Port Industry Accident Statistics 2014 January to …...15.8 in 2015); Container Operations 15.3 (16.8 in 2016 and 16.9 in 2015) produced the highest lost time rates • In previous

2017 Port Industry Accident Statistics

2017

Port Industry Accident Statistics

Collated by Customised Mapping Ltd for

Port Skills and Safety

FULL REPORT


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Contents

2017 Findings ................................................................................................................... 3

Appendix 1 - Annual Incidence Rate (+3day) ..................................................................... 4

Appendix 2 - Annual Incidence Rate (+7day) ..................................................................... 6

Appendix 3 – Reportable injury rate by Employee Type (+7day) ........................................ 8

Appendix 4 – Organisations with zero Lost Time Injuries ................................................... 9

Appendix 5 - Long Term Trends (+3day) ......................................................................... 10

Appendix 6 - Lost Time Injury Frequency ......................................................................... 14

Appendix 7 - Accident Locations ...................................................................................... 20

Appendix 8 - Accident Categories .................................................................................... 23

Appendix 9 - Analysis by Month ....................................................................................... 27

Appendix 11 - Reportable diseases ................................................................................. 29

Index of figures ................................................................................................................ 31

Appendix 12 - Data collection .......................................................................................... 32

Notes ................................................................................................................. 34

Key

All

Combined injuries to

all categories of

person: direct,

indirect and 3rd

parties

Direct

injury to Directly

employed persons

only Indirect

injury to Indirectly

employed/ Non-

Permanent

Employees

3rd Party

Injury to 3rd parties,

visitors, suppliers,

members of the

public etc.

All lost time injuries including

Fatal, Specified and any

absence of 1 day or over

Reportable under RIDDOR

2013 i.e. Fatal, Specified

and absences over 7 days




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2017 Findings

• Data coverage: estimated 93% of PSS member workforce. 14974 direct employees and

2393 indirectly employed (16907 direct employees in 2016 and an unknown number of

indirect employees). Responses from 59 member companies covering approx. 161 ports.

• 1 fatality (3rd party/indirectly employed) reported in 2017 (1 in 2016 and 4 in 2015)

• 40 Specified Injuries have been reported (40 in 2016 and 36 in 2015)

• 206 Over-3-Day injuries (258 in 2016 and 246 in 2015) of which 147 were Over-7-Day

injuries (compared with 188 in 2016 and 178 in 2015)

• 71 One-to-3-Day injuries (70 in 2016 and 103 in 2015)

• 318 total injuries in the report (370 in 2016 and 388 in 2015)

• 1 Industrial Disease case reported (1 in 2016 and 2 in 2015)

• 1 Case workplace stress reported (4 cases reported by 1 member in 2016)

• Accident Incidence Rate per 100 members of workforce 1.44 (1.77 in 2016 and 1.65 in

2015) down 15.9%.

• Accident Incidence Rate per 100 direct employees 1.33 (1.38 in 2016 and 1.34 in 2015)

up 7.5% (N.B this is affected by reclassification of some persons as indirect employees in

2017 from direct employees in 2016)

• Lost Time Injury Frequency RateA for Direct Employees 9.40 (9.13 in 2016 and 9.12 in

2015) up 2.9% (Adjusted for some members who do not yet report non-reportable LTI)B

• 63 Lost Time Injuries have been reported to indirectly employed persons and 3rd parties

(79 in 2016 and 71 in 2015).

• Lost Time Injury Rate per million hours worked by Operation Type - Provision of Cargo

Handling Personnel 16.6 (13.1 in 2016 and 24.7 in 2015); RoRo 15.8 (18.6 in 2016 and

15.8 in 2015); Container Operations 15.3 (16.8 in 2016 and 16.9 in 2015) produced the

highest lost time rates

• In previous years we have reported that the top 3 accident locations are, in order: Ships;

Quayside and Cargo Handling Equipment - accounting for 62% of all injuries reported in

2016. For 2017 the location data was split furtherC and now shows more specific locations.

The top 5 locations in 2017 which also have a similar frequency are: Berths/Quays,

Ships/Craft, Roadways, Open Storage areas and on Cargo Handling Equipment.

