The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its latest figures for work-related fatal injuries in 2024-2025, showing a decline in workplace deaths.
Tragically, 124 workers lost their lives in workplace accidents over the last year, a fall from 138 in 2023–24.
Construction accounted for the highest number of deaths at 35, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing, with 23 deaths. However, when considering the rate per 100,000 workers, agriculture remains the most dangerous sector, followed by waste and recycling.
The leading causes of fatal injury to workers were:
- Falls from height (35)
- Struck by a moving object (18)
- Trapped by something collapsing or overturning (17)
- Struck by a moving vehicle (14)
- Contact with moving machinery (13)
In addition, 92 members of the public were killed in work-related accidents in 2024/25.
The figures only relate to work-related accidents and do not include deaths arising from occupational diseases or diseases arising from certain occupational exposures.
The data also shows that:
- 95% of those who died were male
- Around 40% were aged 60 or over
The HSE has also published figures on mesothelioma, a cancer linked to past asbestos exposure. In 2023, there were 2,218 deaths, a decrease of 62 compared with the previous year. These deaths reflect historic exposures, often before the 1980s, and the number is expected to decline over the next decade.
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