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.
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Figure 7
Minor injury per million population
40% of incidents resulting in minor injury were caused by operational defects related to component failure. A further 30% of incidents were caused by improper use or unskilled interference with gas equipment.