Health and Safety Executive fatal injury statistics 2010/11

The Health and Safety Executive ("HSE") has released its fatal injuries statistics for 2010/11. In the past 12 months, 171 workers were fatally injured  - 17% lower than the previous five year average of 205. The HSE also reported that 68 members of the public were fatally injured in accidents connected to work (excluding railway-related incidents).

There is a downward trend across different industries. For example, in agriculture there were 34 fatal injuries, averaging eight deaths per 100,000 workers. This is down from the previous five year average of 9.6 deaths per 100,000 workers. There were 50 fatal injuries in the construction industry, averaging 2.4 deaths per 100,000, down from the previous five year average of 2.8 deaths per 100,000 workers.
 
Whilst the waste and recycling industry reported an upward trend of nine fatal injuries (averaging 8.7 deaths per 100,000 workers, up from the previous five year average of seven deaths per 100,000 workers), the HSE reported that Eurostat have made a comparison of the fatal injury rates across EU countries and revealed that the fatal injury rate for Great Britain is consistently one of the lowest in Europe.
 
Ashfords' Personal Injury Team has extensive experience in all areas of personal injury claims, ranging from accidents on public property or at work to road traffic accidents and clinical negligence.  If you are a claimant and would like to discuss a potential personal injury claim and the funding options available to you, including the option of a "no win no fee" arrangement, please contact Stephen Walker, Partner, on 01884 203057.
 

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