Container ships remain the most likely vessels on which to have an accident.

• The top 6 reportable accident categories for LTIs in order were: Slips Trips and Falls on

same level; Hit by a Moving, Flying, Falling Object, Driving Related incidents; Lifting,

Carrying and Handling; Hit Something Fixed or Stationary and Fall from Height. These

accounted for 90% of all accidents.


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All


all categories of

person: direct,

indirect & 3rd parties

Direct

injury to Directly

employed persons

Indirect


employed/ Non-

Permanent

Employees

3rd Party



members of the

public etc.










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Appendix 1 - Annual Incidence Rate (+3day)

• Incidence rate = 1.44 per 100 workforce 15.9% lower than 2016*

• Specified injuries = 40 same as 2016

• Over-3-Day injuries = 206 20.2% lower than 2016

• Direct employees = 197 reportable accidents 80.5% of reportable accidents

Figure 1: Incidence rates by year and type 2011 to 2015

All Direct

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 change 2017/16

2014 2015 2016 2017

Employees 16270 17283 17255 16907 17187 ---- 17283 17255 16907 14794

Fatal 1 0 4 1 1 ---- 0 2 1 0

Specified 30 44 36 40 40 ---- 23 18 23 20

Over-3-day 269 258 245 258 206 -20.2% 213 211 210 177

Total Reportable 300 302 285 299 247 -17.0% 236 231 234 197

Incidence/100 employees

1.84 1.75 1.65 1.77 1.44 -16.2%* 1.37 1.34 1.38 1.33

* Note: for 2017 we have included a count for indirectly employed numbers – this will reduce the

incidence rate compared to previous years but does not infer an improvement and care should be

taken when comparing

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All


all categories of

person: direct,


Direct

injury to Directly

employed persons

Indirect


employed/ Non-

Permanent

Employees

3rd Party



members of the

public etc.










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Figure 2: Graph of reportable incidents in 2013 to 2017 (+3day)

1

40

206247

140

258299

436

245285

0

44

258

302

130

269300

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

Fatal Specified Over-3-day Total Reportable

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

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All


all categories of

person: direct,


Direct

injury to Directly

employed persons

Indirect


employed/ Non-

Permanent

Employees

3rd Party



members of the

public etc.










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Appendix 2 - Annual Incidence Rate (+7day)

• Incident rate = 1.09 per 100 employees 1.35 in 2016

• Over-7-Day injuries = 147 188 in 2016

Figure 3: Incidence rates by year and type (+7day)

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Employees 18066 17526 16270 17283 17255 16907 17187

Fatal 1 2 1 0 4 1 1

Specified 33 17 30 44 36 40 40

Over-7-day 198Est 160Est 185 175 177 188 147

Total Reportable 232 179 216 219 217 229 188

Incidence/100 employees 1.28 1.02 1.33 1.27 1.26 1.35 1.09

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All


all categories of

person: direct,


Direct

injury to Directly

employed persons

Indirect


employed/ Non-

Permanent

Employees

3rd Party



members of the

public etc.










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Figure 4: Graph of reportable incidents 2013 to 2015 (+7day)

1

40

147

188

1

40

188

229

4

36

177

217

0

44

175

219

1

30

185

216

0

50

100

150

200

250

Fatal Specified Over-7-day Total Reportable

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

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all categories of

person: direct,


Direct

injury to Directly

employed persons

Indirect


employed/ Non-

Permanent

Employees

3rd Party



members of the

public etc.










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Appendix 3 – Reportable injury rate by

Employee Type (+7day)

For the first time in 2014, injuries were separated into those occurring to Direct employees, Indirect

employees and 3rd Parties. Additionally, an estimate of total hours worked was recorded. As this

is a relatively new development, there are insufficient years’ data to establish a trend. What is clear

is that the substantial majority of lost time injuries that ports are aware of, are those happening to

their own employees.

