Introduction
This report provides a profile of
workplace health and safety in the Manufacturing1 sector.
Broadly speaking Manufacturing
includes activities that involve the physical or chemical transformation of
materials, substances or components into new products. Outputs may be finished
products (ready for use) or semi-finished in the sense that it is to become an
input for further manufacturing. The 2007 Standard Industrial Classification
(SIC) divides manufacturing into 24 divisions. For the purpose of this report,
to ensure reliable statistical estimates, these 24 divisions have been grouped
into 6 broad activity groups:
g
Manufacture of food and
drink products (SIC 10 and 11).
g Manufacture of non-metallic products (SIC 16,17,22,23,31), covering manufacture of:
o
wooden products;
o
pulp paper and converted paper products;
o
rubber and plastic products;
o
other non-metallic products such as glass, ceramics, brick, cement and plaster;
o
furniture.
g
Manufacture of chemical and
pharmaceutical products (SIC 19-21), covering manufacture of
:
o
coke and refined petroleum products (e.g. petrol refinery);
o manufacture
of chemicals and chemical products, which includes the transformation of
organic and inorganic raw materials
by a chemical process;
o
basic pharmaceutical products and preparations.
g
Manufacture of metallic
products (SIC
24,25) covering the manufacture of basic metals and fabricated
metal products (except machinery and equipment).
g Manufacture of transport and transport products (SIC
29,30), covering manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and other transport
equipment such as ships, boats, rail locomotives and rolling stock, air
and spacecrafts.
g
Other manufacturing (SIC 12-15,18,26-28,32-33)
including manufacture of:
o
Textiles, wearing apparels and leather and related products;
o
Tobacco products;
o
Printing and reproduction of recorded
media;
o
Computer, electronic and optical products, electrical equipment and
other machinery and equipment;
o
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment and other manufacturing.
The health and
safety risks for workers in the sector will vary depending on the job being
undertaken. Therefore, in addition to looking at health and safety outcomes
across the sector as a whole, this report also considers outcomes for three
occupational groups2 that
are common across the sector (though not exclusive to the sector):
g Skilled metal, electrical/electronic trades (SOC 52)
g
Textiles, printing and other
skilled trades (SOC 54);
g
Process, plant and machine
operatives (SOC 81).
The Manufacturing sector is a
major employer accounting for around 8% of the UK workforce3. This report considers the current health and
safety situation in the sector, focusing on three aspects:
1.
The scale and profile of work-related illness and injury in workers. A
range of data sources is considered to allow a full assessment of the current
health and safety situation. The most comprehensive data source for both
work-related illness and workplace injury is the Labour Force Survey, a large
scale, nationally representative survey of households. This is supplemented
with a range of data from other sources (e.g. for injuries, statutory
notifications of workplace injuries under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases
and Dangerous Occurrence Regulations (RIDDOR)) to ensure as complete a picture
as possible. More details on the data
sources used can be found at Annex 1.
2.
The profile of workplace risks in the sector and the procedures and
policies in place for managing
these risks;
The impacts of health and safety failings in
terms of working days lost, costs to society
and enforcement action taken against employers within the sector.sumber http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/industry/manufacturing.pdf
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