Fancy That VI
Number of homicide victims, england & wales - 2006/2007:- 784
Number of occupational deaths at work - 2006/2007 1,400
Rate of homicides per million population - 14
Rate of occupational deaths per million workers - 38
Violent street crime consumes enormous political, media and academic energy. But, as hundreds of thousands of workers and their families know, it is the violence associated with working for a living that is most likely to kill and hospitalise.
HSE enforcement notices fell by 40% and prosecutions fell by 49% between 2001/02 and 2005/06. The collapse in HSE enforcement and prosecution sends a clear message that the government is prepared to let employers kill and maim with impunity