The number of workers dying from industrial harm has reached the highest level since 2019, figures indicate, prompting calls for urgent reform of corporate homicide legislation.
The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) and Scottish Hazards, the national charity for safety at work, published the research showing 21 workers died in the past year, almost double the 2019 total of 11.
Scottish Hazards believes the number is far higher when encompassing road traffic accidents connected to work, occupational disease and workplace-related suicides.
