Key annual figures 2009/10

• 1.3 million people who worked during the last year were suffering from an illness (long standing as well as new cases) they believed was caused or made worse by their current or past work. 555 000 of these were new cases.
• 152 workers were killed at work, a rate of 0.5 per 100 000 workers.
• 121 430 other injuries to employees were reported under RIDDOR, a rate of 473 per 100 000 employees.
• 233 000 reportable injuries occurred, according to the Labour Force Survey, a rate of 840 per 100 000 workers.
• 28.5 million days were lost overall (1.2 days per worker), 23.4 million due to work-related ill health and 5.1 million due to workplace injury.

Data from www.hse.gov.uk