NASC ACCIDENT STATISTICS IN 2022

The National Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) has been collecting data from its members since 1975 and producing an annual Safety Report. Reports are published on our website and are accessible for everyone: nasc.org.uk/information/safety-reports/

The NASC is proud to have been shortlisted for two Safety & Health Excellence Awards (2023), and to have won BestHealthandSafetyin Construction Award.

Our award application also detailed how the NASC uses the Safety Report and its analysis to produce relevant safety guidance to target current issues. Scaffolding has always been considered a dangerous occupation. However, while that was true in the distant past, it is not true today. Standards have improved considerably, thanks to the efforts of the NASC and its members, the HSE, and the wider construction industry.

Over the last 40+ years, we have seen a continuous drop in our accident statistics, and in 2022 we achieved the lowest accident incident rate (AIR) and accident frequency rate (AFR) in our history, resulting in even more of our people working a lifetime without incident or harm. See TABLE 1 for our 2022 AIR and AFR.