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2017 Port Industry Accident Statistics
2017
Port Industry Accident Statistics
Collated by Customised Mapping Ltd for
Port Skills and Safety
FULL REPORT
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Contents
2017 Findings ................................................................................................................... 3
Appendix 1 - Annual Incidence Rate (+3day) ..................................................................... 4
Appendix 2 - Annual Incidence Rate (+7day) ..................................................................... 6
Appendix 3 – Reportable injury rate by Employee Type (+7day) ........................................ 8
Appendix 4 – Organisations with zero Lost Time Injuries ................................................... 9
Appendix 5 - Long Term Trends (+3day) ......................................................................... 10
Appendix 6 - Lost Time Injury Frequency ......................................................................... 14
Appendix 7 - Accident Locations ...................................................................................... 20
Appendix 8 - Accident Categories .................................................................................... 23
Appendix 9 - Analysis by Month ....................................................................................... 27
Appendix 11 - Reportable diseases ................................................................................. 29
Index of figures ................................................................................................................ 31
Appendix 12 - Data collection .......................................................................................... 32
Notes ................................................................................................................. 34
Key
All
Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect and 3rd
parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
only Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
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2017 Findings
• Data coverage: estimated 93% of PSS member workforce. 14974 direct employees and
2393 indirectly employed (16907 direct employees in 2016 and an unknown number of
indirect employees). Responses from 59 member companies covering approx. 161 ports.
• 1 fatality (3rd party/indirectly employed) reported in 2017 (1 in 2016 and 4 in 2015)
• 40 Specified Injuries have been reported (40 in 2016 and 36 in 2015)
• 206 Over-3-Day injuries (258 in 2016 and 246 in 2015) of which 147 were Over-7-Day
injuries (compared with 188 in 2016 and 178 in 2015)
• 71 One-to-3-Day injuries (70 in 2016 and 103 in 2015)
• 318 total injuries in the report (370 in 2016 and 388 in 2015)
• 1 Industrial Disease case reported (1 in 2016 and 2 in 2015)
• 1 Case workplace stress reported (4 cases reported by 1 member in 2016)
• Accident Incidence Rate per 100 members of workforce 1.44 (1.77 in 2016 and 1.65 in
2015) down 15.9%.
• Accident Incidence Rate per 100 direct employees 1.33 (1.38 in 2016 and 1.34 in 2015)
up 7.5% (N.B this is affected by reclassification of some persons as indirect employees in
2017 from direct employees in 2016)
• Lost Time Injury Frequency RateA for Direct Employees 9.40 (9.13 in 2016 and 9.12 in
2015) up 2.9% (Adjusted for some members who do not yet report non-reportable LTI)B
• 63 Lost Time Injuries have been reported to indirectly employed persons and 3rd parties
(79 in 2016 and 71 in 2015).
• Lost Time Injury Rate per million hours worked by Operation Type - Provision of Cargo
Handling Personnel 16.6 (13.1 in 2016 and 24.7 in 2015); RoRo 15.8 (18.6 in 2016 and
15.8 in 2015); Container Operations 15.3 (16.8 in 2016 and 16.9 in 2015) produced the
highest lost time rates
• In previous years we have reported that the top 3 accident locations are, in order: Ships;
Quayside and Cargo Handling Equipment - accounting for 62% of all injuries reported in
2016. For 2017 the location data was split furtherC and now shows more specific locations.
The top 5 locations in 2017 which also have a similar frequency are: Berths/Quays,
Ships/Craft, Roadways, Open Storage areas and on Cargo Handling Equipment.
Container ships remain the most likely vessels on which to have an accident.
• The top 6 reportable accident categories for LTIs in order were: Slips Trips and Falls on
same level; Hit by a Moving, Flying, Falling Object, Driving Related incidents; Lifting,
Carrying and Handling; Hit Something Fixed or Stationary and Fall from Height. These
accounted for 90% of all accidents.
