{"id":37382,"date":"2023-08-22T18:11:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T17:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37382"},"modified":"2023-08-22T18:11:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T17:11:15","slug":"ihbcs-research-practice-signpost-work-related-fatal-injuries-in-gb-135-killed-in-work-related-accidents-in-2022-23-riddor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37382","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s Research &#038; Practice Signpost: Work-related fatal injuries in GB\u2026 135 killed in work-related accidents in 2022\/23 (RIDDOR)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-33954\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/HSE_020822.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"95\" \/>Officially, 135 workers have been killed in work-related accidents in the 2022\/23 <em>Reporting of Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations<\/em> (RIDDOR) update, with the construction and agriculture, forestry and fishing sectors continuing to account for the greatest number of workers killed in fatal accidents each year.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 most common kinds of fatal accidents\u2026.falls from a height, struck by moving object, and struck by moving vehicle\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<h2>Fatal injuries to workers by age, 2022\/23<\/h2>\n<p>Around a quarter of the deaths in 2022\/23 were to workers aged 60 and over, similar to the profile in earlier years\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>The most common kinds of fatal accidents to workers continue as falls from a height, struck by moving object, and struck by moving vehicle, between them accounting for around two-thirds of fatal injuries to workers in 2022\/23\u2026<\/p>\n<h2>Change over time<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>When considering change over time it is preferable to consider the rate of injury (per 100,000 workers) as this accounts for changes in the numbers in employment between years.<\/li>\n<li>Over the long-term, the rate of fatal injury to workers showed a downward trend, though in the recent years prior to the coronavirus pandemic the rate had been broadly flat. The current rate is similar to pre-coronavirus levels.<\/li>\n<li>A chart showing how the fatal injury rate has changed over time can be found in the report on work-related fatal injuries in Great Britain\u2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/statistics\/fatals.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officially, 135 workers have been killed in work-related accidents in the 2022\/23 Reporting of Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) update, with the construction and agriculture, forestry and fishing sectors continuing to account for the greatest number of workers killed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37382\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37383,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37382\/revisions\/37383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}