Investigations
into Deaths
Tables 1 and 2 sets out how many reported deaths were
investigated by FOD inspectors. Table 1 shows that a
small percentage of deaths each year are not investigated,
though this lack of investigation has reduced from 12.3%
(40 deaths) to 2.5% (7 deaths) in the five year period.
In the five year period a total of 75 deaths were not
investigated – 15 in ’Construction’;
15 in ‘Manufacturing’; 1 in ‘Agriculture’;
1 in the ‘Energy/Extractive’ sector; and the
remaining 43 in the ‘Service’ Sector.
Table 2 shows that a much larger number of deaths of
members of the public were not investigated each year,
ranging over the five year period from 48% (115 deaths)
to 10% (18 deaths). Interestingly, all but 2 of the
212 uninvestigated deaths in the five year period were
in the Service Sector (the remaining 2 being from Construction.
Table 3 shows that the five year period has shown a
sharp increase in the investigation of deaths in the
Service Sector.
Table 1
Numbers of Reported and Investigated Deaths of Workers
(1996/7 – 2000/01)
|
Nos
Rep |
Nos
Inv |
%
Inv |
| 1996/7 |
325 |
285 |
87.7% |
| 1997/8 |
270 |
254 |
94.0% |
| 1998/9 |
259 |
250 |
96.5% |
| 1999/00 |
221 |
218 |
98.6% |
| 2000/01 |
279 |
272 |
97.5% |
Table 2
Numbers of Reported and Investigated Deaths of Members
of the public (1996/7 – 2000/01)
|
Nos
Rep |
Nos
Inv |
%
Inv |
| 1996/7 |
240 |
125 |
52.0% |
| 1997/8 |
183 |
138 |
75.4% |
| 1998/9 |
151 |
134 |
88.7% |
| 1999/00 |
170 |
153 |
90.0% |
| 2000/01 |
191 |
173 |
90.6% |
Table
3
Numbers of Reported and Investigated Deaths of Members
of the Public in the Service Sector (1996/7 –
2000/01)
|
Nos
Rep |
Nos
Inv |
%
Inv |
| 1996/7 |
219 |
104 |
47.40% |
| 1997/8 |
160 |
116 |
72.50% |
| 1998/9 |
135 |
118 |
87.40% |
| 1999/00 |
148 |
131 |
88.50% |
| 2000/01 |
165 |
148 |
89.70% |
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