Workplace injury figures

HALTON experienced the second fewest workplace injuries in the Liverpool City Region.

The latest figures from the Health And Safety Executive (HSE) reveal there were 199 non-fatal injuries reported in the area in 2016-17.

It works out at a rate of one for every 267 employees in the borough and only nearby St Helens experienced fewer injuries with 189.

Workers in nearby Knowsley meanwhile are some of the most likely in the country to be injured on the job.

The HSE figures show that 225 non-fatal injuries in the workplace were reported in the area in 2016-17.

That works out as one injury for every 176 employees – one of the highest rates in the country, and more than twice as high as the national average.

No-one actually died in a workplace accident in the area over the last year.

Across the country, there were 59,853 injuries reported in the workplace, or one for every 383 people employed across England, and 108 deaths.

Most other parts of Merseyside excluding Halton also experienced higher than average rates of workplace injuries, although none to the same degree as Knowsley.

In Sefton – the area with the next highest rate in the region – there were 262 workplace injuries reported, or one for every 242 employees.

Meanwhile, Liverpool had the lowest rate of workplace injury in Merseyside, with 671 accidents reported – one for every 389 people living there.

Nationally, the number of injuries and deaths in the workplace have been falling year on year, and they are now at their lowest level on record.

The most common type of accident that led to an injury was a slip, trip or fall, but lifting or handling heavy objects also caused a large proportion of workplace injuries.

Meanwhile, when it came to deaths at work, construction is the most dangerous industry, followed by agriculture, with people most likely to die from being struck by a moving vehicle.