The following table provides this breakdown for Crossrail Limited construction sites from 2009 through to end of financial year 2013/14:
Date / Incident type / Cause / Location / Contractor03/12/2009 / Fractured ankle / Injured person stepped into a hole and twisted ankle. Individual was examined at hospital. / North Greenwich / Crossrail Limited
03/12/2009 / Foreign body in eye / While using a grass strimmer, the injured person hit an object hidden in the scrub. A fragment flew up and pierced injured person’s safety visor and glasses and resulting in foreign body in the eye requiring medical treatment. / Limmo Peninsula / Homegrown Timber
05/06/2010 / Cut on hand / Injured person’s hand became trapped between casing causing cuts to the back of the hand. / Paddington / Carillion Piling
24/08/2010 / Fractured rib / Injured person slipped 1.5 metres whilst they were descending from the driver’s cab of plant machinery and fell to the ground. / Royal Oak / Skanska Cementation
16/11/2010 / Shoulder injury / Injured person’s chair gave way and they injured their shoulder. / Whitechapel / Stag Security
20/05/2011 / Bruised shoulder / Tubing in a bore hole fell and hit the injured person on the hard hat and then glanced the shoulder. / Hyde Park / FES
10/06/2011 / Leg injury / This incident involved a member of the public unlawfully accessing the site whilst being chased by the police. The member of the public hurt themselves trying to scale a fence. / Royal Oak Portal / Member of Public
24/06/2011 / Grazed knee / Injured person fell over and grazed their knee. / Connaught Tunnel / Charter Security
06/09/2011 / Bruising and abrasion / A heras fence panel was blown over in high-winds and came into contact with a passing member of the public. / Liverpool Street station / Member of Public
Date / Incident type / Cause / Location / Contractor
16/09/2011 / Skin injury / A hose became detached and sprayed the injured person’s arm with pressurised water. / Pudding Mill Lane / W Groundwater
22/09/2011 / Fractured ankle / Injured person turned their ankle whilst walking on the pedestrian walkway. / Pudding Mill Lane / ITM Soil
06/12/2011 / Cut to finger / Casing slipped and trapped the injured person’s finger. / Liverpool Street / Keller Geotechnic
17/12/2011 / Dislocated shoulder / Injured person tripped over a cable on the walkway, fell and hurt their shoulder. / Bond Street / Bam Ritchies
20/12/2011 / Broken arm / During set-up of an auger, the injured person trapped their arm between an auger and pile casing. / Royal Oak Portal / Keller Geotechnic
04/02/2012 / Fractured arm / Injured person tripped on a timber baton and fell on their arm. / Whitechapel / Enterprise
16/02/2012 / Hit to head / Hit to forehead by rope attachment while setting up equipment. A hard hat was being worn at the time. / Stepney Green / Soil Mechanics / ESG
23/03/2012 / Fractured arm / When crossing an area that had recently been backfilled, a pedestrian stumbled and landed on their arm. / Whitechapel / Member of Public
13/04/2012 / Splinter in hand / Injured person got a splinter in their hand whilst handling a timber sleeper. The wound subsequently became infected and required hospital treatment. / Westbourne Park / Spartan Rail
15/04/2012 / Twisted ankle / Injured person slipped and twisted their ankle. / Old Oak Common / Reliable Contractors
25/04/2012 / Back injury / Injured person slipped and fell on their bottom, aggravating an existing back injury. / Liverpool Street / BBMV
20/06/2012 / Cut to arm / While opening a heras panel it flexed and came into contact with a passing cyclist resulting in a cut to their arm. / Whitechapel / Member of Public
24/07/2012 / Back injury / Injured person jumped out of a man-rider before it had come to rest properly on the ground. / Tottenham Court Road / Keller
Date / Incident type / Cause / Location / Contractor
06/08/2012 / Back injury / Injured person moved some chairs, despite being told not to, and incurred a back injury. / Liverpool Street offices / Crossrail Limited
16/08/2012 / Foot injury / While disconnecting a jet wash bowser the tow bar dropped on the injured person’s foot behind his safety toecap. / Whitechapel / Fortel
25/08/2012 / Skin irritation / Injured person developed a skin rash after coming into contact with materials in a silt buster. / Whitechapel / Hydro Cleansing
31/08/2012 / Fractured fingers / Injured person trapped their fingers in a hinged section of a mould. / Old Oak Common / TAG Construction Limited
26/10/2012 / Fractured ankle / Injured person stepped in to a depression on a concrete surface. / Tottenham Court Road / D&C Engineer Ltd.
