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Workplace injury: UK claims' statistics
Are there any statistics for workplace injuries which take place in the UK each year?
The workplace is a dangerous place which accounts from more than half the accidents which take place in the United Kingdom every year.
Over 850,000 people are injured or made ill as a result of their job in the UK annually. Many will get better but some will not. Each year over 25,000 people are forced to give up work as a result of work-related injuries or illness.
According to the Association of British Insurers, workplace related personal injury claims successfully pursued by claimants number only around 60,000 a year, while a further 20,000 will make a successful claim for industrial injuries benefit, (which is a government funded “no fault” scheme).
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