Chapter 4: Prosecutions Following Reported Incidents

This section looks at FOD’s prosecution record – and in particular the level and rate of prosecutions following investigations into reported incidents.

An investigation into a reported incident (death, injury, dangerous occurrence and so on) can result in more than one company, organisation or individual being prosecuted. In addition each of those prosecutions (or ‘cases’) may allege that more than one offence (or ‘breach’) has been committed.

A single death or injury can therefore result in one or more prosecutions. However, we are not concerned with the total number of cases or breaches alleged after investigations, but with the total number of incidents that have resulted in at least one organisation or individual being prosecuted. This analysis considers a prosecution following a reported incident to have resulted in a conviction, if at least one offence alleged following the investigation resulted in a conviction.

Data in this section covers reported incidents that took place between 1996/7 to 1998/9. We do not cover incidents beyond this period due to the time lag between date of death and completion of prosecution which would make any analysis of the data incomplete.

Key Statistics

Prosecutions Following Deaths

Prosecutions following Major Injuries

Prosecutions following Dangerous Occurences, industrial Diseases and prosecutions of individuals

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