Most worker deaths occur in uninspected sectors, research claims

摘要

The majority of workplace deaths occur in industry sectors officially categorised as exempt from unannounced health and safety inspections, according to research by a university academic. Professor Rory O'Neill, a researcher at the University of Stirling, made several Freedom of Information requests and analysed more than 20 HSE reports to map fatality statistics against a list of sectors excluded from proactive inspections. The findings show there are now at least 37 'sectors without inspectors', including agriculture, quarries, plastics, electricity generation and supply, and other industries acknowledged by the HSE to be'higher risk'.