Workplace injury 2
With HSE releasing the ‘Workplace fatal injuries in Great Britain, 2019’ here are our five fatal injury facts
- The UK consistently has one of the lowest fatal injury rates in the EU
- Falling from height caused the largest proportion of fatalities in the workplace during 2018/19
- The North East of England had the lowest number of fatal injuries in Great Britain for 2018/19
- 92 members of the public were killed as a result of a work-connected accident in 2018/19
- Waste industry had the lowest number of fatalities per sector in 2018/19
The full report that these figure were taken from can be found on HSE's website. Please follow this link http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/pdf/fatalinjuries.pdf