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All
Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Appendix 1 - Annual Incidence Rate (+3day)
• Incidence rate = 1.44 per 100 workforce 15.9% lower than 2016*
• Specified injuries = 40 same as 2016
• Over-3-Day injuries = 206 20.2% lower than 2016
• Direct employees = 197 reportable accidents 80.5% of reportable accidents
Figure 1: Incidence rates by year and type 2011 to 2015
All Direct
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 change 2017/16
2014 2015 2016 2017
Employees 16270 17283 17255 16907 17187 ---- 17283 17255 16907 14794
Fatal 1 0 4 1 1 ---- 0 2 1 0
Specified 30 44 36 40 40 ---- 23 18 23 20
Over-3-day 269 258 245 258 206 -20.2% 213 211 210 177
Total Reportable 300 302 285 299 247 -17.0% 236 231 234 197
Incidence/100 employees
1.84 1.75 1.65 1.77 1.44 -16.2%* 1.37 1.34 1.38 1.33
* Note: for 2017 we have included a count for indirectly employed numbers – this will reduce the
incidence rate compared to previous years but does not infer an improvement and care should be
taken when comparing
RIDDOR95
+3D All Direct
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All
Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Figure 2: Graph of reportable incidents in 2013 to 2017 (+3day)
1
40
206247
140
258299
436
245285
0
44
258
302
130
269300
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
Fatal Specified Over-3-day Total Reportable
2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
RIDDOR95
+3D All
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All
Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Appendix 2 - Annual Incidence Rate (+7day)
• Incident rate = 1.09 per 100 employees 1.35 in 2016
• Over-7-Day injuries = 147 188 in 2016
Figure 3: Incidence rates by year and type (+7day)
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Employees 18066 17526 16270 17283 17255 16907 17187
Fatal 1 2 1 0 4 1 1
Specified 33 17 30 44 36 40 40
Over-7-day 198Est 160Est 185 175 177 188 147
Total Reportable 232 179 216 219 217 229 188
Incidence/100 employees 1.28 1.02 1.33 1.27 1.26 1.35 1.09
RIDDOR13
+7D All
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All
Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Figure 4: Graph of reportable incidents 2013 to 2015 (+7day)
1
40
147
188
1
40
188
229
4
36
177
217
0
44
175
219
1
30
185
216
0
50
100
150
200
250
Fatal Specified Over-7-day Total Reportable
2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
RIDDOR13
+7D All
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All
Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Appendix 3 – Reportable injury rate by
Employee Type (+7day)
For the first time in 2014, injuries were separated into those occurring to Direct employees, Indirect
employees and 3rd Parties. Additionally, an estimate of total hours worked was recorded. As this
is a relatively new development, there are insufficient years’ data to establish a trend. What is clear
is that the substantial majority of lost time injuries that ports are aware of, are those happening to
their own employees.
Figure 4 Reportable Injury rates by employee type
Direct Indirect 3rd Party
2014 2015 2016 2017 2014 2015 2016 2017 2014 2015 2016 2017
Total no of employees covered
17283 17255 16907 14794 ---- ---- ---- 2393D ---- ---- ---- ----
Total Hours Worked (millions)
34.2 32.8 33.3 29.3 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Major/specified injuries
23 19 23 20 14 14 16 13 7 3 1 8
Over 7 day injuries 140 149 149 122 35 26 39 22 0 2 0 3
Reportable Incidence Rate per 100 employees
0.94 0.99 1.02 0.96 ---- ---- ---- ----
RIDDOR13
+7D Direct 3rd Party Indirect
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All
Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Appendix 4 – Organisations with zero Lost
Time Injuries
22 organisations declared zero Lost Time Injuries in 2017 a lower figure than previous years.
However, as this figure included one major employer, the percentage of the workforce working in
companies with zero LTI was 12.7% - higher than previously.
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All
Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Appendix 5 - Long Term Trends (+3day)
It is reasonable to compare incident rates through from 2000 to 2017 because of the relatively
similar collection process employed by PSS throughout the period. The Accident Incidence Rate
per 100 employees has fallen by 63% over the last 17 years, going from 3.9 to 1.44.
