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Farms: Accidents

Answer

HSE holds details of fatal and non-fatal injuries to workers (i.e. employees and the self-employed) and members of the public on farms reported to it under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR). It should be noted however that the Labour Force Survey suggests significant underreporting in this industry.The details of injuries sustained to workers and members of the public recorded by HSE are set out in the following tables. The data for 2010-11 is treated as provisional until April 2012.

England
	Workers	Members of public
	Fatal	Major	Over 3 day	Total	Fatal	Non-fatal	Total
2006-07	19	284	459	762	5	39	44
2007-08	27	336	514	877	1	46	47
2008-09	16	352	532	900	4	38	42
2009-10	28	393	524	945	3	61	64
2010-11¹	18	284	456	758	6	45	51
Total	108	1,649	2,485	4,242	19	229	248

Cumbria
	Workers	Members of public
	Fatal	Major	Over 3 day	Total	Fatal	Non-fatal	Total
2006-07	1	11	4	16	0	0	0
2007-08	3	8	6	17	0	0	0
2008-09	1	6	2	9	0	0	0
2009-10	2	7	5	14	0	1	1
2010-11¹	2	6	6	14	0	2	2
Total	9	38	23	70	0	3	3

South Lakeland²
	Workers	Members of public
	Fatal	Major	Over 3 day	Total	Fatal	Non-fatal	Total
2006-07	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
2007-08	2	2	2	6	0	0	0
2008-09	1	1	1	3	0	0	0
2009-10	1	1	2	4	0	0	0
2010-11¹	1	1	1	3	0	1	1
Total	5	8	6	19	0	1	1
¹ Provisional. ² The statistics cannot be broken down to the level of the Westmoreland and Lonsdale constituency.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

95719; 540 c886W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Accidents Farms Safety

Link

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