The data shows there were 19 fatal injuries in the manufacturing industry (down from 27 deaths last year), while the transport and storage industry accounted for 14 fatal injuries. There were also 30 fatal injuries in construction, 27 in agriculture, 14 in waste and 33 in ‘other’.
The overall figures equals a rate of 0.43 per 100,000 workers – the second lowest year on record.
HSE Chair Martin Temple said: “Every fatality is a tragic event that should not happen. While we are encouraged by this improvement on the previous year, we continue unwaveringly on our mission to prevent injury, death and ill health by protecting people and reducing risks.”
The data also reveals that 98 of the fatal injuries happened to people aged 16-to-59, while 34 fatal injuries happened to people aged 60+ and five to ‘age not known’.
In addition, being struck by a moving vehicle was the main kind of fatal accident for workers last year (31), followed by falling from height (25), and being struck by a moving object (20).
Temple added: “We deal daily with the causes and consequences of work-related deaths, injuries and ill health. Today’s updated figures continue to inform our understanding of which areas we need to target.
“We concentrate our interventions where we know we can have the biggest impact. We hold dutyholders accountable for managing the risks they create in the workplace. This benefits workers, business performance, the economy and wider society alike.”
Further information on the statistics can be found, here.
HSE publishes workplace fatality statistics
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There were 137 workers killed at work between April 2016 and March 2017, according to provisional annual data for work-related fatal accidents released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
