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Chapter
4: Prosecutions following Reported Incidents
Key Statistics
Prosecutions following Investigated Deaths
33% of investigated worker deaths in 1998/9 - 83 out
of 250 – resulted in a prosecution and all but
one resulted in a conviction.
This was an increase of 9% in prosecution rates compared
to the rate following deaths in 1996/7.
The rate of prosecution following deaths in 1998/9 ranged
from:
• 50% of deaths in Manufacturing to 11% in Agriculture;
• 60% in the West Midlands to 10% in the South
West;
10% of deaths of Members of Public in 1998/9 resulted
in a prosecution, all of which resulted in a conviction.
In 1998/9, none of the 23 deaths of Members of the Public
in North and West Yorkshire and only 1 of the 27 deaths
in the South West resulted in a prosecution.
Only 9 out of 854 deaths that took place between 1996/7
to 1998/9 resulted in the prosecution of a company director
or senior manger. One employee was prosecuted.
Prosecutions Following Major Injuries
11% of the investigated major injuries to workers in
1998/9 resulted in a prosecution.
This was an increase of 3% in prosecution rates compared
to the rate following major injuries in 1996/7.
The rate of prosecution following major injuries in
1998/9 ranged from:
• 12% in Manufacturing to 3% in the /Extractive
sector;
• 20% in Wales to 6% in the North Midlands;
6% of investigated major injuries to members of the
public in 1998/9 resulted in a prosecution.
This was an increase of 4% in prosecution rates compared
to the rate following major injuries in 1996/7.
Only 4 out of 7982 major injuries that took place between
1996/7 to 1998/9 resulted in the prosecution of a company
director or senior manger. 13 employees were prosecuted.
Prosecutions Following Dangerous Occurrences
4% of the investigated dangerous occurrences in 1998/9
resulted in a prosecution.
This was just an increase of 1% compared to the rate
following dangerous occurrences in 1996/7.
The rate of prosecution following dangerous occurrences
in 1998/9 ranged from:
•14% in the North West to none of the 79 reported
incidents in the South West and none of the 45 reported
incidents in Northern Home Counties
Prosecutions following Industrial Disease
Only 1% of investigated ill health events in the three
years between 1996/7 to 1998/9 resulted in a prosecution.
In 1997/8, only 7 of 521 investigated ill-health events
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