The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its annual statistics on work-related ill health and workplace injuries. The figures also show that 138 workers were killed in work-related accidents in 2023/24, while 61,663 workers sustained a self-reported non-fatal injury in the workplace during the same period.
The statistics reveal that 1.7million workers reported they were suffering from work-related ill health in 2023/24, an estimated 0.8 milliondown to stress, depression or anxiety.
An estimated 33.75 million working days were lost in 2023/24 due to self-reported work-related ill health or injury.
HSE’s statistics also reveal the impact that the work-related ill health and workplace injuries are having on Britain’s economic performance. Preventing or tackling work-related stress can provide significant benefits to employees, improving their experience of work and their overall health; and also to employers including increased productivity, decreased absenteeism and reduced staff turnover
In 2022/23, the estimated annual costs of workplace injury and new cases of work-related ill health reached £21.6 billion.