Figure 4 Reportable Injury rates by employee type

Direct Indirect 3rd Party

2014 2015 2016 2017 2014 2015 2016 2017 2014 2015 2016 2017

Total no of employees covered

17283 17255 16907 14794 ---- ---- ---- 2393D ---- ---- ---- ----

Total Hours Worked (millions)

34.2 32.8 33.3 29.3 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Major/specified injuries

23 19 23 20 14 14 16 13 7 3 1 8

Over 7 day injuries 140 149 149 122 35 26 39 22 0 2 0 3

Reportable Incidence Rate per 100 employees

0.94 0.99 1.02 0.96 ---- ---- ---- ----

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All


all categories of

person: direct,


Direct

injury to Directly

employed persons

Indirect


employed/ Non-

Permanent

Employees

3rd Party



members of the

public etc.










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Appendix 4 – Organisations with zero Lost

Time Injuries

22 organisations declared zero Lost Time Injuries in 2017 a lower figure than previous years.

However, as this figure included one major employer, the percentage of the workforce working in

companies with zero LTI was 12.7% - higher than previously.


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All


all categories of

person: direct,


Direct

injury to Directly

employed persons

Indirect


employed/ Non-

Permanent

Employees

3rd Party



members of the

public etc.










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Appendix 5 - Long Term Trends (+3day)

It is reasonable to compare incident rates through from 2000 to 2017 because of the relatively

similar collection process employed by PSS throughout the period. The Accident Incidence Rate

per 100 employees has fallen by 63% over the last 17 years, going from 3.9 to 1.44.

Figure 5: Incidence Rate (per 100 employees) by year

Incidence rate

2000

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

% c

hang

e

2000-2

01

7

Fatal and Major 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.19 0.25 0.21 0.24 0.24 -20%

Over-3-Day 3.6 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.3 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.2 -67%

Overall 3.9 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.4 1.8 1.7 1.65 1.77 1.44 -63.1

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All


all categories of

person: direct,


Direct

injury to Directly

employed persons

Indirect


employed/ Non-

Permanent

Employees

3rd Party



members of the

public etc.










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Figure 6: Graph of Incident Rate/100 employees by year

Figure 7: Absolute Incidence by year and type

Incidence

rate

2000

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

% c

hang

e

2000

to 2

01

7

Fatal 3 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 4 1 1 ------

Major 38 50 31 37 33 17 30 44 36 40 41 +8%

Over-3-Day 557 401 338 337 283 228 269 258 245 256 206 -63%

Overall 598 451 369 375 317 247 300 302 285 299 247 -59%

3.94.1

3.8

3.22.8

2.62.9

2.6 2.5

2.0 1.9 1.81.4

1.8 1.7 1.65 1.771.44

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Incidence rate/100 employees by year

Incidence rate/100 employees by year Linear (Incidence rate/100 employees by year)

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All


all categories of

person: direct,


Direct

injury to Directly

employed persons

Indirect


employed/ Non-

Permanent

Employees

3rd Party



members of the

public etc.










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Figure 8: Incidence of Reportable Accidents 1993 – 2017

Year Incidence Rate No of Employees No of Accidents

1993 4.2 13283 553

1994 4.2 12234 508

1995 3.6 13339 474

1996 3.7 12425 456

1997 3.8 15529 591

1998 4.2 16078 671

1999 4.4 15444 678

2000 3.9 15375 598

2001 4.1 16469 679

2002 3.8 15140 569

2003 3.2 16709 540

2004 2.8 18855 522

2005 2.6 17744 463

2006 2.9 16003 459

2007 2.6 16614 434

2008 2.5 17775 451

2009 2.0 18,994 369

2010 1.9 19508 375

All


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all categories of

person: direct,


Direct

injury to Directly

employed persons

Indirect


employed/ Non-

Permanent

Employees

3rd Party



members of the

public etc.










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Year Incidence Rate No of Employees No of Accidents

2011 1.8 18066 317

2012 1.4 17526 247

2013 1.8 16717 300

2014 1.75 17283 300

2015 1.65 17255 285

2016 1.77 16907 299

2017 1.44 17187 247


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all categories of

person: direct,


Direct

injury to Directly

employed persons

Indirect


employed/ Non-

Permanent

Employees

3rd Party



members of the

public etc.










