![PP Construction Safety logo and link to home page [1]](http://www.ppconstructionsafety.com/wp-content/themes/ppcs960/images/ppcslogo.jpg)
CONSTRUCTION SECTOR DEATH TOLL AND RATE FALL
Fatality figures for construction fall by almost 20% over 2012/13
Provisional data released by HSE reveals that 148 workers across all UK sectors were fatally injured between April 2012 and March 2013. This is compared with 172 in the previous year.
The overall rate of fatal injury has dropped to 0.5 per 100,000 workers, below the five-year average of 0.6.
Construction sector
The latest headline data for the construction sector in 2012/13 reveal:
- 39 fatal injuries to construction workers;
- decrease from 48 deaths recorded in 2011/12;
- rate of 1.9 deaths per 100,000 construction workers; and
- decrease from a rate of deaths of 2.3 in 2011/12.
Judith Hackitt, the HSE Chair, said:
“HSE is striving to make health and safety simpler and clearer for people to understand so that more people do what is required to manage the real risks that cause death and serious injury.
We all have a part to play to ensure people come home safe at the end of the working day and good leadership, employee engagement and effective risk-management are key to achieving this.”
The figures for 2012/13 are provisional. They will be finalised in July 2014 following any necessary adjustments arising from investigations, in which new facts can emerge about whether the accident was work-related.
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) welcomed the reduction in deaths and urged to guard against complacency. General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:
“The drop in number of people killed while at work is welcome but any death is one too many and today’s figures will be of no comfort to the families of the 148 people who died last year.
It’s also worth remembering that the number of immediate fatalities is less than one per cent of the total number of people who are killed as a result of their jobs – mainly as a result of diseases such as mesothelioma and other cancers.
Many occupational diseases are still on the increase and much more needs to be done to protect workers from the long-term effects of their work. Every year more than 20,000 people die as a result of ill-health brought on by their working conditions.
Based on the latest available data, from 2010, Britain continues to have the lowest rate of fatal injuries to workers among the five leading industrial nations in Europe – Germany, France, Spain and Italy for the eighth year.
The main causes of construction worker deaths during 2011/12 are summarised in the table below. This pattern is unlikely to have changed significantly during 2012/13.
Main causes of construction worker deaths
All UK work sectors deaths 1993/94 – 2012/13
Latest Construction Health and Safety News
HSE ENFORCEMENT DATABASE UPDATE 17th APRIL 2019
Latest online register of prosecutions and enforcement notices
Read the rest of this article »
Posted on 17th April 2019TWO BRICKLAYERS INJURED IN FLOOR COLLAPSE
Joist hangers incorrectly installed and floor overloaded with blocks
Read the rest of this article »
Posted on 16th April 2019FIRM FINED £150K AFTER BOY FELL FROM SCAFFOLD
Ladder guard failed to prevent 12-year old accessing scaffolding
Read the rest of this article »
Posted on 16th April 2019SAFETYCAM VEHICLE TRAPS ERRANT DRIVERS
Safer Highways reports on new approaches to roadworks health and safety
Read the rest of this article »
Posted on 16th April 2019NEW PRE-QUAL SYSTEM LAUNCHED BY MAJOR PLAYERS
Build UK and CECA publish common PQ assessment standard
Read the rest of this article »
Posted on 16th April 2019REPORT CONFIRMS RISING COST OF OFFENDING
Considerable increases in fines imposed on larger organisations
Read the rest of this article »
Posted on 16th April 2019CONCRETE BLOCK MAKER FAILED TO GUARD MACHINE
Effective safety precautions absent for a number of years
Read the rest of this article »
Posted on 9th April 2019HOTEL REFURBISHMENT DISTURBED ASBESTOS
Firm failed to act on well-founded asbestos concerns expressed by employee
Read the rest of this article »
Posted on 1st April 2019CABLE HIT CAUSED BY LACK OF PLANS AND DETECTION
Excavation for sign erection struck live electrical cable
Read the rest of this article »
Posted on 1st April 2019HSE AND THE ‘SECRETS’ OF RISK ASSESSMENT
Regulator advice on successful risk assessment comes at a price
Read the rest of this article »
Posted on 1st April 2019WORKMAN FELL INTO CAR PARK VENTILATION SHAFT
Protective grill unsecured and gave way under movement of workman
Read the rest of this article »
Posted on 1st April 2019BUILDER GIVEN PRISON TERM OVER WORK AT HEIGHT
Unsafe working platforms and lack of silica dust control punished severely
Read the rest of this article »
Posted on 1st April 2019HSE WARNING ON SAFE DEMO AND REFURBISHMENT
TV programme prompts stability guidance for demo & refurb project teams
Read the rest of this article »
Posted on 1st April 2019VIBRATION RISK UNCONTROLLED FOR TEN YEARS
Company workers used sanders and air-fed cutting equipment
Read the rest of this article »
Posted on 26th March 2019BUILDING OCCUPIER FINED £1.8M OVER ROOF FALL
Two workmen fell 4m through rooflight during leak investigation
Read the rest of this article »
Posted on 26th March 2019CONSTRUCTION SITE DEATHS SET TO FALL?
HSE in-year fatality records for 2018/19 suggest significant reduction
Read the rest of this article »
Posted on 22nd March 2019BRICKLAYER FATALLY INJURED BY FALLING WALL
Masonry collapsed during concrete back filling operation
Read the rest of this article »
Posted on 18th March 2019BASIC LADDER SAFETY FAILURES FINED £150,000
Repair and maintenance firm had no excuse for errors causing injury
Read the rest of this article »
Posted on 18th March 2019HSE ISSUES REMINDER ON SAFE SCAFFOLD DESIGN
Recent incidents and high winds prompt warning from regulator
Read the rest of this article »
Posted on 12th March 2019LORRY DRIVER DIED IN OVERHEAD POWER STRIKE
Major company failed to communicate precautions to grab arm operator
Read the rest of this article »
Posted on 12th March 2019ASSESSMENT SHOWED RISK – PRECAUTIONS NOT TAKEN
Workman seriously injured when falling into open unguarded stairwell
Read the rest of this article »
Posted on 1st March 2019MAJOR FIRM FAILED TO IMPLEMENT SAFE SYSTEM
Procedures for safe plant refuelling failed to prevent death of workman
Read the rest of this article »
Posted on 26th February 2019CLIENT PROSECUTED OVER CONTRACTOR FATAL FALL
Company breached duty to protect contractors as well as employees
Read the rest of this article »
Posted on 26th February 2019FOURTEEN YEAR FAILURE TO MANAGE ASBESTOS
Firm failed to implement asbestos management plan following survey
Read the rest of this article »
Posted on 25th February 2019CHILD INJURED BY WALL COLLAPSE INCIDENT
Council failed to carry out “intelligence led” condition inspections
Posted on 18th February 2019
