Summary of Workplace Injury, Illness and Fatality Statistics 2007-2008

Contents
1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1 Overview of the Summary of Statistics 2007-2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2 Sectoral Classifications (NACE Revision 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Figure 1.1: Comparison of NACE Rev.1 and NACE Rev.2 classification . . . . . . . . . 6
1.3 Sources of Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Figure 1.2: Injuries reported to the HSA by economic sector 2008 (HSA) . . . . . . 7
1.4 Technical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2. NON-FATAL INJURY & ILLNESS STATISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.1 General Injury and Illness Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Figure 2.1: Numbers employed in each economic sector
2001–2008 (Data based on CSO Statistical Release April 2009) . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Figure 2.2: Number and rate of people suffering injury
and illness 2003–2007 (CSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Figure 2.3: Rate of injury and illness causing 4+ days’ lost 2003–2007 (CSO) . . . . 12
Figure 2.4: Rate of 4+ day injuries by
economic sector 2003-2007 (CSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Figure 2.5: Rate of 4+ day injuries by economic
sector 2007 (CSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Figure 2.6: Rate of 4+ day injuries in Construction compared
to all sectors 2003-2007 (CSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Figure 2.7: Rate of 4+ day illnesses by economic
sector 2003-2007 (CSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Figure 2.8: Rate of 4+ day illnesses by economic
sector 2007 (CSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Figure 2.9: Number of Occupational Injury Benefit claims
allowed 1992-2008 (DSFA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Figure 2.10: Rate of 4+ day injuries in the EU 2006 (Eurostat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.2 Victim Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Figure 2.11: Rate of injury/illness by economic sector
and gender 2007 (CSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Figure 2.12: Rate of total injury (any days lost) by gender 2003-2007 (CSO) . . . 17
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