Health and safety statistics 2014/15

The  latest statistics on work-related health and safety in Great Britain and includes the following key annual figures (2014/15):

•     1.2 million working people suffering from a work-related illness.
•     2,538 mesothelioma deaths due to past asbestos exposures (2013).
•     142 workers killed at work.
•     76,000 other injuries to employees reported under RIDDOR.
•     611,000 injuries at work from the Labour Force Survey.
•     27.3 million working days lost due to work-related illness and workplace injury.
•     £14.3 billion estimated cost of injuries and ill health from current working conditions (2013/14).

CRS says “limit the losses to your organisation and ensure that 2016 is the year that you check your training matrix and make that ‘New Year’s Resolution’ that every employee receives some Health & Safety Training in 2016, together we can and should reduce these statistics”.