Health and safety statistics for the printing industry
Accidents
There were just over 560 accidents reported under RIDDOR in 2009-10 for the printing industry. Manual handling, slips and trips and machinery accounted for more than 70% of these; and 40% of major accidents were the result of a slip or trip.
Causes of RIDDOR accidents 2009-10 (provisional)
| Accident kind | % |
|---|---|
| Handling - manual | 27% |
| Handling - other | 4% |
| Contact with moving machinery | 22% |
| Slip or trip' | 22% |
| Hit by moving, falling object | 8% |
| Fall from height | 7% |
| Other kind of accident | 10% |