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Health and safety statistics

Key annual figures 2011/12

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  • 1.1 million working people were suffering from a work-related illness
  • 173 workers killed at work
  • 111 000 other injuries to employees were reported under RIDDOR
  • 212 000 over-3-day absence injuries occurred (LFS)
  • 27 million working days were lost due to work-related illness and workplace injury
  • Workplace injuries and ill health (excluding cancer) cost society an estimated £13.4 billion in 2010/11

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Health and safety statistics 2011/12

The Health Safety Executive Statistics 2011/12 - The Annual Statistics Report

The latest top level statistics on work-related ill health, workplace fatalities and injuries, and enforcement in Great Britain.

Full annual report [3.35MB]

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Scotland regional statistics
North East regional statistics
North West regional statistics
Yorkshire and the Humber regional statistics
Wales regional statistics
West Midlands regional statistics
East Midlands regional statistics
South West regional statistics
South East regional statistics
London regional statistics
East regional statistics

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Coming soon: Fatal injury statistics from RIDDOR: Full-year details for 2012/13

HSE's National Statistics release calendar

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Updated 2013-03-21