In 2009/10 there were 26 061 reported injuries to employees classified as major injuries. The corresponding rate was 101.5 per 100 000. The most common accidents involved slipping or tripping (41%), and falls from a height (16%). A further 95 369 reported injuries to employees caused an absence from work of over three days. The corresponding rate was 371.5. Of these injuries, the most common kinds of accident were caused by handling, lifting or carrying (36%), and slipping or tripping (24%). *Reported major injuries: Specified serious injuries to workers, including most fractures, amputations and other injuries leading to resuscitation or 24-hour admittance to hospital. *Reported over-3-day injuries: Other (non-major) injuries to workers that lead to absence from work, or inability to do their usual job, for over three days.