Fatalities, injuries and ill health figures are released for 2013/14
Fatalities, injuries and ill health figures released for 2013/14
During 2013/14 there were 133 deaths at work nationally, as well as more than 78,000 workplace injuries and 1.2 million people suffering from work-related ill health. As a result, the HSE have appealed to employers to make the wellbeing of workers their top priority for the new financial year.
The figures show that those working in construction, manufacturing and waste and recycling are most at risk, with agriculture being an industry where improvement is needed. Areas of particular concern include falls from height, work on machinery that is poorly maintained and guarded, and failure to properly operate workplace transport.
HSE Chair Judith Hackitt underlines the progress made as a result of the organisation’s work: “In the forty years since HSE was formed, we’ve worked with businesses, workers and government to make Britain a healthier and safer place to work. Thousands of serious injuries have been prevented and work-related deaths have reduced by 85 per cent. HSE has helped Britain become one of the safest places to work in the world”.
A statistical break-down by region can be seen in the following table:
| Region | No. of Deaths
2013/14 (2012/13) |
No. of Injuries
2013/14 (2012/13) |
Cases of work-related Ill-Health
2013/14 |
| Staffordshire | 2(3) | 1,567(1,645) | 8,700 |
| Shropshire | 3(1) | 715(713) | 8,700 |
| Coventry and Warwickshire | 3(0) | 1,348(1,321) | 12,800 |
| Birmingham and the Black Country | 2(6) | 3,319(3,480) | 12,800 |
| Worcestershire | 1(1) | 694(738) | 10,800 |
| Derbyshire | 3(2) | 1,333(1,351) | 24,200 |
| Leicestershire and Rutland | 3(1) | 1,419(1,461) | 20,900 |
| Lincolnshire | 2(2) | 1,252(1,286) | 14,100 |
| Northamptonshire | 1(1) | 1,254(1,302) | 15,400 |
| Nottinghamshire | 2(1) | 1,552(1,595) | 21,700 |
| Herefordshire | 1(1) | 247(272) | 3,300 |
| East of England | 11(19) | 8,120(8,287) | 125,100 |
| North West | 15(14) | 9,432(9,401) | 120,000 |
| North East | 6(2) | 3,452(3,682) | 55,000 |
| Scotland | 20(23) | 6,871(7,156) | 81,000 |
| South East | 10(25) | 9,419(9,644) | 184,000 |
| London | 10(12) | 9,443(9,788) | 136,000 |
| Yorkshire and Humber | 17(15) | 7,422(7,649) | 110,000 |
| West of England | 4(5) | 3,449(3,670) | 61,400 |
| Dorset | 0(0) | 920(944) | 17,500 |
| Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly | 10(6) | 2,096(2,146) | 40,000 |
| Wales | 7(8) | 4,291(4,391) | 56,600 |