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Appendix 6 - Lost Time Injury Frequency

The HSE identify two formulas for injury rates: incidence and frequency.

• An INCIDENCE rate gives injuries per set number of employees, normally 100,000. In our

case we use ‘per 100 employees’ because of the relatively small population size.

• A FREQUENCY rate gives injuries per million hours worked; approximately the number of

hours an individual works in a 45 year working life, based on a 40-hour week.

Lost Time Injury FREQUENCY rate per million hours worked

Number of reportable injuries per year

x 1,000,000

Hours worked during year

Individual members can request a bespoke chart showing their data compared with the category average shown over the page.


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all categories of

person: direct,


Direct

injury to Directly

employed persons

Indirect


employed/ Non-

Permanent

Employees

3rd Party



members of the

public etc.










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Figure 9: Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate for Direct Employees

(not all members could supply details of LTI less than 4 days, their data is excluded from this table)

All LTI (one day or more lost)

Direct Employees

2014 2015 2016 2017

Total no of employees covered 16761 16730 14271 14273

Total Hours Worked (million) 30.1 32.8 33.3 27.2

Fatal 0 2 1 0

Major/specified injuries 23 18 23 20

Over 7 day injuries 138 141 149 122

Over 3 but less than 8 day injuries 75 58 61 55

Other Lost Time Injuries (1 day +) 75 82 57 61

Total Lost Time Injuries 311 299 290 258

Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate 10.31 9.12 9.32 9.49

Direct


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All


all categories of

person: direct,


Direct

injury to Directly

employed persons

Indirect


employed/ Non-

Permanent

Employees

3rd Party



members of the

public etc.










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Figure 10 Lost Time Injuries other employee type

All LTI (one day or more lost)

Indirectly Employed

3rd Party

2014 2015 2016 2017 2014 2015 2016 2017

Total no of employees covered n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Total Hours Worked (million) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Fatal 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1

Major/specified injuries 14 13 16 13 7 3 1 7

Over 7 day injuries 35 26 39 22 0 2 0 3

Over 3 but less than 8 day injuries 5 7 9 4 0 0 0 0

Other Lost Time Injuries (1 day +) 9 19 12 6 19 1 2 4

Total Lost Time Injuries 63 65 76 46 26 6 3 15

Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Indirect 3rd Party


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all categories of

person: direct,


Direct

injury to Directly

employed persons

Indirect


employed/ Non-

Permanent

Employees

3rd Party



members of the

public etc.










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Figure 11 Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate by operation - Container, RoRo &

Passenger

Containers Ro/Ro Sto/Ro Ferry/Cruise /Passenger

2014 2015 2016 2017 2014 2015 2016 2017 2014 2015 2016 2017

Hrs worked (million)

9.0 8.7 8.6 7.7 1.0 0.9 1.8 1.6 1.9 4.9 5.9 4.7

Specified 9 4 8 5 3 1 4 12 1 1 2 0

+7 day 87 86 74 65 2 6 12 3 0 5 13 3

4-7 day 42 30 37 27 4 7 5 5 1 5 3 0

1-3 day 32 28 25 22 4 8 13 7 0 1 1 8

Total LTI 170 148 144 119 13 22 34 25 2 12 19 11

LTI Frequency Rate

18.9 16.9 16.8 15.3 13.3 24.7 18.6 15.8 1.0 2.5 3.3 2.3

Direct


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all categories of

person: direct,


Direct

injury to Directly

employed persons

Indirect


employed/ Non-

Permanent

Employees

3rd Party



members of the

public etc.










