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Work-related fatal injuries in Great Britain

138 workers killed in work-related accidents in 2023/24 (RIDDOR)

Fatal injuries to workers by main industry, 2023/24
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The construction and agriculture, forestry and fishing sectors continue to account for the greatest number of workers killed in fatal accidents each year
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Fatal injuries to workers by gender and age, 2023/24
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Male workers continue to account for the vast majority of fatal injuries, with 95% of workers fatally injured in 2023/24 being men, a similar proportion to earlier years. Furthermore, deaths to workers aged 60 and over continue to account for a substantial proportion of the total - 34% in 2023/24.
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Main kinds of fatal accident for workers, 2023/24
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The most common kinds of fatal accidents to workers continue as falls from a height, struck by moving vehicle and struck by moving object, between them accounting for around 70% of fatal injuries to workers in 2023/24.
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Change over time

  • When considering change over time it is preferable to consider the rate of injury (per 100,000 workers) as this accounts for changes in the numbers in employment between years.
  • Over the long-term, the rate of fatal injury to workers showed a downward trend, though in the recent years prior to the coronavirus pandemic the rate had been broadly flat. The current rate is similar to pre-coronavirus levels.
  • A chart showing how the fatal injury rate has changed over time can be found in the report on work-related fatal injuries in Great Britain (PDF) [26].

87 members of the public were killed in work-related accidents in 2023/24

(Excludes deaths due to work-related accidents to ‘patients and service users’ in the healthcare and adult social care sectors in England reportable under RIDDOR).

Data source:[27] RIDDOR: Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations. Figures for 2023/24 are published as provisional at this stage and will be finalised July 2025.

Link URLs in this page

  1. Statisticshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/index.htm
  2. Statistics A - Zhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/a-z.htm
  3. Index of data tableshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/tables/index.htm
  4. Ill healthhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causdis/index.htm
  5. Overview - COVID-19https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/coronavirus/index.htm
  6. Management informationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/coronavirus/management-information.htm
  7. Overview - Fatal injurieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/fatals.htm
  8. Latest quarterly fatal injury figureshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/fatalquarterly.htm
  9. Overview - Non-fatal injuryhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causinj/index.htm
  10. Violence at workhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causinj/violence/index.htm
  11. Costs to Britainhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/cost.htm
  12. Industrieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/industry/index.htm
  13. Countries and regions of Britainhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/regions/index.htm
  14. Comparisons with other countrieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/european/index.htm
  15. Historical picturehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/history/index.htm
  16. Overview - About HSE Statisticshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/about.htm
  17. Data sourceshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/sources.htm
  18. Overview - National statistics policieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/about/index.htm
  19. Revisionshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/about/revisions/index.htm
  20. Confidentiality policyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/about/confidentiality.htm
  21. Overview - User engagementhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/about/engagement/index.htm
  22. Reports from previous user consultationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/about/engagement/previous-consultations.htm
  23. Quality guidelineshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/about/quality-guidelines.htm
  24. Statement of administrative sourceshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/about/administrative-sources.htm
  25. Research and ad hoc analysishttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/resources.htm
  26. work-related fatal injuries in Great Britainhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/assets/docs/fatalinjuries.pdf
  27. Data source:https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/sources.htm
  28. Full report on Work-related fatal injuries in Great Britain, 2024https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/assets/docs/fatalinjuries.pdf
  29. Kinds of accident in Great Britainhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/assets/docs/kinds-of-accident.pdf
  30. RIDFATAL – RIDDOR reportable fatal injuries by industry, accident kind, ageband and regionhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/assets/docs/ridfatal.xlsx
  31. Fatalities reportable under RIDDOR – case listing of RIDDOR reportable fatal injuries for latest 5-year periodhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/assets/docs/fatalities-reportable-under-riddor.xlsx
  32. Index of tableshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/tables/index.htm#riddor

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Updated 2025-02-18