33.7 Million working days lost to job related health issues or injuries in the past year
The HSE released the statistics for work-related injuries and illness and the figures are sobering. Approximately 33.7 million days were lost to work-related ill health and non-fatal work-related injuries. Around half of these days (16.4 million) were lost due to stress, depression, or anxiety. musculoskeletal disorders were the second most common, accounting for 7.8 million days lost.
According to the Labour Force Survey, 604,000 workers sustained a non-fatal injury at work with slips trips or falls coming out as a top cause. Of the fatal injuries, the most common was a fall from height. The construction industry and agriculture, forestry and fishing sectors accounted for the greatest number of workers killed in fatal accidents.
Non-fatal injuries were divided as follows:
- Slips, trips or falls on the same level 33%
- Injured while handling, lifting, or carrying 17%
- Struck by moving object 10%
- Acts of violence 9%
- Falls from a height 8%
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