Offshore health and safety statistics for 2008/09

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published full and finalised offshore health and safety statistics for 2008/09. The figures are now available on the HSE website. No workers were killed while working offshore during 2008/09 - the second consecutive year with no fatalities - and there was a fall in major injuries with 30 reported, a fall of 14 compared with 2007/08 figures.