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Introduction| Table 3.18 Major Injuries and Illnesses UK Armed Forces Personnel and Civilians: by year of occurrence and service, numbers and rates per 100,000, 1999-20081,2,3,4 |
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| Major injuries and illnesses are defined by the HSE as work-related cases which:
- could result in death or in hospitalisation (or being confined to bed, if at sea) for more than 24 hours - could result in a person not in MOD employment and who was not at work to be taken from a MOD site to a hospital for treatment as a result of MOD work activity or site infrastructure. The number of major injuries and illnesses reported increased in 2008 to 1,495 from 215 in 1999, an increase of 595%. The rate of major injury and illnesses increased over the ten years from 67 per 100,000 MOD personnel in 1999 to 548 per 100,000 in 2008. Changes in reporting mechanisms are thought to be responsible for this increase. The data in this table are not National Statistics because they have not been designated as such by the Ministry of Defence. |
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Numbers |
1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |||||||||
Total |
215 | 210 | 200 | 200 | 205 | 280 | 295 | 430 | 970 | 1 495 | |||||||||
Naval Service |
25 | 40 | 25 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 90 | 95 | 115 | |||||||||
Army |
105 | 80 | 105 | 95 | 75 | 145 | 155 | 245 | 725 | 1 080 | |||||||||
Royal Air Force |
30 | 40 | 25 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 35 | 55 | |||||||||
Civilian |
55 | 55 | 45 | 45 | 70 | 60 | 60 | 65 | 115 | 245 | |||||||||
Rate (per 100,000 strength) |
1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |||||||||
Total |
67 | 68 | 66 | 67 | 69 | 93 | 101 | 153 | 356 | 548 | |||||||||
Naval Service |
55 | 94 | 62 | 75 | 51 | 52 | 106 | 230 | 245 | 300 | |||||||||
Army |
95 | 73 | 95 | 86 | 69 | 132 | 143 | 227 | 681 | 1 033 | |||||||||
Royal Air Force |
56 | 70 | 49 | 53 | 75 | 93 | 76 | 65 | 78 | 127 | |||||||||
Civilian |
50 | 51 | 44 | 49 | 73 | 66 | 64 | 75 | 139 | 313 | |||||||||
| Source: DASA (Health Information) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1. The numbers provided in the table include both regular and reservist personnel, MOD civilian staff, and any other civilians injured on MOD property or in/by MOD vehicles. |
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| 2. Figures exclude Health and Safety related fatalities | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3. Rates calculated using Armed Forces and Full-time equivalent civilian strengths as the denominator | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4. The numbers of injuries have been rounded to the nearest 5, and therefore may not always add up to the totals provided. | |||||||||||||||||||