Figure 5: Incidence Rate (per 100 employees) by year
Incidence rate
2000
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
% c
hang
e
2000-2
01
7
Fatal and Major 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.19 0.25 0.21 0.24 0.24 -20%
Over-3-Day 3.6 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.3 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.2 -67%
Overall 3.9 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.4 1.8 1.7 1.65 1.77 1.44 -63.1
RIDDOR95
+3D All
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All
Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Figure 6: Graph of Incident Rate/100 employees by year
Figure 7: Absolute Incidence by year and type
Incidence
rate
2000
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
% c
hang
e
2000
to 2
01
7
Fatal 3 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 4 1 1 ------
Major 38 50 31 37 33 17 30 44 36 40 41 +8%
Over-3-Day 557 401 338 337 283 228 269 258 245 256 206 -63%
Overall 598 451 369 375 317 247 300 302 285 299 247 -59%
3.94.1
3.8
3.22.8
2.62.9
2.6 2.5
2.0 1.9 1.81.4
1.8 1.7 1.65 1.771.44
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Incidence rate/100 employees by year
Incidence rate/100 employees by year Linear (Incidence rate/100 employees by year)
RIDDOR95
+3D All
RIDDOR95
+3D All
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All
Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Figure 8: Incidence of Reportable Accidents 1993 – 2017
Year Incidence Rate No of Employees No of Accidents
1993 4.2 13283 553
1994 4.2 12234 508
1995 3.6 13339 474
1996 3.7 12425 456
1997 3.8 15529 591
1998 4.2 16078 671
1999 4.4 15444 678
2000 3.9 15375 598
2001 4.1 16469 679
2002 3.8 15140 569
2003 3.2 16709 540
2004 2.8 18855 522
2005 2.6 17744 463
2006 2.9 16003 459
2007 2.6 16614 434
2008 2.5 17775 451
2009 2.0 18,994 369
2010 1.9 19508 375
All
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All
Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Year Incidence Rate No of Employees No of Accidents
2011 1.8 18066 317
2012 1.4 17526 247
2013 1.8 16717 300
2014 1.75 17283 300
2015 1.65 17255 285
2016 1.77 16907 299
2017 1.44 17187 247
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All
Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Appendix 6 - Lost Time Injury Frequency
The HSE identify two formulas for injury rates: incidence and frequency.
• An INCIDENCE rate gives injuries per set number of employees, normally 100,000. In our
case we use ‘per 100 employees’ because of the relatively small population size.
• A FREQUENCY rate gives injuries per million hours worked; approximately the number of
hours an individual works in a 45 year working life, based on a 40-hour week.
Lost Time Injury FREQUENCY rate per million hours worked
Number of reportable injuries per year
x 1,000,000
Hours worked during year
Individual members can request a bespoke chart showing their data compared with the category average shown over the page.
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All
Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Figure 9: Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate for Direct Employees
(not all members could supply details of LTI less than 4 days, their data is excluded from this table)
All LTI (one day or more lost)
Direct Employees
2014 2015 2016 2017
Total no of employees covered 16761 16730 14271 14273
Total Hours Worked (million) 30.1 32.8 33.3 27.2
Fatal 0 2 1 0
Major/specified injuries 23 18 23 20
Over 7 day injuries 138 141 149 122
Over 3 but less than 8 day injuries 75 58 61 55
Other Lost Time Injuries (1 day +) 75 82 57 61
Total Lost Time Injuries 311 299 290 258
Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate 10.31 9.12 9.32 9.49
Direct
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All
Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Figure 10 Lost Time Injuries other employee type
All LTI (one day or more lost)
Indirectly Employed
3rd Party
2014 2015 2016 2017 2014 2015 2016 2017
Total no of employees covered n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Total Hours Worked (million) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Fatal 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Major/specified injuries 14 13 16 13 7 3 1 7
Over 7 day injuries 35 26 39 22 0 2 0 3
Over 3 but less than 8 day injuries 5 7 9 4 0 0 0 0
Other Lost Time Injuries (1 day +) 9 19 12 6 19 1 2 4
Total Lost Time Injuries 63 65 76 46 26 6 3 15
Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Indirect 3rd Party
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All
Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Figure 11 Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate by operation - Container, RoRo &
Passenger
Containers Ro/Ro Sto/Ro Ferry/Cruise /Passenger
2014 2015 2016 2017 2014 2015 2016 2017 2014 2015 2016 2017
Hrs worked (million)
9.0 8.7 8.6 7.7 1.0 0.9 1.8 1.6 1.9 4.9 5.9 4.7
Specified 9 4 8 5 3 1 4 12 1 1 2 0
+7 day 87 86 74 65 2 6 12 3 0 5 13 3
4-7 day 42 30 37 27 4 7 5 5 1 5 3 0
1-3 day 32 28 25 22 4 8 13 7 0 1 1 8
Total LTI 170 148 144 119 13 22 34 25 2 12 19 11
LTI Frequency Rate
18.9 16.9 16.8 15.3 13.3 24.7 18.6 15.8 1.0 2.5 3.3 2.3
Direct
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All
Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Figure 12 Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate by operation– Handling, Conservancy,
Other
Handling Services Conservancy/ Pilotage Other
2014 2015 2016 2017 2014 2015 2016 2017 2014 2015 2016 2017
Hrs worked (million)
1.0 0.9 0.8 0.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8 15.0 14.7 14.7 11.1
Specified 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 11 9 12
+7 day 2 6 3 3 2 0 4 5 40 35 47 36
4-7 day 4 7 2 0 1 1 2 4 24 9 14 17
1-3 day 4 8 5 6 7 1 6 3 29 30 13 17
Total LTI 13 22 10 9 10 2 12 12 102 85 83 82
LTI Frequency Rate
13.3 24.7 13.1 16.6 6.2 1.2 6.8 1.1 6.8 5.8 5.6 6.7
Direct
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All
Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Figure 13 Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate all operations 2014/17
Total
2014 2015 2016 2017
Hrs worked (million) 30.1 32.8 33.3 27.5
Specified 23 18 23 20
+7 day 138 141 149 122
4-7 day 75 58 61 55
1-3 day 75 82 57 61
Total LTI 311 299 290 258
LTI Frequency Rate 10.31 9.1 9.1 9.4
Direct
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All
Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Appendix 7 - Accident Locations
The top named locations for accidents are led by Berth/Quay (including open storage areas) 40%,
Ship and Craft 18% and Roadway 13%. Consistent with previous years, the significant majority of
all reportable accidents occurred in traditional port operational/cargo handling areas. Also
consistent with previous years, Container vessels are the most likely ship type on which to have an
accident.
Although it is important to protect employees and others in non-cargo areas the emphasis clearly
must remain on cargo handling areas.
Figure 14: % Lost Time Injury Locations from 2015 – 2017
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
22
35
1513
46
41
22
40
105 5
86
4
18
40
7 7 6
13
4 5
2015 Percentage 2016 Percentage 2017 Percentage
All
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Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Figure 15: Lost Time Injuries by Location in 2017
Total Fatality Specified + 7 day +3 to 7 1 to 3
Berth/Quay 91 1 7 45 16 22
Ship & Craft 57 8 22 13 14
Roadways 41 7 21 5 8
Open storage areas 35 7 14 9 5
Cargo handling equipment 22 1 16 1 4
Engineering works and stores 18 2 10 2 4
Marine (afloat) 16 0 8 4 4
Shed or Warehouse 12 5 2 2 3
Other locations 12 2 5 3 2
Offices/Terminal 10 0 3 3 4
Catering /amenity 4 1 1 1 1
Total 318 1 40 147 59 71
All
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Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
CONTAINER RO-RO BULK OTHER
27
4 38
5 3 25
Direct Employee LTI and non-LTI reportables 2017 Other workforce LTI and non-LTI reportables 2017
Figure 16: LTI & non-LTI reportable by ship type in 2017
Figure 17: % of incidents by ship type 2015 - 2017
Container vessels continue to be the most likely vessel type on which to have an accident.
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
CONTAINER RO-RO BULK OTHER
58
2014 8
59
1914
7
56
129
23
% Incidents in 2015 % Incidents in 2016 % Incidents in 2017
Direct Indirect
Direct Indirect
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Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
0102030405060708090
100
92
67
5039
25 232921 16 12 8 7
20 22 19 18 1729
Actual Number of Accidents % Accidents in category Ave. days lost - Direct Employees
Appendix 8 - Accident Categories
The “top 6” categories for reportable accidents are the same as previous years, though the order
is slightly changed. Essentially ports still need to push down on slips, trips, and falls on level, hit
by falling/flying objects, driving, lifting and carrying; running into things and falls from height. These
account for over 90% of all reportable accidents and emphasis on these areas should show
dividends.
