{"id":14509,"date":"2018-11-26T17:19:08","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T16:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/hse\/?p=5277"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:32:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:32:18","slug":"hse-releases-great-britains-annual-injury-ill-health-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/hse-releases-great-britains-annual-injury-ill-health-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"HSE releases Great Britain\u2019s annual injury and ill health statistics &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>   <li>144 fatal injuries at work<\/li>   <li>1.4 million working people suffering from a work-related illness<\/li>   <li>30.7 million working days lost due to work-related illness and workplace injury<\/li>   <li>493 cases were prosecuted and resulted in a conviction. Fines from convictions totalled \u00a372.6 million<\/li>   <li>Workplace injury and new cases of ill health cost Britain \u00a315.0 billion a year with 30.7 million working days lost.<\/li> <\/ul> There have been no significant changes in the industries in which workers are most likely to be injured by their work, with construction and agriculture among the higher risk sectors.  These figures confirm the scale of the challenge HSE faces in making Britain a healthier and safer place to work and shows that there are still areas to improve on to prevent death, injury and ill health in the workplace.  The full annual injury and ill-health statistics report can be found at: <a>http:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/statistics\/<\/a>  Source:  <a>Health and safety statistics<\/a>, published on the HSE webpage on 31st October 2018.   <span class=\"separator separator--center separator--gradient separator--md\"><\/span>\n\n\n<h4><span class=\"has-inline-color has-color-5-color\"><strong>EHS regulatory compliance and monitoring \u2013 an expert solution to ensure your organization\u2019s compliance <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay ahead of evolving HSE requirements across 300+ jurisdictions, with daily updates curated by our in-house legal experts.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"bttn-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/solutions\/regulatory-compliance-and-monitoring\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"bttn  bttn--md\"><span class=\"bttn__cont-label-icon\"><span class=\"bttn__label\">Discover Red-on-line\u2019s regulatory compliance and monitoring solution.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 31st October 2018 the HSE has published the Great Britain\u2019s annual injury and ill health statistics. 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