UK Workplace Accident and Incident Records for 2012-2013

Adverse incident records from the UK's Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) for the years 2012 and 2013. The data includes unique reference numbers, incident dates, injury types, and time lost days, drawn from the agency's internal recording system. APHA collected this data as part of its legal duty to record incidents where a person was harmed at work or on its premises.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in workplace injury types based on the 'Type of injury' field.
• Calculate average recovery periods or lost productivity based on 'Time Lost Days'.
• Study the frequency and seasonality of incidents using the 'Date of Incident'.
• Track the evolution of near-miss reporting culture as mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Data covers a defined two-year period (2012-2013).
• Includes a unique identifier ('Reference') for record tracking.
• Description specifies the data source as an official government agency (APHA) recording system.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), UK, via Government Digital Service.

Collection Method

Drawn from the adverse incident recording system in operation at APHA at the time.

Time Range

2012-2013

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Likely United Kingdom (inferred from APHA's remit and Crown Copyright).