Annual Workplace Injuries

2014/15
Provisional annual data for work-related fatal accidents in Great Britains
workplaces shows small change from previous years, sustaining a long term trend
that has seen the rate of fatalities more than halve over the last 20 years.
The statistics again confirm the UK to be one of the safest places to work in Europe,
having one of the lowest rates of fatal injuries to workers in leading industrial
nations. [Data Source: HSE]
FATALITIES

KEY INDUSTRIAL SECTORS

142

WORKERS

CONSTRUCTION

FATALLY

73

INJURED
IN 2014/15

AGRICULTURE
WASTE & RECYCLING
- 73 Fatal Injury Accidents

KINDS OF ACCIDENT
HANDLING

OVER HALF
OF THE FATAL

HANDLING

INJURIES WERE
FALLS FROM HEIGHT

WAS THE

MOST FREQUENT

CONTACT WITH MOVING MACHINERY

STRUCK BY A VEHICLE

CAUSE OF

THE PUBLIC

102

OVER-SEVEN-DAY INJURY

MEMBERS OF

THE
PUBLIC
FATALLY INJURED

NEW WORKERS

CONNECTED

IN THEIR FIRST MONTH

IN ACCIDENTS

TO WORK

WITH A NEW EMPLOYER

WORKERS ARE

FIRST MONTH

4 TIMES

LOST WORKING DAYS

AS LIKELY TO BE INJURED

AS THOSE EMPLOYED
FOR AT LEAST A YEAR

An estimated 1.9 million

working days were lost
due to handling injuries
and slips & trips

1
Y
E
A
R

RECENT TREND
NUMBER OF FATAL INJURIES

FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE
142 WORKER DEATHS

IS 9% LOWER

300
250
200
150

THAN THE AVERAGE

FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS

100
50
0

2,538
MESOTHELIOMA

DEATHS
Mesothelioma, one of the few work related diseases where deaths
can be counted directly, contracted through past exposure to
asbestos killed 2,538 in Great Britain in 2013 compared to 2,548
in 2012.

EVERY
FATALITY
IS A TRAGIC EVENT
Judith Hackitt (Chair of the Health and Safety Executive) said: It is
disappointing last years performance on fatal injuries has not been
matched, but the trend continues to be one of improvement. Our systems and
our framework remain strong as demonstrated by our performance in
comparison to other countries.
Every fatality is a tragic event and our commitment to preventing loss of life
in the workplace remains unaltered. All workplace fatalities drive HSE to
develop even more effective interventions to reduce death, injury and ill
health.
Infographic created by HealthSafetyNews.co.uk
2015

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