{"id":668680,"date":"2026-07-01T22:11:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T22:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/668680\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T22:11:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T22:11:18","slug":"construction-site-deaths-fall-to-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/668680\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction site deaths fall to 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The figure is a significant decrease on the previous year\u2019s total of 35 and the five-year average for fatal injuries in the sector which stands at 37.<\/p>\n<p>Construction again accounted for the largest number of fatal accidents across all industries with the total death toll standing at 126 during the year.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ad-id=\"504492\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?id=504492&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dannysullivan.co.uk%2F%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Construction assets_Construction Enquirer Website 300 x 250.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The most common cause of fatal injuries continues to be falls from a height (31), representing around a quarter of worker deaths.<\/p>\n<p>The HSE also confirmed there were 2,146 mesothelioma deaths in 2024 through past exposure to asbestos.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ad-id=\"431748\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?id=431748&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fvacukltd.co.uk%2F%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/VACUK_V4.gif\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a data-ad-id=\"494661\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?id=494661&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrand-accesssolutions.com%2Fg-deck%2F%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/brand image001.gif\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1754002269_755_3.jpg\" alt=\"Grant Prior\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"photo\"\/>\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; The figure is a significant decrease on the previous year\u2019s total of 35 and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-668680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}