Latest annual figures published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) – covering the period from April 2024 to March 2025 – show 124 workers were killed in work-related incidents in Great Britain. A decrease of fourteen from the previous 12-month period.
The number of deaths remain broadly in line with pre-pandemic levels, and compares to 223 twenty years ago (2004/05) and 495 in 1981.
The industries with the highest number of deaths were Construction (35) and Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (23). Of all main industry sectors, agriculture, forestry and fishing continues to have the highest rate of fatal injury per 100,000 workers followed by waste and recycling.
The most common cause of fatal injuries continues to be falls from a height (35), representing over a quarter of worker deaths in 2024/25.
A further 92 people who were not at work were killed in work-related incidents in 2024/25. This refers to members of the public who were in a workplace but were not working themselves.