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235 work deaths last year.

Publication: M2 Presswire
Publication Date: 29-JUL-04
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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M2 PRESSWIRE-29 July 2004-UK Government: 235 work deaths last year(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

RDATE:07292004

Bill Callaghan, Chair of the Health and Safety Commission (HSC), called for action from all sections of industry following the publication of the latest workplace statistics which show a 4% increase in the number of deaths at work last year.

New Health and Safety Executive (HSE) statistics report that 235 people were killed at work in 2003/04, eight more than in the previous year. 9% of all fatal injuries to workers occurred in one single incident when 21 people drowned while harvesting cockles in Morecambe Bay in February.

Bill Callaghan commented "I am...

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