Over the past 18 months or so, the world’s focus has been on the coronavirus pandemic and how to keep everyone safe. Many businesses have paused or ceased operations during this time with workers furloughed or working from home.
But despite the obvious reduction in numbers of people at work, we h…
Workplace injury and work-related illness led to the loss of 27 million working days in 2011/2012, new figures have revealed. According to statistics published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) towards the end of 2012, 173 people were killed while at work, and 111,000 other injuries suffered …
Summary for 2010/11
The number of offshore oil and gas leaks that could potentially lead to a major incident has fallen, according to new safety statistics released today (Tuesday 19 July)
Figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that there were 73 major or significant hydrocarbon releases associated wit…
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) confirms that the provisional figure for the number of workers fatally injured in 2010/11 is 171 (which corresponds to a rate of fatal injury of 0.6 per 100,000 workers).
"Given that these statistics are based on a count of events that are rare, they are highl…
New official statistics published today show the number of workers killed in Britain last year has increased.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released provisional data for the year April 2010 to March 2011, which shows the number of workers killed was 171 an increase on the previous year, …
Published at the end of March, the quarterly fatal injury figures for the period April to December 2010 provide emerging details of the count of workplace fatal injuries in 2010/11:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/fatalquarterly.htm?ebul=stats/apr-11&cr=02
The following statistics are, or will shortly be, available for the period of 2009/10:
Blood lead exposure:
The latest annual data based on HSE's exposure to lead study. The update includes the working population in the lead industry, exposure by lead industrial classification and data on the numbe…