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Figure 12 Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate by operation– Handling, Conservancy,

Other

Handling Services Conservancy/ Pilotage Other

2014 2015 2016 2017 2014 2015 2016 2017 2014 2015 2016 2017

Hrs worked (million)

1.0 0.9 0.8 0.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8 15.0 14.7 14.7 11.1

Specified 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 11 9 12

+7 day 2 6 3 3 2 0 4 5 40 35 47 36

4-7 day 4 7 2 0 1 1 2 4 24 9 14 17

1-3 day 4 8 5 6 7 1 6 3 29 30 13 17

Total LTI 13 22 10 9 10 2 12 12 102 85 83 82

LTI Frequency Rate

13.3 24.7 13.1 16.6 6.2 1.2 6.8 1.1 6.8 5.8 5.6 6.7

Direct


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All


all categories of

person: direct,


Direct

injury to Directly

employed persons

Indirect


employed/ Non-

Permanent

Employees

3rd Party



members of the

public etc.










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Figure 13 Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate all operations 2014/17

Total

2014 2015 2016 2017

Hrs worked (million) 30.1 32.8 33.3 27.5

Specified 23 18 23 20

+7 day 138 141 149 122

4-7 day 75 58 61 55

1-3 day 75 82 57 61

Total LTI 311 299 290 258

LTI Frequency Rate 10.31 9.1 9.1 9.4

Direct


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All


all categories of

person: direct,


Direct

injury to Directly

employed persons

Indirect


employed/ Non-

Permanent

Employees

3rd Party



members of the

public etc.










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Appendix 7 - Accident Locations

The top named locations for accidents are led by Berth/Quay (including open storage areas) 40%,

Ship and Craft 18% and Roadway 13%. Consistent with previous years, the significant majority of

all reportable accidents occurred in traditional port operational/cargo handling areas. Also

consistent with previous years, Container vessels are the most likely ship type on which to have an

accident.

Although it is important to protect employees and others in non-cargo areas the emphasis clearly

must remain on cargo handling areas.

Figure 14: % Lost Time Injury Locations from 2015 – 2017

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

22

35

1513

46

41

22

40

105 5

86

4

18

40

7 7 6

13

4 5

2015 Percentage 2016 Percentage 2017 Percentage

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all categories of

person: direct,


Direct

injury to Directly

employed persons

Indirect


employed/ Non-

Permanent

Employees

3rd Party



members of the

public etc.










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Figure 15: Lost Time Injuries by Location in 2017

Total Fatality Specified + 7 day +3 to 7 1 to 3

Berth/Quay 91 1 7 45 16 22

Ship & Craft 57 8 22 13 14

Roadways 41 7 21 5 8

Open storage areas 35 7 14 9 5

Cargo handling equipment 22 1 16 1 4

Engineering works and stores 18 2 10 2 4

Marine (afloat) 16 0 8 4 4

Shed or Warehouse 12 5 2 2 3

Other locations 12 2 5 3 2

Offices/Terminal 10 0 3 3 4

Catering /amenity 4 1 1 1 1

Total 318 1 40 147 59 71

All


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all categories of

person: direct,


Direct

injury to Directly

employed persons

Indirect


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Permanent

Employees

3rd Party



members of the

public etc.










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0

5

10

15

20

25

30

CONTAINER RO-RO BULK OTHER

27

4 38

5 3 25

Direct Employee LTI and non-LTI reportables 2017 Other workforce LTI and non-LTI reportables 2017

Figure 16: LTI & non-LTI reportable by ship type in 2017

Figure 17: % of incidents by ship type 2015 - 2017

Container vessels continue to be the most likely vessel type on which to have an accident.

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

CONTAINER RO-RO BULK OTHER

58

2014 8

59

1914

7

56

129

23

% Incidents in 2015 % Incidents in 2016 % Incidents in 2017

Direct Indirect

Direct Indirect


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0102030405060708090

100

92

67

5039

25 232921 16 12 8 7

20 22 19 18 1729

Actual Number of Accidents % Accidents in category Ave. days lost - Direct Employees

Appendix 8 - Accident Categories

The “top 6” categories for reportable accidents are the same as previous years, though the order

is slightly changed. Essentially ports still need to push down on slips, trips, and falls on level, hit

by falling/flying objects, driving, lifting and carrying; running into things and falls from height. These

account for over 90% of all reportable accidents and emphasis on these areas should show

dividends.

