Calls for Continued Focus on Workplace Health and Safety

The latest figures from the Health and Safety Executive show that 137 people lost their lives in work-related incidents in the UK last year. The figure, which relates to the period April 2016 to March 2017, is the second-lowest annual total on record – ten fewer than in 2015-16 and 34 fewer than in 2011-12. […]

HSE Releases Annual Workplace Fatalities

There were 142 work related fatalities between April 2014 and March 2015 (a rate of 0.46 fatalities per 100,000 workers), according to provisional annual data released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). This compares to last year’s all-time low of 136 (0.45 fatalities per 100,000 workers). The statistics apparently confirm the UK to be […]