Health and Safety Performance in the Foundry Industry
The annual statistics published by the HSE provide
us with a useful insight into the performance of the
industry and give organisations a benchmark against
which to compare their performance. What is noticeable
is that the foundry industry has an accident rate that
is significantly above the all industry average and
that of comparable industries such as manufacturing
and construction. However, the gross figures conceal
a wide variation in performance between companies within
the industry, as reported in the first round of data
received from those within the SHIFT Initiative.
Incidence Rate (per 100,000 employees) 2002/3
All Molten Metal Inds
2163
Manufacturing Inds 1131
Construction 1172
All Inds
614
Over the last 7 years the rate of accidents within
the molten metal industries has fallen significantly,
although still runs over that of similar industries.
Incidence Rate in the Molten Metal Industry 1996/7
– 2002/3
Year |
Accidents/ 100,000 employees |
1996/7 |
2343 |
1997/8 |
2534 |
1998/9 |
2446 |
1999/00 |
2506 |
2000/01 |
2567 |
2001/02 |
2360 |
2002/03 |
2163 |
Within the molten metal industry there is great variation
in the accident rates throughout various parts of the
industry.
Incidence Rates of the sub industries of the Molten
Metal Sector
Sector |
Accidents / 100,000 employees |
Casting of iron |
4625 |
Casting of steel |
2039 |
Casting of light metals |
1722 |
Casting of other non ferrous metals |
3853 |
All Molten Metals |
2163 |
The accident rate reported by SHIFT member companies
is 4214 accidents per 100,000 employees. |
