HSE Releases Workplace Fatality Figures

The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has this week reported that 123 workers were killed at work in the year April 2021 to March 2022.

The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has this week reported that 123 workers were killed at work in the year April 2021 to March 2022.

The most common causes were falling from height (30), being struck by a moving vehicle (23) and being struck by a moving object (18).  The most dangerous industries were construction (30 deaths), agriculture, fishing and forestry (22 deaths) and manufacturing (22).*

Furthermore, in the same year, 80 members of the public were killed following a work-related accident.

HSE’s Chief Executive Sarah Albon said: “While Great Britain is one of the safest countries in the world to work, (today’s figures show) we must continue to ensure safety remains a priority. Every loss of life is a tragedy, and we are committed to making workplaces safer and holding employers to account for their actions, as part of our mission to protect people and places.”

The full press release: HSE

Alma Law are experienced in all several types of accidents at work including:

• Falls from height
• Trench collapses
• Plant and equipment disasters
• Farming accidents
• Vehicle accidents
• Accidents at sea
• Dockside accidents
• Poisonings and toxic inhalations
• Skin diseases
• Upper limb disorders
• Factory accidents
• Traumatic amputations
• Brain and spinal cord injuries
• Deaths

Please contact us for a free, no obligation discussion.  

Grant Evatt

Alma Law

10^th July 2022

Grant Evatt is a Law Society accredited personal injury solicitor who has specialised in workplace accident claims for over twenty years. 

*The figures relate to work-related accidents and do not include deaths arising from occupational diseases or diseases arising from certain occupational exposures (including Covid-19).