Falls from height remain the single biggest cause of workplace fatalities in Great Britain
The HSE’s provisional figures for fatal injuries in Great Britain for 2018-19 published on the 3rd July 2019 show that 40 people suffered fatal injuries as a result of falling from height.
The latest statistics represent an increase from 2017-18 where 35 fatalities were recorded and is also above the annual average of 37 between 2013/14 - 2017/18.
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