The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its annual accident and injury statistics for 2009/10. The new figures confirm that Britain has the lowest rate of fatal occupational injuries in Europe and one of the lowest levels of work-related ill health. In Britain between April 2009 and March 2010 there were 152 workers fatally injured (down from 179 in 2008/09), 26,061 major injuries (down from 27,894) and 95,369 injuries serious enough to keep people off work for three or more days (down from 105,261). Full details available on the HSE website www.hse.gov.uk/press/2010/hse-statistics2010.htm.
