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Businesses still prioritising accidents over long-term health risks, research finds
WorkNest found that only 51% of organisations claim to give equal attention to accidents and long-term health risks.
Workplace accidents
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Construction and retail named UK’s riskiest industries to work in 2026 – iHasco
The private sector, including IT and finance, had 20,000 incidents, making it the safest.
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Notify Technology launches AI software to speed up workplace accident analysis
Notify Spark uses AI to speed up accident reports and investigations, aiming to improve root cause analysis and turn incident data into insights firms can use.
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Manual workers least likely to have income protection – National Friendly
23% of manual workers said they expect to have a workplace accident in the next one to three years, higher than the national average of 19%.
Health
UK records 604,000 workplace injuries in 2024, data reveals
According to the HSE, over 61,000 of these incidents were serious enough to be formally reported by employers under RIDDOR.
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Workplace injury and ill-health take high toll on businesses, Croner warns
Workplace injuries and new cases of work-related ill health in 2023/24 cost an estimated £21.6bn, with 29.6 million working days lost.