HSE’s Health & Safety at work statistics for 2019 published

Posted 5 years ago

Each year the HSE release their Health and safety at work Summary statistics for Great Britain. The 2018/19 report was released last week and there have been some interesting downward & upward trends in the report.

Some of the interesting trends we saw in the 2018/19 report were:

“The rate of self-reported work-related ill health showed a generally downward trend but has been broadly flat in recent years.”

“The rate of self-reported work-related stress, depression or anxiety was broadly flat but has shown signs of increasing in recent years.”

“Manual handling, awkward or tiring positions and keyboard work or repetitive action are estimated to be the main causes of work-related musculoskeletal disorders based on 2009/10-2011/12 LFS data.”

“The rate of fatal injury showed a long-term downward trend but has been broadly flat in recent years.”

Some of the key statistics from the 2018/19 report were:

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