Why NO FALLS WEEK matters
Falls from height are consistently the leading cause of workplace fatalities in the U.K.
Latest figures from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) show that 35 people lost their lives at work due to a fall from height in 2024/25.
Falls from height were responsible for 28% of all workplace deaths (this proportion was 25% in 2021/22, 30% in 2022/23, and rising to 36% in 2023/24).
due to a fall from height
at work in 2024/25 in Great Britain
were due to falls from height
in 2024/25 in Great Britain
No Falls Week is organised by the No Falls Foundation, the first and only UK-based charity devoted exclusively to the work at height sector.
The No Falls Foundation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation entered onto the Register of Charities with the Registered Charity Number 1177494 on 9 March 2018.
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