Causes of all traumatic work related deaths according to the rank of the deceased in British merchant shipping, 1976–2002
| Cause of death | Rank of the deceased | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Captain | Deck officer* | Engineer* | Deck rating | Engine room rating | Catering/ steward | Other | (Total) | |
| *Deck cadets are included as deck officers, and engine room cadets as engineers. | ||||||||
| Accidents | ||||||||
| Maritime disasters | ||||||||
| Foundered | 4 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 9 | 41 | 2 | (110) |
| Collision | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | (9) | ||
| Fire or explosion | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 3 | (57) |
| Occupational accidents | ||||||||
| Asphyxiated in holds | 3 | 16 | 1 | (20) | ||||
| Asphyxiated in the engine room | 2 | 3 | 5 | (10) | ||||
| Falls overboard | 4 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | (35) | |
| Falls down or inside in holds | 5 | 23 | 2 | (30) | ||||
| Other falls on board | 2 | 16 | 1 | (19) | ||||
| Struck by heavy seas on deck | 4 | 11 | 2 | (17) | ||||
| Struck by mooring and towing ropes | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | (18) | |||
| Struck by other moving objects | 1 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 1 | (52) | |
| Other occupational accidents | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | (24) | |||
| Off-duty accidents | ||||||||
| Falls into docks—returning to ship | 9 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 3 | 19 | 1 | (77) |
| Falls overboard | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | (7) | ||
| Falls on board | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | (15) | |||
| Traffic related accidents ashore | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 1 | (34) | |
| Swimming and diving accidents | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | (14) | ||
| Other off-duty accidents | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | (16) | ||
| Homicide | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | (17) | |
| Suicide | 1 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 22 | (55) | ||
| Drug and alcohol intoxication | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | (14) | ||
| Unknown circumstances | ||||||||
| Drowned | 3 | 7 | 19 | 38 | 3 | 20 | 1 | (91) |
| Missing at sea | 2 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 12 | 28 | 1 | (87) |
| Other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | (7) | |||
| Total | 26 | 82 | 117 | 327 | 95 | 176 | 12 | (835) |