Figure 18: Top 6 accident categories in 2017

All


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all categories of

person: direct,


Direct

injury to Directly

employed persons

Indirect


employed/ Non-

Permanent

Employees

3rd Party



members of the

public etc.










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Figure 19: Accident Categories in 2017

Total Fatality Specified +7 day 4 to 7

day

1 to 3

day

Slip/trip/fell on level 92 16 35 18 23

Hit by falling/flying object 67 7 34 15 11

Driving related 50 3 34 9 4

Lifting or carrying 39 19 8 12

Hit fixed or stationary 25 2 8 3 12

Fell from a height 23 11 6 1 5

Hit by moving vehicle 7 1 5 1

Moving machinery 7 3 1 3

Other 4 1 3

Harmful substance 1 1

Something collapsing 2 1 1

Contact with Electricity 1 1

Total 318 1 40 147 59 71

All


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all categories of

person: direct,


Direct

injury to Directly

employed persons

Indirect


employed/ Non-

Permanent

Employees

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members of the

public etc.










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Figure 20: Severity: Days Lost - Direct Employees 2014 -2017

2014 2015 2016 2017

Accident Category

Total

days

lost

Ave.

days

lost

Total

days

lost

Ave.

days

lost

Total

days

lost

Ave.

days

lost

Total

days

lost

Ave.

days

lost

Slips, trips and falls on same

level

2014 23.7 1387 20 1339 22 1407 20

Injured whilst handling, lifting

or carrying

1063 21.7 1163 16 1516 23 529 18

Hit by moving, flying or

falling object

755 17.2 1092 22 761 26 1166 22

Driving related incidents -

collisions etc.

1963 45.7 773 15 1027 15 796 19

Fall from height 1389 69.5 538 34 424 35 441 29

Contact with moving

machinery /material being

machined

216 108 316 29 76 38 83 14

Hit something fixed or

stationary

375 17.9 158 10 74 11 411 17

Hit by moving vehicle 378 94.5 114 14 27 7 237 34

Other Type of accident 203 11.1 73 7 631 39 30 6

Exposed to or contact with

harmful substance

26 6.5 29 7 63 31.5 83 83

Unspecified (one case of 207 days’

absence)

---- ---- 207 207

Totals 8382 28.9 5850 19.0 5938 22.3 5200 20.6

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Severity

The majority, (98%l) of respondents gave a return to work date for each injury to direct employees.

The number days lost gives a severity for each accident category. 2015 showed a significant

reduction over 2014 but since then the days lost per injury appears to be more or less static.

Slips, trips and falls on same level continue to be the biggest origin of days lost. Injured whilst

handling, lifting or carrying has dropped noticeably in 2017. Hit by moving, flying or falling object

and Driving related incidents continue to figure highly. However, if looking at average days lost

then Fall from height and Contact with moving machinery /material being machined gave rise to

longer absences before return to normal work.

Exposed to harmful substance was 1 incident and whilst it has the highest average days lost for

2017 it is not statistically significant at this stage.


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Appendix 9 - Analysis by Month

The following charts look at monthly moving annual averages and show no seasonal patterns but

do show some differences between port activities.

Figure 21: Graph of Lost Time Injuries to Direct Employees by month 2015-17

Figure 22: Rolling LTI Frequency Rate by Port Activity in 2017

8.5

9.0

9.5

10.0

01/17 02/17 03/17 04/17 05/17 06/17 07/17 08/17 09/17 10/17 11/17 12/17

LTI Frequency Rate Overall

Direct

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

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14.015.016.017.018.0

01/17 02/17 03/17 04/17 05/17 06/17 07/17 08/17 09/17 10/17 11/17 12/17

Container

0.0

5.0

10.0

01/17 02/17 03/17 04/17 05/17 06/17 07/17 08/17 09/17 10/17 11/17 12/17

Ferry/Cruise/RoRo/StoRo/Passenger

0.0

5.0

10.0

01/17 02/17 03/17 04/17 05/17 06/17 07/17 08/17 09/17 10/17 11/17 12/17

Other

0.0

5.0

10.0

01/17 02/17 03/17 04/17 05/17 06/17 07/17 08/17 09/17 10/17 11/17 12/17

Marine Conservancy/Pilotage

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Appendix 11 - Reportable diseases

