Health and Safety
Executive
Health and Safety Statistics and
the SME perspective
November 2013
Health and Safety
Executive
Whole economy
overview
Fatal injuries in the workplace
Self-employed
Employee
Worker fatal injury rate
1.2
250
1
200
0.8
150
0.6
100
0.4
50
0.2
0
Rate of fatal injury
(per 100 000 workers)
300
1.4
0
93
/9
4
94
/9
5
95
/9
6
96
/9
7
97
/9
8
98
/9
9
99
/0
0
00
/0
1
01
/0
2
02
/0
3
03
/0
4
04
/0
5
05
/0
6
06
/0
7
07
/0
8
08
/0
9
09
/1
0
10
/1
1
11
/1
12 2
/1
3p
Number of fatal injuries to workers
350
•Fatalities to workers reduced slightly in 2012/13
(148 compared with 171 in 2011/12)
• Evidence of a levelling off in downward trend over past 5 years
Self-reported injuries (LFS)
Note: average sampling variability +/- 6% on the total
1000
Cases (thousands)
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
Over 7 days
Between 4 and 7 days
Less than 4 days
Underlying trend in RIDDOR data
•Change to Over-7-Day reporting from Over-3-Day reduced reports by
approximately 30% (no suggestion that the change affected major
injury reporting)
• Modelling suggests the underlying trend is still downwards for the
whole economy series
New cases of work-related ill health
2011/12
Note: average sampling variability +/- 7% on the total
700
New cases (thousands)
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
Musculoskeletal disorders
Other illnesses
2007/08
2008/09
2009/10
2010/11
Stress, depression or anxiety
3 year average
2011/12
Days lost from work-related injury or
illness
Note: average sampling variab ility +/- 9% on the total
45
40
Days lost (millions)
35
30
25
20
No ill
health
data
collected
15
10
5
0
2000-02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
Due to workplace injury
•
Due to work-related illness
5.2 million working days were lost in 2012/13 due to injury – on
average 8.1 days per injury
Cost to society of H&S failings
2006/07-2011/12 (2011 prices)
Note: average sampling variab ility +/-8% on the total
Injury
18
Illness
16
14
£ (billions)
12
10
No ill
health
data
collected
8
6
4
2
0
2006/07
2007/08
2008/09
2009/10
2010/11
2011/12
•Workplace injuries and ill health (excluding cancer) cost society an
estimated £13.8bn in 2010/11 (2011 prices)
SME statistics – some challenges
•
RIDDOR suffers from substantial underreporting,
and this is a particular issue for injuries in SMEs
and the self-employed. Workplace size field is also
poorly recorded
•
Reliance on survey data to give a fair comparison
 BUT small sample sizes often prevent detailed
exploration
Work-related ill health
2011/12
4500
4000
Rate per 100 000 workers
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
Small (less than 50 employees)
Medium (50-249 employees)
New cases of WR ill health
Large (250+ employees)
Total WR ill health
Rates of work-related MSD
2011/12
2000
1800
Rate per 100 000 workers
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
Small (less than 50 employees)
Medium (50-249 employees)
New cases of MSDs
•
Large (250+ employees)
Total cases of MSDs
No difference in levels of musculoskeletal disorders by organisation
size
Rates of work-related stress
2011/12
2200
2000
Rate per 100 000 workers
1800
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
Small (less than 50 employees)
Medium (50-249 employees)
New cases of stress, depression or anxiety
•
Large (250+ employees)
Total cases of stress, depression or anxiety
Total cases of work-related stress, depression or anxiety are higher in
large organisations than in SMEs
Rate of injury (over 3 day absence)
3 year average – 2010/11-2012/13
1200
Rate per 100 000 workers
1000
800
600
400
200
0
Small (less than 50 employees)
•
Medium (50-249 employees)
Large (250+ employees)
Medium sized organisations have higher injury rates than either small
or large – but all have shown a decrease in injury levels over time
Injury and ill health rates for SMEs by
industry sector
5 year average rates
Injury rate per 100,000 workers
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
Ill-health rate per 100,000 workers
Agriculture
Manufacturing
Construction
Wholesale and retail trade
Accommodation and food services
Transportation and storage
Information, financial activities, real estate
Public administration
Education
Human health and social work
Other service activities
How is H&S managed in practice at the
workplace
•
Effective health and safety management
practices in the workplace fundamental to
securing improvement in health and
safety outcomes.
•
2009 pan-European survey showed
workplaces generally take coherent,
systems-based approach to occupational
health and safety management.
– However, level of preventive action varies
according to a number of factors, most
importantly workplace size.
How is H&S managed in practice at the
workplace
•
Plans underway for repeating 2009
European survey next year;
•
HSE is hoping to collaborate with EUOSHA to increase the value of the UK
results
•
Will provide a wealth of data on how
management practices vary by industry
sector and workplace size;
•
Will update the group with developments
at next meeting
Summary
•
Overall improvements in health and safety
outcomes over past decade
•
Lower ill health rates in SMEs
– Difference is stress – higher levels in large organisations
•
Some inconsistency in injury rates but all
organisation sizes have improved over time
•
SMEs less likely to have coherent systemsbased approach to health and safety
management
HSE User Engagement Conference
•
•
21st January 2014 at Redgrave Court in Liverpool
Opportunity for our data users to feed back their own
experiences of using HSE’s statistics
• Topics to be covered include:
 Hints and tips for benchmarking data
 Top frustrations with the statistics – what are they, why do
they exist and what are we doing about it?
 Ongoing research including a look at the Harm Index, analysis
of occupation groups and research into shift-work
•
Attendance is free – contact eileen.morris@hse.gsi.gov.uk to
express an interest and find out more information.
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