Work-Related Fatalities Show GB Among Safest Places To Work

New work-related fatalities data from the U.K.’s Health and Safety Executive supports Great Britain's position as one of the safest places in the world to work. In 2025/26, 126 workers were killed in work-related incidents in GB which, compared to the level of fatal injuries in 35 other countries worldwide, show GB is considerably safer. Excluding the years affected by the coronavirus pandemic, the number of worker deaths in 2025/26 is the lowest number recorded in a single year, versus 217 fatalities in 2005/06 and 495 in 1981. Industries with the highest number of deaths continue to be construction (25) and agriculture, forestry and fishing (22), with the most common cause of death continuing to be falls from height (31). Workers aged 60 and older accounted for approximately a third of all fatalities during the year (40), despite the age group representing only 12% of the workforce.