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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Aubrey Allegretti

Workplace accidents increasingly ignored by UK safety regulator

A strawberry packaging production line
The trade union Prospect found 389 ‘mandatory investigations’ were not undertaken by HSE in 2021-22, up from two in 2016-17. Photograph: National Farmers Union/Alamy

Employers are increasingly likely to go unpunished after workplace accidents, ministers have been warned, as figures show the number of investigations dropped by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) due to insufficient resources has surged.

A dip in public funding and staff numbers at the HSE over the past decade means victims who suffer an injury at work could miss out on getting justice, the trade union Prospect said.

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