Posted By james mackie
Can anyone guide me to a website that can give me statistics that show how we compare to our european partners with regards to construction site accident figures.


many thanks

jim

Posted By peter gotch
Jim

Very difficult to compare stats on a like fo like basis.

The EU is trying to negotiate a Directive so that we all count the same apples, but struggling even to secure agreement on what constitutes a fatal accident, not least since some fuddy duddies in the UK are extremely loathe to cede our 12th or 13th Century "year and a day" rule. IT'S TRADITION !!!

Conversely in other places if they get you into the ambulance and away from the scene of the accident before you die, then not classified as fatal.

Oh, and we are inconsistent in approach to work related road traffic accidents, including fatals. Supposedly it would have been too much of a burden on industry to have included for these accidents in RIDDOR reporting requirements.

Also efficiency of recording varies dramatically from state to state, eg with Social Security system in Germany enabling much more accurate stats than reliance on duty holders complying with RIDDOR.

As a rule of thumb, take RIDDOR stats for over 3 day accidents and multiply by 3 to allow for UK underreporting.

Regards, Peter