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<p>As the regulator for workplace health and safety, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) publishes official statistics on deaths and injuries at work.</p><p> </p><p>Published statistics of work-related <strong>fatal injuries</strong> over the last five years by industry sector are available at <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/fatals.htm" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/fatals.htm</a>. The data shows that 138 workers in the agricultural sector were killed in work-related accidents over the five years 2017/18 to 2021/22, equivalent to 8.61 deaths annually per 100,000 workers. This rate of fatal injury to workers in the agricultural sector remains markedly higher than the average across all industries: 21 times as high as the average rate across all industries. [Note 1] [Note 2].</p><p> </p><p>Published statistics of workplace <strong>non-fatal injuries</strong> over the last five years by industry sector are also available at <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causinj/index.htm" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causinj/index.htm</a>. This data shows that on average, an estimated 12,000 workers in the agricultural sector sustained an injury at work each year between 2017/18 to 2021/22, equivalent to 4,190 injuries per 100,000 workers. This is statistically significantly higher than the average rate across all industries. [Note 1] [Note 3].</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>[Note 1] Agricultural sector defined as Section A, Agriculture, forestry and fishing, of the 2007 Standard Industrial Classification.</p><p> </p><p>[Note 2] Source: Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)</p><p> </p><p>[Note 3] Source: Estimates from the Labour Force Survey, a national representative household survey run by the Office for National Statistics.</p> |