Figure 23: Reportable diseases 2000 to 2017

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Dis

ease

s

1 11 4 1 0 0 1 8 0 1 7 6 3 2 2 2 1 1

Reportable diseases remain low. Only specific diseases are reportable under RIDDOR:

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: where the person’s work involves regular use of percussive or

vibrating tools

• Cramp of the hand or forearm: where the person’s work involves prolonged periods of

repetitive movement of the fingers, hand or arm

• Occupational dermatitis: where the person’s work involves significant or regular exposure

to a known skin sensitiser or irritant

• Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome: where the person’s work involves regular use of

percussive or vibrating tools, or holding materials subject to percussive processes, or

processes causing vibration

• Occupational asthma: where the person’s work involves significant or regular exposure to

a known respiratory sensitiser

• Tendonitis or tenosynovitis: in the hand or forearm, where the person’s work is physically

demanding and involves frequent, repetitive movements

The low numbers do naturally raise question of potential under reporting. However, reporting is a

statutory duty. The dutyholder would be in breach of the regulations if they failed to report. It is

clear from the appendices above, that dutyholders are reporting lost time injuries; it makes little

sense that they would not also do the same for diseases. It is the case that effective risk

assessment, hazard elimination or control, alongside well planned and executed health monitoring


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and early intervention should prevent these diseases occurring in the modern workplace. The low

numbers are more likely to be the result of effective management than of under reporting.

It is worth noting that the methodology is not currently set up to capture any industrial diseases and

health impacts other than those specified in RIDDOR. Neither is it collecting data on mental health

(e.g. stress) effectively. There is a need to review the methodology for assessing the state of health

and mental health in the port sector. PSS has other work on-going in this area but it is at an early

stage. For the time being, this accident statistics process will continue to focus on

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Index of figures

Figure 1: Incidence rates by year and type 2011 to 2015 .............................................................. 4

Figure 2: Graph of reportable incidents in 2013 to 2017 (+3day) .................................................. 5

Figure 3: Incidence rates by year and type (+7day) ...................................................................... 6

Figure 4 Reportable Injury rates by employee type ....................................................................... 8

Figure 5: Incidence Rate (per 100 employees) by year ............................................................... 10

Figure 6: Graph of Incident Rate/100 employees by year ........................................................... 11

Figure 7: Absolute Incidence by year and type ........................................................................... 11

Figure 8: Incidence of Reportable Accidents 1993 – 2017 .......................................................... 12

Figure 9: Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate for Direct Employees ............................................... 15

Figure 10 Lost Time Injuries other employee type ...................................................................... 16

Figure 11 Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate by operation - Container, RoRo & Passenger ......... 17

Figure 12 Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate by operation– Handling, Conservancy, Other ......... 18

Figure 13 Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate all operations 2014/17 ............................................ 19

Figure 14: % Lost Time Injury Locations from 2015 – 2017 ........................................................ 20

Figure 15: Lost Time Injuries by Location in 2017 ....................................................................... 21

Figure 16: LTI & non-LTI reportable by ship type in 2017 ........................................................... 22

Figure 17: % of incidents by ship type 2015 - 2017 ..................................................................... 22

Figure 18: Top 6 accident categories in 2017 ............................................................................. 23

Figure 19: Accident Categories in 2017 ...................................................................................... 24

Figure 20: Severity: Days Lost - Direct Employees 2014 -2017 .................................................. 25

Figure 21: Graph of Lost Time Injuries to Direct Employees by month 2015-17 .......................... 27

Figure 9: Rolling LTI Frequency Rate by Port Activity in 2017 .................................................... 27

Figure 23: Reportable diseases 2000 to 2017 ............................................................................ 29


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Appendix 12 - Data collection

Background

This report has been produced by PSS on behalf of its members and is made available to

subscribing members and other stakeholders on a confidential basis.

