Fatalities form work injuries 2008/09 provisional results
Work related injuries causing death show a decline on previous year averages - 25th June 2009
Provisional figures for the 2008/09 year show a
decrease in the number of fatalities caused through
workplace injuries.
The number of workers who died in the 2008/09 year
as a result of
injuries at work was 180, which represent 0.6%
per 100,000 workers.
Although this figure is not the final number due to
things such as late reporting or long investigations
into the cause of the
workplace
accident causing the death, it is still
significantly lower than the previous year’s
provisional figure of 229, which had four late
incidents added to it.
The recognised measure of improvement is based on a
five consecutive year average, which has the
provisional figure 51 below the previous five year
average of 231.
Working
injury fatalities in Great Britain are
consistently amongst the lowest in the European
Union, with construction, agriculture and transport
being amongst the worst industries across all EU
states.
The full workplace injury
fatality statistics can be found at
http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/fatalinjuries.htm.
