Industrial Accidents: Death

(asked on 10th October 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many fatalities occurred in the workplace in the (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024 reporting year.


Answered by
Stephen Timms Portrait
Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 20th October 2025

The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR) puts duties on employers and other people in charge of work premises to report and keep records of all work-related fatalities, work related injuries, diagnosed cases of re-portable occupational diseases, and certain 'dangerous occurrences' (incidents with the potential to cause harm).

The table below shows the number of fatal injuries sustained in work-related accidents for both workers and members of the public in each of the last two financial years. Data for 2024/25 has not yet been finalised.

Year

Number of worker deaths

Number of member of the public deaths

2022/23

136

73

2023/24

138

86

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