.gif)
.gif)
.gif)
.gif)
.gif)
.gif)
.png)
Over 60s Account for 30% of Workplace Fatalities
Annual workplace fatality figures from the Health and Safety Executive highlight the risks to older workers, with around 30 per cent of fatal injuries in...
Read Full Article.png)
The Leading News & Information Service For The Facilities, Workplace & Built Environment Community
2015/15 Stats Confirmed - 30.4 Million Working Days Lost
04 November 2016 | Updated 01 January 1970
The HSE has confirmed and reported the accident, injury, ill health and fatality statistics for Great Britain.
Key figures for Great Britain (2015/16):
-
1.3 million working people suffering from a work-related illness.
-
2,515 mesothelioma deaths due to past asbestos exposures (2014).
-
144 workers killed at work.
-
72,702 other injuries to employees reported under RIDDOR.
-
621,000 injuries occurred at work according to the Labour Force Survey.
-
30.4 million working days lost due to work-related illness and workplace injury.
-
£14.1 billion estimated cost of injuries and ill health from current working conditions (2014/15)
Click Here to download the full report
Fatalities are down from 42 in 2014/15 to 37 in 2015/16, and total reported non-fatal injuries from 6,165 to 5,956 respectively.
However, of the 144 workers killed at work in 2015/16, falls from height still accounted for the highest percentage at 26%, with ‘struck by moving vehicle’ at 19% and ‘struck by moving object’ at 10%.
18 of the fatal falls occurred in the construction sector, seven in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector, and four in manufacturing.
Picture: The HSE's 2016 Statistics are available
Article written by Brian Shillibeer | Published 04 November 2016
Share
.gif)
Related Tags
Related Articles
HSE Injury And Ill-Health Statistics Released
October 30 saw the HSE releases the annual injury and ill-health statistics for Great Britain showing that 28.2 million working days were lost due to work-related illness...
Read Full ArticleMaintenance Man Dies In Waterloo Travelator Horror
A man working on a moving walkway at London Waterloo Underground Station has died after he got trapped whilst undertaking early morning maintenance work. British...
Read Full ArticleClancy Docwra Hit With £1 Million Fatality Fine
Clancy Docwra and one of its employees have been sentenced after a worker was struck by an excavator and was killed. The company was fined £1 million and ordered to...
Read Full ArticleExplosion - Four Dead - Valero Pays £6 Million
Valero Energy UK will have to pay at least £6 million after four people died in an oil explosion. B&A Contracts have also been fined after the incident at...
Read Full ArticleWaste Companies Maim And Kill
A company in the recycling sector has been fined over a manual handling of loads issue and two other firms in the same business have been fined for separate...
Read Full ArticleVeolia Hit With £1m Vehicle Death Fine
The waste and recycling arm of Veolia has been fined £1 million following the death of a worker who was run over by a reversing refuse collection...
Read Full ArticleAir Quality Monitoring - Khan Helps Londoners Breath More Easily
January 15 saw London's Mayor launch the world's largest air quality monitoring network. Breathe London combines state-of-the-art technology and analysis to...
Read Full ArticleClean Air Strategy - Gove Helps You Breath More Easily
Monday 14 saw Environment Secretary Michael Gove launch the Government's new Clean Air Strategy - setting a long-term target to reduce people’s exposure to...
Read Full ArticleNew Year, Old Story - Security Guard Is NY Stabbing Death Two
January 1 saw the Metropolitan Police launch a search for the murderer of a young security guard who, along with two colleagues and a party goer were stabbed as they...
Read Full Article.png)
.png)
