INJURIES, FATALITIES AND ILL-HEALTH IN TRANSPORT
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• More than four transport workers a year die falling from a height. These are among the most common fatal injuries in industry the others are being struck by a moving vehicle and being struck by a moving/falling object.
• An average of 910 transport workers a year have suffered from over-threeday injuries between 2002-2008. Construction had an average of 702. In 2008/9 transport had the highest rate of any industry group.
• The government-backed Labour Force Survey shows an estimated 2.5 million working days were lost in transport because of workplace injury and ill-health, • Non-fatal reportable injuries in transport at 1,500 per 100,000 workers in 2007/8 (three-year average) was significantly higher than the average across all industries, according to LFS.
• Unsafe loads injure more than 1,200 people a year and cost businesses millions of pounds in damaged goods.
• Overall, deaths and injuries in Britain's workplaces have declined over the past five years. Comparisons with other EU countries can be viewed at: www.hse.gov.uk.statistics/european/fatal.htm