Figure 18: Top 6 accident categories in 2017
All
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Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Figure 19: Accident Categories in 2017
Total Fatality Specified +7 day 4 to 7
day
1 to 3
day
Slip/trip/fell on level 92 16 35 18 23
Hit by falling/flying object 67 7 34 15 11
Driving related 50 3 34 9 4
Lifting or carrying 39 19 8 12
Hit fixed or stationary 25 2 8 3 12
Fell from a height 23 11 6 1 5
Hit by moving vehicle 7 1 5 1
Moving machinery 7 3 1 3
Other 4 1 3
Harmful substance 1 1
Something collapsing 2 1 1
Contact with Electricity 1 1
Total 318 1 40 147 59 71
All
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Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Figure 20: Severity: Days Lost - Direct Employees 2014 -2017
2014 2015 2016 2017
Accident Category
Total
days
lost
Ave.
days
lost
Total
days
lost
Ave.
days
lost
Total
days
lost
Ave.
days
lost
Total
days
lost
Ave.
days
lost
Slips, trips and falls on same
level
2014 23.7 1387 20 1339 22 1407 20
Injured whilst handling, lifting
or carrying
1063 21.7 1163 16 1516 23 529 18
Hit by moving, flying or
falling object
755 17.2 1092 22 761 26 1166 22
Driving related incidents -
collisions etc.
1963 45.7 773 15 1027 15 796 19
Fall from height 1389 69.5 538 34 424 35 441 29
Contact with moving
machinery /material being
machined
216 108 316 29 76 38 83 14
Hit something fixed or
stationary
375 17.9 158 10 74 11 411 17
Hit by moving vehicle 378 94.5 114 14 27 7 237 34
Other Type of accident 203 11.1 73 7 631 39 30 6
Exposed to or contact with
harmful substance
26 6.5 29 7 63 31.5 83 83
Unspecified (one case of 207 days’
absence)
---- ---- 207 207
Totals 8382 28.9 5850 19.0 5938 22.3 5200 20.6
Direct
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Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Severity
The majority, (98%l) of respondents gave a return to work date for each injury to direct employees.
The number days lost gives a severity for each accident category. 2015 showed a significant
reduction over 2014 but since then the days lost per injury appears to be more or less static.
Slips, trips and falls on same level continue to be the biggest origin of days lost. Injured whilst
handling, lifting or carrying has dropped noticeably in 2017. Hit by moving, flying or falling object
and Driving related incidents continue to figure highly. However, if looking at average days lost
then Fall from height and Contact with moving machinery /material being machined gave rise to
longer absences before return to normal work.
Exposed to harmful substance was 1 incident and whilst it has the highest average days lost for
2017 it is not statistically significant at this stage.
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Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Appendix 9 - Analysis by Month
The following charts look at monthly moving annual averages and show no seasonal patterns but
do show some differences between port activities.
Figure 21: Graph of Lost Time Injuries to Direct Employees by month 2015-17
Figure 22: Rolling LTI Frequency Rate by Port Activity in 2017
8.5
9.0
9.5
10.0
01/17 02/17 03/17 04/17 05/17 06/17 07/17 08/17 09/17 10/17 11/17 12/17
LTI Frequency Rate Overall
Direct
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
01/17 02/17 03/17 04/17 05/17 06/17 07/17 08/17 09/17 10/17 11/17 12/17
Cargo Handling Services
Direct
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Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
14.015.016.017.018.0
01/17 02/17 03/17 04/17 05/17 06/17 07/17 08/17 09/17 10/17 11/17 12/17
Container
0.0
5.0
10.0
01/17 02/17 03/17 04/17 05/17 06/17 07/17 08/17 09/17 10/17 11/17 12/17
Ferry/Cruise/RoRo/StoRo/Passenger
0.0
5.0
10.0
01/17 02/17 03/17 04/17 05/17 06/17 07/17 08/17 09/17 10/17 11/17 12/17
Other
0.0
5.0
10.0
01/17 02/17 03/17 04/17 05/17 06/17 07/17 08/17 09/17 10/17 11/17 12/17
Marine Conservancy/Pilotage
Direct
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Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Appendix 11 - Reportable diseases
Figure 23: Reportable diseases 2000 to 2017
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Dis
ease
s
1 11 4 1 0 0 1 8 0 1 7 6 3 2 2 2 1 1
Reportable diseases remain low. Only specific diseases are reportable under RIDDOR:
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: where the person’s work involves regular use of percussive or
vibrating tools
• Cramp of the hand or forearm: where the person’s work involves prolonged periods of
repetitive movement of the fingers, hand or arm
• Occupational dermatitis: where the person’s work involves significant or regular exposure
to a known skin sensitiser or irritant
• Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome: where the person’s work involves regular use of
percussive or vibrating tools, or holding materials subject to percussive processes, or
processes causing vibration
• Occupational asthma: where the person’s work involves significant or regular exposure to
a known respiratory sensitiser
• Tendonitis or tenosynovitis: in the hand or forearm, where the person’s work is physically
demanding and involves frequent, repetitive movements
The low numbers do naturally raise question of potential under reporting. However, reporting is a
statutory duty. The dutyholder would be in breach of the regulations if they failed to report. It is
clear from the appendices above, that dutyholders are reporting lost time injuries; it makes little
sense that they would not also do the same for diseases. It is the case that effective risk
assessment, hazard elimination or control, alongside well planned and executed health monitoring
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Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
and early intervention should prevent these diseases occurring in the modern workplace. The low
numbers are more likely to be the result of effective management than of under reporting.
