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APPENDIX 27
(Chapter 7: Employment) Occupational Injuries
APPENDICES
Number of injuries
1998
1999
Non-
Non-
Type of Accident
Trapped in or between objects
Injured whilst lifting or carrying
Slip, trip or fall on same level
Fall of person from height
Striking against fixed or stationary object
Striking against or struck by moving object
Stepping on object
Fatal
fatal
Total
Fatal fatal
Total
4
677
681
4
701
705
0 9302
9 302
0
9 214
9 214
6 11 098 11 104
3 11 430 11 433
48
2 799
2 847
34
2 253
2 287
2
7 262
7 264
0
6 642
6 642
5 11 175 11 180
1 10 048 10 049
0
1 468
1 468
0
418
418
Exposure to or contact with harmful substance
1
616
617
1
545
546
Contact with electricity or electric discharge
6
97
103
5
76
81
Trapped by collapsing or overturning object
6
149
155
6
201
207
Struck by falling object
10
1 528
1 538
7
962
969
Struck by moving vehicle
48
2 292
2 340
74
1 793
1 867
Contact with moving machinery or object being machined
2
2 251
2 253
3
2 078
2 081
Drowning
6
1
7
6
0
6
Exposure to file
1
107
108
3
81
84
Exposure to explosion
0
42
42
1
28
29
Injured by hand tool
0
6 527
6 527
0
6 521
6 521
Injured by fall of ground
0
1
1
1
4
5
Asphyxiation
0
7
7
2
3
5
Contact with hot surface or substance
0
4 021
4 021
0
3.994
3 994
Injured by animal
0
460
460
0
353
353
Injured in workplace violence
7
603
610
3
676
679
Others
88
803
891
81
585
666
Total
240 63 286 63 526
235 58 606 58 841
Note: Occupational injuries are injuries (including industrial accidents) arising from work accidents, resulting in death or incapacity for work of over 3 consecutive days and reported under the Employees' Compensation Ordinance. Figures refer to the actual number of injuries occurred in that year.