Initially a sample of 3000 records from financial year 2011/2012 to financial year 2016/2017 were extracted from the RIDDOR database, these were then manually anonymised and had a Construction Sector Industry Risk Profile category associated.
Records that were duplicates or involved in current investigations were removed (where these could be identified), as were any records that reported a fatality.
A sample of 100 fatal RIDDOR records (20 from each financial year 2012/2013 to 2016/2017) were then added with rewritten descriptions and Construction Sector Industry Risk Profile categories associated.
A sample of 12 fatal Member of Public RIDDOR records (2 from each financial year 2011/2012 to 2016/2017) were then added with rewritten descriptions and Construction Sector Industry Risk Profile categories associated.
These records should not be considered a statistically representative sample due to the sampling methodology, especially around fatal records. This data should not therefore be expected to reproduce HSE official statistics.
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Field |
Description |
Coding |
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body_part |
reported injured body part of injured person |
Ankle
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gender |
reported gender of injured person |
Female
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injury_type |
Reported injuries |
Amputation
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Kind_group |
Reported kind of accident |
Another kind of accident
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main_activity |
Reported company activity |
Civil engineering
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severity_label |
Reported severity of injury |
Fatal
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description |
Anonymised reported description |
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riskcat |
Construction Sector Industry Risk Profile category, derived from record information See table below for more information on Construction Sector Industry Risk Profile categories |
Asbestos
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Region |
UK Region |
East Midlands
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first_date |
Date that has the correct Month, Year and Weekday based on the reported date. This allows comparison of date information but removes the exact date |
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age_band |
Age band of Injured Person |
Under 16
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Industry Risk Profile (IRP) Category |
Description of IRP Category |
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1 |
Asbestos |
Includes all risks arising from exposure to asbestos |
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2 |
Burns from hot substances/surfaces |
Burns from hot steam, gases, liquids, tars or other hot substance or surface |
|
3 |
Chemical harm, irritant or corrosive |
Harm through contact with chemical |
|
4 |
Confined Spaces |
Risks arising from entry into confined spaces, including from CO asphyxiation arising from use of gas appliances in site porta cabins or similar. |
|
5 |
Crushed by excavation |
Risks arising where an excavation or part of an excavation collapses. |
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6 |
Electric shock |
Risks arising from contact with electricity |
|
7 |
Fall from Ladder |
Includes risks of falling rom ladders or stepladders, when being used for access or to work from. |
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8 |
Fall from open edge |
A broad category, includes risks of falling from any open edge. Includes mezzanine floors, unprotected slab edges, lift shafts, roof edges etc. |
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9 |
Fall from Scaffold |
Includes risks of falling from any kind of scaffold, fixed, tower or system type. Including falls when erecting or dismantling. |
|
10 |
Fall through fragile material |
Includes risks of falling through fragile roof or ceiling material, including asbestos cement sheets or perspex rooflights. |
|
11 |
Fire/explosion |
Risks arising from fire or explosion |
|
12 |
Lead |
Risks arising from exposure to Lead |
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13 |
Machinery guarding |
Includes risk of contact or entanglement where a main cause is a lack of machine guarding. |
|
14 |
Materials Handling including Manual handling |
Includes all risks arising from persons lifting, carrying or moving materials, including while unloading vehicles, and whilst carrying objects, individually or as part of a team lift. |
|
15 |
Mechanical Lifting Operations |
Risks arising where an object is being lifted by a crane or hoist, and there is a loss of control, overturn, breakage or similar. Includes objects dropped whilst being lifted |
|
16 |
MEWP Operations |
Includes risks of entrapment by a MEWP or fall from a MEWP, whilst working at height |
|
17 |
Noise |
Includes all risks arising from excessive noise |
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18 |
Other hazardous dust |
Risks arising from inhalation of general building dust generated by construction work activities |
|
19 |
Overturning plant or moving machinery |
Includes all risks arising from incidents where plant, e.g. dumpers or excavators overturn, often caused by slopes or excessive speed, includes MEWPS operating in transport mode, and other relevant classes of machinery |
|
20 |
Public protection |
Where members of the Public are exposed to danger, includes risks to children |
|
21 |
Silica dust |
Risks arising from inhalation of silica dust |
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22 |
Slip or trip on same level |
Risks arising from trip hazards, slippery floors, poor design steps, projecting nails |
|
23 |
Struck by a falling object |
Risks of being struck by a falling object, from a height |
|
24 |
Struck by flying object/dust/material |
Struck by object, dust, material flying freely, by wind, ejection from machine etc |
|
25 |
Struck by moving vehicle |
Includes reversing and slow moving vehicles, remote controlled or on rails. Includes MEWPS not working at height. Includes risks arising from lack of segregation with pedestrians |
|
26 |
Unintended collapse |
Unintended collapse of a structure or part of a structure, or temporary works intended to aid construction of a structure |
|
27 |
Using hand/power tools |
Includes risks arising from operation of hand tools, power tools and up to pedestrian operated plant, such as wacker plates or road roller. |
|
28 |
Vibration |
Includes all risks arising from exposure to hand, arm or whole body vibration |
|
29 |
Welfare |
Risks arising from a failure to comply with Schedule 2 of CDM |
|
30 |
Wood dust |
Risks arising from inhalation of wood dust |
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31 |
OTHER |