It is worth noting that the methodology is not currently set up to capture any industrial diseases and
health impacts other than those specified in RIDDOR. Neither is it collecting data on mental health
(e.g. stress) effectively. There is a need to review the methodology for assessing the state of health
and mental health in the port sector. PSS has other work on-going in this area but it is at an early
stage. For the time being, this accident statistics process will continue to focus on
injuries/accidents.
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Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Index of figures
Figure 1: Incidence rates by year and type 2011 to 2015 .............................................................. 4
Figure 2: Graph of reportable incidents in 2013 to 2017 (+3day) .................................................. 5
Figure 3: Incidence rates by year and type (+7day) ...................................................................... 6
Figure 4 Reportable Injury rates by employee type ....................................................................... 8
Figure 5: Incidence Rate (per 100 employees) by year ............................................................... 10
Figure 6: Graph of Incident Rate/100 employees by year ........................................................... 11
Figure 7: Absolute Incidence by year and type ........................................................................... 11
Figure 8: Incidence of Reportable Accidents 1993 – 2017 .......................................................... 12
Figure 9: Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate for Direct Employees ............................................... 15
Figure 10 Lost Time Injuries other employee type ...................................................................... 16
Figure 11 Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate by operation - Container, RoRo & Passenger ......... 17
Figure 12 Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate by operation– Handling, Conservancy, Other ......... 18
Figure 13 Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate all operations 2014/17 ............................................ 19
Figure 14: % Lost Time Injury Locations from 2015 – 2017 ........................................................ 20
Figure 15: Lost Time Injuries by Location in 2017 ....................................................................... 21
Figure 16: LTI & non-LTI reportable by ship type in 2017 ........................................................... 22
Figure 17: % of incidents by ship type 2015 - 2017 ..................................................................... 22
Figure 18: Top 6 accident categories in 2017 ............................................................................. 23
Figure 19: Accident Categories in 2017 ...................................................................................... 24
Figure 20: Severity: Days Lost - Direct Employees 2014 -2017 .................................................. 25
Figure 21: Graph of Lost Time Injuries to Direct Employees by month 2015-17 .......................... 27
Figure 9: Rolling LTI Frequency Rate by Port Activity in 2017 .................................................... 27
Figure 23: Reportable diseases 2000 to 2017 ............................................................................ 29
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Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Appendix 12 - Data collection
Background
This report has been produced by PSS on behalf of its members and is made available to
subscribing members and other stakeholders on a confidential basis.
The main purpose of these statistics is to draw lessons from the incidents that have occurred in
2017 to further improve health and safety in the UK port industry. This is a report of incidents from
PSS members that required a formal report to the HSE under RIDDOR regulations and other
injuries where more than 1 day or shift was lost by the injured party.
Source Population
The 2017 data is based on returns covering approximately 14974 direct employees. An attempt
has been made to quantify indirectly employed persons but to date the result does give a
statistically robust figure.
