H&S Fatality Stats 2011/12

Statistics
  on Fatal Injuries in the Workplace 2011/12
Published 5 July, the
addition of provisional data for the period April 2011 - March
2012 suggests a levelling-off in the previous downward trend in
the rate of fatal injuries, over the last four years. The key points from
the release are:
Provisional  figure for the number of workers fatally injured in 2011/12 is 173, and corresponds to a rate of 0.6 deaths per 100 000 workers.
The figure of 173 deaths is 12% lower than the average for the previous five
years (196), and the latest rate of 0.6 deaths per 100 000 workers compares to a five-year average of 0.7. 
 Finalised figure for the number of workers fatally injured in 2010/11 is 175, and corresponds to a rate of 0.6 deaths per 100 000  workers.