The number of manufacturing workers killed on the job last year has fallen by over a third compared to the previous 12 months, according to official statistics published yesterday.
Provisional data released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reveals that 148 workers were fatally injured between April 2012 and March 2013, compared with 172 in the previous year. The overall rate of fatal injury has dropped to 0.5 per 100,000 workers, below the five-year average of 0.6. Manufacturing fatalities decreased by a third…
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