England

Statistics of occupational ill health, safety and enforcement

• In 2008/09, an estimated 1.0 million people in England, who worked in  the last year, believed they were suffering from a work-related illness, according to the Labour Force Survey (LFS). This equates to a prevalence rate of 3900 per 100 000 people (3.9%) working in the last 12 months.
• The incidence rate of reportable non-fatal injury in England was 970 per 100 000 workers (0.97%) in 2007/08 (three-year average), based on results from the LFS.
• In 2008/09, the LFS showed that an estimated 24.8 million working days (full-day equivalent) were lost in England due to workplace injury and work-related ill health.
• In 2008/09(p), 147 workers were fatally injured at work, compared with 180 workers in 2007/08. The number of major injuries to employees recorded in England fell from 23 466 in 2007/08 to 23 095 in 2008/09.
• In England, 903 offences were prosecuted by HSE, and 302 offences were prosecuted by local authorities in 2008/09.