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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published occupational health and safety data for the period 2018/2019. The key facts are as follows:
- Work-related ill health cases (new or long-standing) in 2018/19: 1.4 million
- Work-related stress, depression or anxiety cases (new or long-standing) in 2018/19: 0.6 million
- Work-related musculoskeletal disorder cases (new or long- standing) in 2018/19: 0.5 million
- Workers sustaining a non-fatal injury in 2018/19: 0.6 million
- Fatal injuries to workers in 2018/19: 147
- Mesothelioma deaths in 2017, with a similar number of lung cancer deaths linked to past exposures to asbestos: 2,526
- Non-fatal injuries to employees reported by employers in 2018/19: 69,208
- Annual costs of workplace injury in 2017/18: 5.2 billion
- Annual costs of new cases of work-related ill health in 2017/18, excluding long latency illness such as cancer: 9.8 billion
- Working days lost due to work-related ill health and non-fatal workplace injuries in 2018/19: 28.2 million
