UK Work Deaths Down But Stress Claims Up

New figures published yesterday by the Health and Safety Commission (HSC) of the United Kingdom (Britain) show that 249 people were killed in work-related accidents around Britain in 2001/02 (43 fewer than 2000/01), there were 27,477 major injuries (47 fewer than 2001/02) and an estimated 40.2 million days off work due to illness and injury. The report's highlights are available at www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/overpic.htm while the full report is at www.hse.gov.uk/statistics. The three most common causes of work-related deaths were: falls from heights (44 people); being struck by a moving or...