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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its annual statistics on ill health and injuries in the workplace for the year 2024/25.
The number of employees who reported suffering from work-related ill health was 1.9 million. This is an increase from 1.7 million in 2023/24 but is broadly consistent with the levels seen in recent years. However, it continues to be higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic.
An estimated 964,000 cases of ill health, or 50 per cent of the total, were due to work-related stress, depression or anxiety, an increase from 776,000 in the previous year. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders accounted for 511,000 cases, or 27 per cent of the total. The figure for 2023/24 was 543,000.
124 workers were killed in work-related accidents. The highest number of fatal accidents were in the construction and the agriculture, forestry and fishing sectors, accounting for 35 and 23 deaths respectively. 680,000 workers sustained non-fatal injuries.
An estimated 40.1 million working days were lost due to workplace ill health and injury in 2024/25, up from 33.7 million in 2023/24.