01/11/2012 / Skin Injury / Injured person put their hand in front of a jet washer nozzle when clearing a blockage. They accidently released the trigger and high pressured water was sprayed over their hand, breaking the skin. / Farringdon / Laing O’Rourke
04/11/2012 / Fractured foot / The injured person dropped a plastic spreader plate on to their foot, the plate landed behind the steel toecap of their safety boot causing the injury. / Canning Town / TGT Ltd
07/11/2012 / Broken fingers / Injured person trapped their fingers while setting up equipment. / Tottenham Court Road / BAM Ritchies
22/11/2012 / Fractured leg / Whilst exiting the work area via a low-level ramp, the injured person’s leg got caught in the gap between the ramp and the work platform causing the person to fall over injuring their leg. / Chatham / Cheema
27/11/2012 / Cut to foot / Injured person’s foot slipped off a spade they were using which impacted their safety boot, causing a cut. / Liverpool Street / WJ Groundwater Ltd.
03/12/2012 / Fractured foot / Injured person stood in the blind spot of a moving vehicle and vehicle accidently drove over their foot. / Whitechapel / Crossrail Limited
Date / Incident type / Cause / Location / Contractor
10/12/2012 / Cut to thumb / The injured person’s hand slipped whilst tightening a bolt. / Tottenham Court Road / Kier Construction
12/12/2012 / Burns / The injured person struck a known low voltage live cable during street excavations. / High Holborn / Barhale
16/12/2012 / Swollen foot / Injured person opened a crate, however the banding securing the glass panels inside was missing and the panels fell on their foot. / Paddington / GA Fixings Limited
17/01/2013 / Finger injury / Whilst working from the basket of a cherry picker the injured person caught the tips of their middle and ring fingers between the tube and one of the cage brackets. / Paddington / Skanska Cementation
31/01/2013 / Fractured foot / The injured person’s foot became trapped between the magazine and the segment feeder. / Paddington / McGinleys
01/02/2013 / Back strain / Whilst assisting in cleaning out concrete from a mixing tank the injured person strained their back. / Whitechapel / Spraycon
02/02/2013 / Fractured wrist / Operative was engaged in changing carousel lid springs when right wrist was struck by a failing lid. / Canning Town / Cheema
25/02/2013 / Back injury / Injured person lost their footing causing their lower back muscles to tense. / C310 Thames Tunnel (Drive H) / Hochtief Murphy JV
27/02/2013 / Fractured wrist / The injured person’s foot slipped and they fell on their side resulting in a wrist fracture. / Royal Oak / Global Tunnelling Experts
05/03/2013 / Foot injury / Foot slipped while hand shovelling grout resulting in an injury to the bridge of the foot. Steel toecap shoes were being worn at time of injury. / Royal Oak / BAM Ritchies
25/03/2013 / Rib injury / Whilst ascending external stairs to the project office, the injured person tripped and fell. / Whitechapel / BBES
Date / Incident type / Cause / Location / Contractor
10/04/2013 / Bruised foot / Injured person misdirected jet washer towards their own right foot and caused puncture to wellington boot. / Liverpool Street Station / Bauer
12/04/2013 / Chest injury / Injured person was struck by a concrete line during cleaning. / Liverpool Street Station / Bauer
16/04/2013 / Cut to neck / Injured person was operating an unloading machine when it moved causing the injured person to be jolted backwards and then forwards. / Wallasea Island / Walsh
27/04/2013 / Sprained knee / Injured person stepped and twisted their left leg. / Westbourne Park / McGinley
02/05/2013 / Foot injury / Injured person's foot was trapped. / Wallasea Island / Bam Nuttal
04/05/2013 / Foot injury / Injured person received an injury to their foot. / Limmo Peninsula / Dragados Sisk
12/05/2013 / Leg injury / The arm of a skip struck the injured person’s leg. / Bond Street Station / Bam Nuttall/ Ferrovial Agroman/ Kier
21/05/2013 / Muscle spasm in back / The injured person felt a pain in their back whilst moving a piece of timber. / Paddington Station / Byrne Brothers
