MOD Health and Safety Statistics Annual Report

Official Statistics from the UK Ministry of Defence detail adverse work-related health outcomes recorded on the Incident Recording and Information System (IRIS). The report provides figures for fatalities, injuries, and illnesses among Armed Forces personnel and civilian MOD employees. Data is published in HTML format under the OGL-UK-3.0 license and was last updated in July 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in workplace fatalities based on annual report figures.
• Compare rates of injuries and illnesses between military and civilian personnel groups.
• Model risk factors for adverse health outcomes in defense-related occupations.
• Benchmark safety performance over time using the IRIS system data.

Strengths

• Data is designated as Official Statistics, suggesting a formal collection and reporting process.
• Covers two distinct populations: Armed Forces personnel and civilian MOD employees.
• Includes multiple categories of adverse outcomes: fatalities, injuries, and illnesses.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal or institutional bias inherent to the single-source UK government reporting.

Provenance

Source

Ministry of Defence (UK)

Collection Method

Recorded on the Ministry of Defence Incident Recording and Information System (IRIS).

Time Range

Annual report; specific temporal coverage is not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:04.828629; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom, covering Ministry of Defence personnel.