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3.2 Health and Safety Executive Statistics (Personal Injuries) The UK offshore oil and gas industry is a major hazard industry. However, in comparison with other comparatively lower hazard UK industry sectors, it has a low personal injury rate and performs better than average. The charts below are based on data provided by the HSE and the data sets are drawn from RIDDOR reports. The data are therefore considered to be reliable and verifiable.

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Figure 6: The Three-Year Average (2010 to 2013) Non-Fatal Injury Rate by UK Industry Sector per 100,000 Workers

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Transport/Storage

1,200

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Construction

1,200

Manufacturing

1,020

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Health/Social Work

940

Wholesale/Retail

680

Public Admin

550

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Education

470

Offshore Oil & Gas

450

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Finance/Business

260

All Industries

690

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1,400

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