Method of Collation
• Figures are collated for January to December inclusive
• The report form, based all injuries where the injured party has lost a minimum of 1 day (or
shift) of work, plus other RIDDOR reportable incidents, is completed and returned to PSS
• The definition of “employee” includes any person for whom an accident report would be
completed and submitted to the HSE by the company if that person were to be injured at
work. This may include employees on a shorter number of hours, such as cleaners, and
those who are not permanently employed by the company
• “Accidents” include accidents to non-employees that the port employer has a responsibility
to report e.g. if a member of the public is killed or taken to hospital and accidents to
contractors under the management control of the port.
Comparison with data from other sources
The statistical data in this report relates to members of PSS. Whilst it cannot be assumed that reflect the situation in the whole UK ports industry. PSS membership includes around 95% of the UK port industry by tonnage handled as well as many fishing and leisure harbours.
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Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Industry accident statistics are also collated by the Department for Transport (DfT) and Health and
Safety Executive (HSE), although the basis and definitions for inclusion in each of the schemes
vary. The important point is that, over recent years, all the industry figures have demonstrated a
marked downward trend.
Except where stated, PSS statistics are calculated on a ‘per 100 average employees’ basis. Where
injuries to Contractors have been included this is recognised as an inconsistent measure, as
different ports and operations will have different levels of non-permanent employee utilisation and
this is not directly comparable with other industries. Direct comparison with PSS statistics prior to
1997, or with the accident statistics produced for other industries, should be treated with caution,
not least due to any differences in collation and reporting practices of other accident statistics
providers.
Reporting Regulation Changes in 2012
Under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 there
were three types of reportable accident: Fatal, Major and Over-3-Day. The Over-3-Day category
required reporting of instances where the person was unable to carry out their normal duties for a
period of more than three days as the result of an accident in the workplace.
With effect from 6 April 2012 the Over-3-Day category changed to Over-7-Day1.
For valid comparison with historical data, this report mainly shows figures based on the old criteria
‘Over-3-Day’ incidents for all of January to December 2013. However, on occasion, a table will
show figures under the new criteria Over-7-Days criteria
1 Marine incident reporting: the change in RIDDOR 1995 regulations reporting was not reflected in the Merchant
Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 2012. When reporting marine incidents to the MAIB
and/or MCA the requirement to report Over-3-Day injuries still stands.
Before April 2012
Report work related absence of
‘Over 3 Days’
From April 2012
Report work related absence of
‘Over 7 Days’
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Combined injuries to
all categories of
person: direct,
indirect & 3rd parties
Direct
injury to Directly
employed persons
Indirect
injury to Indirectly
employed/ Non-
Permanent
Employees
3rd Party
Injury to 3rd parties,
visitors, suppliers,
members of the
public etc.
All lost time injuries including
Fatal, Specified and any
absence of 1 day or over
Reportable under RIDDOR
2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 7 days
Reportable under RIDDOR
1995 i.e. Fatal, Specified
and absences over 3 days
RIDDOR95
+3D RIDDOR
13 +7D
Notes
A A revised data collection system was implemented in 2014. The main change was to ask for data on all Lost Time Injuries (LTI) – i.e. all absences for 1 day or over. Previously this had been restricted to only RIDDOR Reportable injuries. The collection of LTI data, along with an estimate of hours worked allows the calculation of a Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) for Direct Employees. Essentially this is “Lost Time Injuries per Million Hours worked” and it can be used by members for bench-marking. Please contact us if you want to have your LTIFR calculated. B It has been found that a few members have been including some “Agency/Indirect Workers” in their Directly Employed figure. This has resulted in a mis-match for injury rate calculations in that if one of these workers suffered a LTI the injury would be classified as “Indirectly Employed” but the employee count allocated to “Direct Employees”. This has resulted in an understatement of Directly Employed LTIFR for previous years (likely range 5-10% too low). C The question relating to location of accidents has also been re written in 2017 to improve our ability to interrogate accident location in more detail and to reduce risk of misclassification of locations. D This is a new piece of data for 2017 and is an estimate. Members were asked to estimate numbers of Indirect Employees in the workforce. Although not all members have been able to do this we do have some data which has allowed us to be more accurate with accident rates, which will eventually lead to better bench-marking with other industries. Note the Indirectly employed figure includes those who were previously wrongly classified plus others, as this is not a question we have asked before.