Minor injury

Minor injuries resulting from gas incidents show a decreasing trend over the reporting period with a slight increase in the number of incidents in the last two years as indicated in Figure 7.

Gas Report 2014-15 Fig7
Gas Report 2014-15 Fig7, by ggodsman

Figure 7

Minor injury per million population

A significant number of incidents resulting in minor injury were caused by operational defects related to component failure and improper use or unskilled interference with gas equipment.