144 workers killed at work in 2017/18
The HSE has released its annual health and safety statistics for the year 2017-18, which revealed that 144 workers were killed at work that year, as well as a further 1.4 million working people suffering from a work-related illness.
Key figures included:
· 1.4 million working people suffering from a work-related illness
· 2,595 mesothelioma deaths due to past asbestos exposures (2016)
· 144 workers killed at work
· 555,000 injuries occurred at work according to the Labour Force Survey
· 71,062 injuries to employees reported under RIDDOR
· 30.7 million working days lost due to work-related illness and workplace injury
£15 billion estimated cost of injuries and ill health from current working conditions (2016/17)