The main purpose of these statistics is to draw lessons from the incidents that have occurred in

2017 to further improve health and safety in the UK port industry. This is a report of incidents from

PSS members that required a formal report to the HSE under RIDDOR regulations and other

injuries where more than 1 day or shift was lost by the injured party.

Source Population

The 2017 data is based on returns covering approximately 14974 direct employees. An attempt

has been made to quantify indirectly employed persons but to date the result does give a

statistically robust figure.

Method of Collation

• Figures are collated for January to December inclusive

• The report form, based all injuries where the injured party has lost a minimum of 1 day (or

shift) of work, plus other RIDDOR reportable incidents, is completed and returned to PSS

• The definition of “employee” includes any person for whom an accident report would be

completed and submitted to the HSE by the company if that person were to be injured at

work. This may include employees on a shorter number of hours, such as cleaners, and

those who are not permanently employed by the company

• “Accidents” include accidents to non-employees that the port employer has a responsibility

to report e.g. if a member of the public is killed or taken to hospital and accidents to

contractors under the management control of the port.

Comparison with data from other sources

The statistical data in this report relates to members of PSS. Whilst it cannot be assumed that reflect the situation in the whole UK ports industry. PSS membership includes around 95% of the UK port industry by tonnage handled as well as many fishing and leisure harbours.


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Industry accident statistics are also collated by the Department for Transport (DfT) and Health and

Safety Executive (HSE), although the basis and definitions for inclusion in each of the schemes

vary. The important point is that, over recent years, all the industry figures have demonstrated a

marked downward trend.

Except where stated, PSS statistics are calculated on a ‘per 100 average employees’ basis. Where

injuries to Contractors have been included this is recognised as an inconsistent measure, as

different ports and operations will have different levels of non-permanent employee utilisation and

this is not directly comparable with other industries. Direct comparison with PSS statistics prior to

1997, or with the accident statistics produced for other industries, should be treated with caution,

not least due to any differences in collation and reporting practices of other accident statistics

providers.

Reporting Regulation Changes in 2012

Under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 there

were three types of reportable accident: Fatal, Major and Over-3-Day. The Over-3-Day category

required reporting of instances where the person was unable to carry out their normal duties for a

period of more than three days as the result of an accident in the workplace.

With effect from 6 April 2012 the Over-3-Day category changed to Over-7-Day1.

For valid comparison with historical data, this report mainly shows figures based on the old criteria

‘Over-3-Day’ incidents for all of January to December 2013. However, on occasion, a table will

show figures under the new criteria Over-7-Days criteria

1 Marine incident reporting: the change in RIDDOR 1995 regulations reporting was not reflected in the Merchant

Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 2012. When reporting marine incidents to the MAIB

and/or MCA the requirement to report Over-3-Day injuries still stands.

Before April 2012

Report work related absence of

‘Over 3 Days’

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Notes

A A revised data collection system was implemented in 2014. The main change was to ask for data on all Lost Time Injuries (LTI) – i.e. all absences for 1 day or over. Previously this had been restricted to only RIDDOR Reportable injuries. The collection of LTI data, along with an estimate of hours worked allows the calculation of a Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) for Direct Employees. Essentially this is “Lost Time Injuries per Million Hours worked” and it can be used by members for bench-marking. Please contact us if you want to have your LTIFR calculated. B It has been found that a few members have been including some “Agency/Indirect Workers” in their Directly Employed figure. This has resulted in a mis-match for injury rate calculations in that if one of these workers suffered a LTI the injury would be classified as “Indirectly Employed” but the employee count allocated to “Direct Employees”. This has resulted in an understatement of Directly Employed LTIFR for previous years (likely range 5-10% too low). C The question relating to location of accidents has also been re written in 2017 to improve our ability to interrogate accident location in more detail and to reduce risk of misclassification of locations. D This is a new piece of data for 2017 and is an estimate. Members were asked to estimate numbers of Indirect Employees in the workforce. Although not all members have been able to do this we do have some data which has allowed us to be more accurate with accident rates, which will eventually lead to better bench-marking with other industries. Note the Indirectly employed figure includes those who were previously wrongly classified plus others, as this is not a question we have asked before.

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