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HSE Accident Statistics 2008 - 09
Company fined £50,000 following death of a manager.
Dudley Metropolitan Council was fined £30,000 and ordered to pay £20,000 in costs after pleading guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act.
A council employee and the driver of the vehicle, pleaded guilty to two breaches of Section 7 of the Health and Safety at Work Act and was fined £750 and ordered to pay £500 in costs. Read Accident Stats Summary 2008 - 09.
The facts you need to know
- 180 workers killed at work
- of the main industries, agriculture and construction have the highest rate of fatal injury
- 131,895 other injuries to employees
- 246,000 reportable injuries occurred
- 29.3 million days were lost overall (24.6 million due to work-related ill health and 4.7 million due to workplace injury)
Read Accident Stats Summary 2008 - 09
