More than 2 million construction working days lost a year to ill health, says HSE

By Daniel Gayne2022-11-25T11:01:00

Latest figures reveal 30 deaths in sector last year

The construction industry is losing more than two million working days each year due to work-related health problems, the latest figures from the Health and Safety Executive reveal.

Three-quarters of the 2.2 million working days lost each year are due to work-related illness, while workplace injury accounts for the remaining quarter.

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