New accident figures released earlier this
month indicate the number of workers killed in Britain in the last year
has fallen to the lowest annual rate on record. Provisional data released by
the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for the period April 2013 to March 2014
reveals that 133 workers were fatally injured, compared with 150 in the
previous year.
Also released were the latest number of deaths from mesothelioma,
a cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. These show that 2,535 people died in
2012, which is an increase from 2,291 in 2011.
More information on these statistics can be found on HSE's Press Release. More
information on occupational diseases (including asbestos) can be found on HSE's Occupational
Disease Webpages.
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