ratesin health and social care
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Higherrates for
women than men
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New cases:234,000
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High ratesin human health and
social care, education andpublic administration
industries
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High ratesfor workers
aged35 to 54
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Health and Safety Statistics 2014/15 - At a glance
OVERVIEW WORK-RELATED ILL HEALTH WORKPLACE INJURY COSTS RESOURCES
Work-related MUSCULOSKELETAL disorders
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High rates inagriculture, postal and
courier activities,construction and health
care industries
High rates inbuilding trades, nurses,
personal care andskilled agriculture
occupations
High ratesfor workersaged over
45
Manual handlingis the main work activity
causing backdisorders
9.5 millionworkingdays lost
New cases:169,000
Total cases:553,000
Approximately40% of disorders affect
the back, and 40% affectthe upper limbs
Work-relatedMusculoskeletaldisorders?
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Health and Safety Statistics 2014/15 - At a glance
OVERVIEW WORK-RELATED ILL HEALTH WORKPLACE INJURY COSTS RESOURCES
Work-related CANCER
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Primary source of data for work-relatedcancer Cancer Burden Study
Most new cases arelung cancer,
breast cancer orskin cancer
Over 5,500 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
8,000 deaths and13,500 new cases
estimatedper year
The leadingcause of death is
occupational exposureto asbestos
Work-relatedCancer
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Health and Safety Statistics 2014/15 - At a glance
OVERVIEW WORK-RELATED ILL HEALTH WORKPLACE INJURY COSTS RESOURCES
Work-related ASBESTOS disease
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About as many lungcancer deaths from asbestosexposure as mesotheliomas
each year
2,538 mesotheliomadeaths in 2013:2,123 in men,415 in women
Around 2,500mesothelioma deathsper year projected for
the rest of thisdecade
Over 200 deaths caused
by asbestosis in2013
Diseases take manyyears to develop
following exposureto asbestos
Around 5,000deaths in total peryear currently, and
still increasing
Current deaths area result of past exposures,
particularly in building-related jobs
Asbestos-related disease?
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Health and Safety Statistics 2014/15 - At a glance
OVERVIEW WORK-RELATED ILL HEALTH WORKPLACE INJURY COSTS RESOURCES
Work-related RESPIRATORY disease
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132 occupationalasthma cases seen
by consultantsin 2013
About 30,000 peoplewho worked in the last yearreport they currently havebreathing/lung problemscaused or made worse
by work
No significantchanges in annual new cases
of occupational asthmaover the last
5 years
Includes asthma,COPD, pneumoconiosisand silicosis - diseases
that can be fatalDiseases like COPD
can take many years todevelop after workplace
exposures
About 4,000 COPDdeaths each year due topast exposure to gases,dusts and fumes at work
Work-relatedRespiratorydisease?
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Health and Safety Statistics 2014/15 - At a glance
OVERVIEW WORK-RELATED ILL HEALTH WORKPLACE INJURY COSTS RESOURCES
Work-related SKIN disease
A reduction innew dermatitis cases
in the latest2 years
Over 1,050 occupational dermatitis
cases seen by dermatologists in 2014
Working with wethands and soaps/cleansing agents 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
Florists, hairdressers, cooks and
beauticians have high ratesof dermatitis
Work-relatedSkin disease?
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Find out more about skin disease controls
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Health and Safety Statistics 2014/15 - At a glance
OVERVIEW WORK-RELATED ILL HEALTH WORKPLACE INJURY COSTS RESOURCES
Work-related HEARING loss
Highest rates ofNIHL occur in energy and
extraction, construction andmanufacturing industries
Disease occurspredominantly
in men
Annually,around 15,000workers have
a NIHL
About 130 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,
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Health and Safety Statistics 2014/15 - At a glance
OVERVIEW WORK-RELATED ILL HEALTH WORKPLACE INJURY COSTS RESOURCES
Work-related HAND-ARM VIBRATION disorders
Extractive,construction and
manufacturing industriesare most at risk
Disease occurspredominantly
in men
New claims for bothvibration white finger andcarpal tunnel syndrome
have been declining over the past decade
Around 16,000 claims over last 12 years
for Industrial InjuriesDisablement Benefit
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
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Health and Safety Statistics 2014/15 - At a glance
OVERVIEW WORK-RELATED ILL HEALTH WORKPLACE INJURY COSTS RESOURCES
Injury severity triangle2014/15(not drawn to scale)
Fatal injury
142Specified injury reported by employers*
19,000All injuries to workers reported by employers*
78,000Self-reported injury leading to over-7-day absence
152,000Self-reported injury leading to over-3-day absence
198,000Self-reported injury at work
611,000* RIDDOR reporting requirements have changed in recent years (move to over-7-day absences from April 2012 and specified injuries from October 2013)
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OVERVIEW WORK-RELATED ILL HEALTH WORKPLACE INJURY COSTS RESOURCES
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High ratesin manual
occupations
Most frequent causesof injury are manual
handling, slips and tripsand falls from height
High rates insewerage and waste supply, agriculture,
construction andtransport
78,000 non-fatalinjuries to workers
reported byemployers
Higher ratesfor menthan forwomen
Estimated 152,000self-reported
over-7-day injuries
Higher ratesfor less
experiencedworkers
Workplaceinjury?
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Find out more about controls: slips and trips falls from height manual handling
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Health and Safety Statistics 2014/15 - At a glance
OVERVIEW WORK-RELATED ILL HEALTH WORKPLACE INJURY COSTS RESOURCES
Find out more about costs to Britain
Largest single costis non-financial valuegiven to the impact on
quality and lossof life
Costs have fallenwith signs of
levelling off in recent years
Borne by individuals (around 60% of total)
employers and Government (around
20% each)
Figuresexclude costs of
cancer - work is underwayto estimate these*
Total £14.3 billion peryear resulting from current or
recent working conditions (2013/14 estimate in
2013 prices)
Greater costs fromill health (around two thirds)
than from injuries(including fatalities)
EconomicCosts of injuries and ill health?
* HSE will be publishing a separate estimate of costs of work-related cancer towards the end of 2015
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Health and Safety Statistics 2014/15 - At a glance
OVERVIEW WORK-RELATED ILL HEALTH WORKPLACE INJURY COSTS RESOURCES
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HSE Chief Statistician: Alan SpenceContact: [email protected]
Last updated: October 2015Next update: October 2016