09/06/2013 / Fractured thumb/wrist / Injured person's hand causing an injury to their thumb and wrist hurt by bar wrenched / Wallasea Island / Bam Nuttall
13/06/2013 / Foot injury / Injured person received an injury to their foot whilst lifting a section of rail. / Canary Wharf / Dragados Sisk
17/06/2013 / Cut to face / Injured person sustained an injury whilst using a grinder causing a cut. / Canary Wharf / Dragados Sisk
24/06/2013 / Cut to leg / Injured person was cutting rope with a Stanley knife and cut their leg. / Farringdon Station / Geocisa
Date / Incident type / Cause / Location / Contractor
02/07/2013 / Ankle injury / Injured person stepped backwards resulting in a fall. / North Woolwich Portal / Hochtief Murphy JV
03/07/2013 / Arm/Hand injury / Injured person complained of pain after using a pneumatic tool. / Liverpool Street Station / Tunnelcraft
04/07/2013 / Fractured finger / Injured person sustained an injury to their hand. / North Woolwich Portal / DAM
10/07/2013 / Finger injury / Section of ramp dropped onto injured person's hand. / Westbourne Park / IPS
17/07/2013 / Finger injury / Injured person suffered an injury to their finger. / Fisher Street Shaft / Barhale
23/07/2013 / Fractured bone in foot / Injured person fell whilst descending staircase. / Whitechapel Station / BBMV
28/07/2013 / Injury to knee/arm / Injured person fell down several steps, badly hurting their right knee and left arm. / Whitechapel Station / WJ Groundwater
31/07/2013 / Dislocated hip / Injured person sustained a dislocation to their hip whilst attempting to move a concrete segment. / Limmo Peninsula / TGT Ltd
03/08/2013 / Injured ankle / Injured person sustained an injury to their ankle. / Limmo Peninsula / TGT Ltd
05/08/2013 / Cut to elbow / Injured person cut their elbow on a sharp edge. / Tottenham Court Road / Bam Nuttall/ Ferrovial Agroman/ Kier
07/08/2013 / Sprained wrist / Injured person slipped around the ramp area of a wheel wash. / Limmo Peninsula / Dragados Sisk
09/08/2013 / Injuries to knee, leg and chest / Injured person struck by pressure washer when cleaning. / Liverpool Street Station / Tunnelcraft
Date / Incident type / Cause / Location / Contractor
13/08/2013 / Eye injury / Injured person’s eye came into contact with excavated material / Westbourne Park / Bam Nuttall/ Ferrovial Agroman/ Kier
14/08/2013 / Cut knee and bruising to arm and shoulder / Injured person tripped on a railway sleeper. / Asset Wide / KGI
15/08/2013 / Sprained ankle / Injured person stepped sideways and went over on their ankle. / Pudding Mill Lane / Proficient Security
30/08/2013 / Fractured ankle / Injured person misplaced their footing, and fell to the ground. / Bond Street Station / Site Logistics
11/09/2013 / Twisted ankle / Injured person tripped and twisted their ankle. / Westbourne Park / Danny Sullivan
30/11/2013 / Fractured foot / Injured person was struck by a section of rail. / Westbourne Park / Bam Nuttall/ Ferrovial Agroman/ Kier
16/12/2013 / Injured Knee / Injured person tripped on steps. / Farringdon Station / Bam Nuttall/ Ferrovial Agroman/ Kier
16/01/2014 / Finger injury / Injured person’s glove became caught on a drill, injuring their finger. / Farringdon Station / Laing O Rourke / Strabag (LORS)
16/01/2014 / Fractured Wrist / The injured person fell to the ground. / Royal Oak Portal / Reliable
Date / Incident type / Cause / Location / Contractor
12/02/2014 / Fractured heel / A gate swung round in high winds and hit the injured person on their foot. / Paddington Station / O'Rourke
19/02/2014 / Bruised and cut legs / Injured person cut and bruised their legs when moving a segment mould. / Chatham Segment Factory / Cheema Ltd
27/02/2014 / Fractured ankle / Injured person turned their ankle whilst walking on concrete slab. / Pudding Mill Lane / Network Rail
03/03/2014 / Fractured wrist / Injured person stepped back and fell to the ground. / Farringdon Station / Bam Nuttall/ Ferrovial Agroman/ Kier
05/03/2014 / Back injury / The injured person was loading empty gas cylinders onto a trolley when they felt a twinge in their back / Tottenham Court Road / KBR
07/03/2014 / Hit by falling object / Person was fatally injured by a fall of sprayed concrete lining. / Fisher Street Shaft / Bam Nuttall/ Ferrovial Agroman/ Kier