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APPENDIX 31
(Chapter 7: Employment) Occupational Injuries
APPENDICES
Number of injuries
1999
2000
2001
Non-
Non-
Non-
Type of Accident
Fatal
fatal
Total
Fatal
fatal
Total Fatal
fatal Total
Trapped in or between objects
4
701
705
2
725
727
0
679
679
Injured whilst lifting or carrying
0
9 214
9 214
0
9 185
9 185
0 8 579
8 579
Slip, trip or fall on same level
3 11 430 11 433
3
11 717
11 720
0
10 936 10 936
Fall of person from height
34
2 253
2 287
20
2 209
2 229
20
1 926
1 946
Striking against fixed or stationary object
0
6 642
6 642
0
6 365
6 365
0
5 734
5 734
Striking against or struck by moving object
1
10 048
10 049
1
9 093
9 094
4
7 682
7 686
Stepping on object
0
418
418
0
455
455
0
448
448
Exposure to or contact with harmful substance
1
545
546
3
543
546
1
514
515
Contact with electricity or electric discharge
5
76
81
8
54
62
4
56
60
Trapped by collapsing or overturning object
6
201
207
2
159
161
10
172
182
Struck by falling object
7
962
969
3
859
862
5
880
885
Struck by moving vehicle
74
1 793
1 867
43
2 245
2 288
33
2 299
2 332
Contact with moving machinery or object
being machined
3
2 078
2 081
3
1 890
1 893
0
1 814
| 814
Drowning
6
0
6
4
1
5
3
1
4
Exposure to fire
3
81
84
2
136
138
2
124
126
Exposure to explosion
1
28
29
4
22
26
8
13
21
Injured by hand tool
0 6 521
6 521
0
6 442
6 442
0
5 948
5 948
Injured by fall of ground
1
4
5
2
4
6
0
6
6
Asphyxiation
2
3
5
3
2
5
2
3
5
Contact with hot surface or substance
0
3 994
3.994
0
3 938
3 938
0
3 818
3 818
Injured by animal
0
353
353
1
260
261
359
360
Injured in workplace violence
3
676
679
8
831
839
8
809
817
Others
81
585
666
87
758
845
75
743
818
Total
235
58 606 58 841
199 57 893 58 092
176 53 543
53 719
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.