APPENDIX 31
(Chapter 7: Employment) Occupational Injuries
APPENDICES
Number of injuries
1998
1999
2000
Non-
Non-
Non-
Type of Accident
Fatal
fatal Total
Fatal
fatal
Total
Fatal
fatal Total
Trapped in or between objects
4
677
681
4
701
705
2
725
727
Injured whilst lifting or carrying
0
9 302
9 302
0
9 214
9 214
0
9 185
9 185
Slip, trip or fall on same level
6 11 098
11 104
3
11 430
11 433
3
11 717
11 720
Fall of person from height
48
2 799
2 847
34
2 253
2 287
20
2 209
2 229
Striking against fixed or stationary object
Striking against or struck by moving object
2
7 262
7 264
0
6 642
6 642
0
6 365
6 365
5 11 175
11 180
1
10 048
10 049
9.093
9 094
Stepping on object
0
1 468
1 468
0
418
418
0
455
455
Exposure to or contact with harmful substance
I
616
617
545
546
3
543
546
Contact with electricity or electric discharge
6
97
103
5
76
81
8
54
62
Trapped by collapsing or overturning object
6
149
155
6
201
207
2
159
161
Struck by falling object
10
1 528
1 538
7
962
969
3
859
862
Struck by moving vehicle
48
2 292
2 340
74
1 793
1 867
43
2 245
2 288
Contact with moving machinery or object
being machined
2
2 251
2 253
3
2 078
2 081
3
1 890
1 893
Drowning
6
1
7
6
0
6
4
1
5
Exposure to file
1
107
108
3
81
84
2
136
138
Exposure to explosion
0
42
42
1
28
29
4
22
26
Injured by hand tool
0
6 527
6 527
0
6 521
6 521
0
6 442
6 442
Injured by fall of ground
0
1
1
1
4
5
2
4
6
Asphyxiation
0
7
7
2
3
5
3
2
5
Contact with hot surface or substance
0
4 021
4 021
0 3 994
3.994
0
3 938
3 938
Injured by animal
0
460
460
0
353
353
1
260
261
Injured in workplace violence
7
603
610
3
676
679
8
831
839
Others
88
803
891
81
585
666
87
758
845
Total
240 63 286 63 526
235
58 606 58 841
199 57 893 58 092
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.
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