There are five key priority areas/topics that have been identified nationally as those causing the most work days lost due to work-related accidents and ill-health, these are:

• Slips, trips and falls, slipping and tripping are the most common causes of major injuries within UK workplaces. Each year about 11,000 major injuries are caused by slipping and tripping.
• Work related lifting/pushing/twisting and carrying known musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the most common occupational illness, affecting 1.0 million people a year. They include problems such as low back pain, joint injuries and repetitive strain injuries of various sorts.
• Work related stress, the Health and Safety Executive state that 13.5 million working days are lost each year due to work-related stress.
• Accidents involving workplace transport is the second biggest cause of workplace accidents. In 2004/5 there were 70 fatal and 2021 major injuries in the workplace.
• Falls from height remain the most common kind of workplace fatality. Work-related accidents involving a fall from height, person or object, results in approximately 80 fatalities

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