Agriculture continues to have the poorest safety record
Today the HSE published its report on Workplace fatal injuries in Great Britain 2018. The report can be found here:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/pdf/fatalinjuries.pdf
The report covers all industries in Great Britain and gives a headline figure for major industrial sectors in GB.
Points to note are:
- Increase in the total for GB – 144 this yr c.f. 137 in 2016/2017
- Worker deaths for agriculture are 29 this yr. c.f. 27 last yr (p 2 of the report)
- Agriculture continues to have the poorest safety record - measured by deaths per 100,000 employed
|
Sector |
Rate per 100,000 workers 2017/2018 |
Rate per 100,000 workers 2013 to 2018 |
|
Construction |
1.66 |
1.77 |
|
Agriculture |
8.44 |
8.20 |
|
Manufacturing |
0.52 |
0.65 |
|
Transport |
0.96 |
0.91 |
|
Waste & recycling |
10.26 |
7.22 |
|
Coms, business services |
0.16 |
0.14 |
|
All industry |
0.45 |
0.45 |
- GB wide (not just agriculture) falls from height and transport are the biggest cause of death (p6)
- For agriculture there were 9 cattle related deaths last yr c.f. 2 in 2016/17
- 44% of fatal injuries in agriculture were to self-employed farmers/workers (p8)