The Health and Safety Executive’s annual fatal injury statistics show that 220 workers were killed in 2004/05, 16 less than the previous year. The rate of fatal injury also decreased by 7% to 0.75 per hundred thousand workers, from 0.81.
In 2004/05, 114 (52%) of worker fatalities occurred in the two industries of construction (72) and agriculture (42).
Falling from a height continues to be the most common kind of accident, accounting for 24% of fatal injuries to workers in 2004/05. Being struck by a moving or falling object, and being struck by a moving vehicle, are the next most common kinds of fatal injury.
