In the last year, 126 workers were killed in work-related incidents across all industries in Great Britain.
The full release includes detailed commentary, sector breakdowns, and infographic-style summaries:
For the period from April 2025 to March 2026 the Construction industry accounted for 25 of these deaths, and Manufacturing accounted for 18 deaths.
Main kinds of FATAL accidents for workers, 2025/26:
Falls from Height = 31
Struck by a moving vehicle = 24
Struck by a moving object = 21
Trapped by something collapsing/overturning = 18
Contact with moving machinery = 10
The figures relate to work-related accidents and do not include deaths arising from occupational diseases or diseases which arise from certain occupational exposures.
HSE has also published the annual figures for mesothelioma, a cancer caused by past exposure to asbestos. These show that 2,146 people died from the disease in Great Britain in 2024, representing a fall of 109 compared with 2023 and substantially lower than the average of 2,508 deaths per year over the ten-year period 2011-2020.
Many current mesothelioma deaths still reflect exposure to asbestos that often occurred before the 1980s and annual deaths are expected to continue declining during the next decade.
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