Workplace accidents increasingly ignored by UK safety regulator

Exclusive: Health and Safety Executive overlooking far more serious accidents than five years ago due to lack of resources, finds union

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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