weightmans – Fall in workplace fatalities — evidence of a safer society?

On 6 July 2022, the HSE published its annual report and the number of fatal accidents which occurred in the workplace – this time covering the period April 2021 to March 2022. This article summarises the report’s main findings, the sectors most and least impacted, and with the most common accident types. We also consider the long-term trends and ask, in the context of falling employers’ liability claim notifications, whether the UK is becoming a safer society.