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Indicator: Work fatalities and injury rates; working days lost through illness C10
Major and fatal injury rates for workers [1]: 1986-7 to 2002-3  
Indicator Chart
Note: [1] Definitions of major and fatal injury were changed in 1996-7, and data for earlier years are not directly comparable.
Change since
dots 1970
tick 1990
curvey 1998-9

Coverage: Great Britain

Source: HSE

Estimated prevalence rates of self-reported illness caused or made worse by work, by type of illness, for people working in the last 12 months: 1990, 1995, 1998-9 and 2001-2  
Indicator Chart
Note: Bone, joint or muscle problems are referred to as musculoskeletal disorders.

Coverage: England and Wales

Source: HSE

 
Objective: Maintain a safe and healthy environment for workers
  • Fatal injury rates have declined by approximately 20 per cent since 1998-9, from 1.0 per 100,000 workers to 0.8 per 100,000 workers in 2002-3.
  • Major injury rates have shown a slight increase in recent years - from 108.3 per 100,000 workers in 1998-9 to 113.0 in 2002-3.
  • The overall rate of self-reported work-related all illness prevalence has fallen from 5,900 per 100,000 workers in 1990 to 5,000 in 2001-2.

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