Occupational health
Annual statistics on Occupational health covering the mainline network in Great Britain, heritage, light rail and tramways. These statistics include data on the number of legally reportable occupational diseases, and on industry manual handling and shock or trauma incidents.
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Latest factsheet
Occupational health, April 2022 to March 2023
Date published: 19 Jul 2023
Date next published: 25 Jul 2024
Key results
- Reported cases of Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) have decreased 31% compared with the previous year.
- Train operating companies accounted for almost half of all the manual handling incidents reported this year (lost time and no lost time).
- Train operating companies accounted for almost three quarters of all the shock or trauma incidents reported this year (lost time and no lost time).