AIAC: 21 June 2010 Fatal Injury Statistics Update Graeme Walker

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AIAC: 21 June 2010
Fatal Injury Statistics Update
Graeme Walker
Head of Agriculture & Food Sector
FATAL INJURIES IN FARMING, FORESTRY AND
HORTICULTURE FROM 1 APRIL 2004 UNTIL
31 DECEMBER 2009 (provisional)
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
2008/09(p)
2009/10(p)
Employed
Self Employed
Non-employed
16
26
3
11
23
8
14
22
7
22
24
2
10
16
5
12
19
7
Total Adults
Total Children (<16)
45
0
39
3
39
4
48
0
31
0
34
4
Total (SIC92, A & B)
45
42
43
48
31
38
Fatal injuries by cause, 2008/2009
Hit something fixed or Explosion, 1, 3%
stationary, 1, 3%
Injured by an animal, 3,
10%
Transport - overturning
vehicles or struck by
moving vehicle, 7, 23%
Contact with harmful
substance, 1, 3%
Collapse, 2, 7%
Slip/Trip, 1, 3%
Struck by moving, falling
or flying object, 5, 17%
Falls, 1, 3%
Machinery, 8, 28%
Fatal injuries by cause - percentage in 2008/2009 vs 10
years (1998/1999 to 2007/2008)
7
Machinery
28
18
Falls
3
10
Asphyxiation or drowning
0
9
Injured by an animal
10
6
Trapped by something collapsing
7
1
Hit something fixed or stationary
3
26
Transport
23
16
Struck by object
17
7
Other Categories
9
0
5
10
15
Percentage
2008/2009
1998/1999 to 2007/2008
20
25
30
Fatal injuries by employment status
(incidence rates) 1986/87 to 2009/10 (p)
Fatal causation each month
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Count of HSE_INCIDENT_DATE
60
50
40
30
20
KIND
ANIMAL
COLLAPSE
CONTACT WITH ELECTRICITY
DROWNING OR ASPHYXIATION
ELECTROCUTION
EXPLOSION
FALL
HARMFUL SUBSTANCE
HIT SOMETHING FIXED OR STATIONARY
MACHINERY
Slip/trip
STRUCK BY
TRANSPORT
MONTH
DECEMBER
NOVEMBER
OCTOBER
SEPTEMBER
AUGUST
JULY
JUNE
MAY
APRIL
MARCH
FEBRUARY
0
JANUARY
10
Main cause of fatal each month
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Count of HSE_INCIDENT_DATE
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
KIND
ANIMAL
COLLAPSE
CONTACT WITH ELECTRICITY
DROWNING OR ASPHYXIATION
ELECTROCUTION
EXPLOSION
FALL
HARMFUL SUBSTANCE
HIT SOMETHING FIXED OR STATIONARY
MACHINERY
Slip/trip
STRUCK BY
TRANSPORT
MONTH
DECEMBER
NOVEMBER
OCTOBER
SEPTEMBER
AUGUST
JULY
JUNE
MAY
APRIL
MARCH
FEBRUARY
0
JANUARY
2