HSE release latest HSE statistics
Key figures for Great Britain (2019/20)
- 1.6 million working people suffering from a work-related illness
- 2,446 mesothelioma deaths due to past asbestos exposures (2018)
- 111 workers killed at work
- 693,000 working people sustain an injury at work according to the Labour Force Survey
- 65,427 injuries to employees reported under RIDDOR
- 38.8 million working days lost due to work-related illness and workplace injury
- £16.2 billion estimated cost of injuries and ill health from current working conditions (2018/19)
Costs to Britain
- £16.2 billion Annual costs of work-related injury and ill health in 2018/19, excluding long-latency illness such as cancer
- £10.6 billion Annual costs of new cases of work-related ill health in 2018/19, excluding long-latency illness such as cancer
- £5.6 billion Annual costs of workplace injury in 2018/19
Estimates based on Labour Force Survey, RIDDOR and HSE Cost Model for 2017/18-2019/20
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Source HSE Website Nov 2020
