Health, Safety and Environment Report 2020

Safety

Personal Safety

Type of Injury

Contusion, 11 Dislocation, 4 Laceration, 9 Other Known Injury, 8 Superficial Injury, 5 Amputation, 4

Figure 6: Reportable Injuries

Total reportable injuries decreased in 2019, from 106 the previous year to 98 Over-seven-day injuries decreased, down from 87 in 2018 to 73 in 2019

The most common injury type was a fracture, followed by strains and sprains

900

250

*

Over-Three-Day/Over-Seven-Day Injuries Major / Specified Injury Over-Three/Over-Seven-Day Injury Rate Specified Injury Rate Non-Fatal Injuries 3 Year Average Rate

800

200

700

Strain / Sprain, 21

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600

The three-year non-fatal injury rate, which measures the rate continued its downward trend, reaching a new low of 327 per 100,000 workers The most common causes of injury are still slips, trips and falls

150

500

Bone fracture, 36

400

Cause of Injury

100

Number of Injuries

Low fall (up to & inc. 2m), 6 Contact with machinery, 5 Exposure to harmful substance, 2 Fall (height not known), 2

300

200

50

100

Struck by object, 8 Struck against, 13

A smaller increase was seen in significant

0

-

Lifting and handling injuries, 21

2016

2017

2018

2019

2013

2014

2015

2012/13

2011/12

2010/11

2009/10

2008/09

2007/08

2006/07

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

Source: Health and Safety Executive, 2020; Vantage POB

*Period of reporting changed from fiscal to calendar year

Another kind of accident, 15

injuries, up from

19 to

25

Slip, trip, fall same level, 26

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