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LATEST NEWS & EVENTS Fatal workplace injuries increase  More people may be seeking advice from a personal injury lawyer in Southampton as new figures indicate that workplaces are not getting any safer. Data released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) shows that the number of workers killed was 171 between April 2010 and March 2011. This marks an increase of 24 over the previous 12-month period, which the executive described as "disappointing". It comes as the government's Red Tape Challenges looks at ways of simplifying health and safety law for businesses. Meanwhile, ministers are already committed to reducing workplace inspections by a third. HSE chair Judith Hackitt said: "It is a stark reminder of the need to ensure that health and safety remains focused on the real risks, which exist in workplaces not on trivia and pointless paperwork." She stressed that everyone from employers and workers to regulators have a role to play in bringing down the accident rate. However, Ms Hackitt was keen to point out that Britain has one of the lowest rates of fatal injuries in Europe. Based on 2007 figures, the fatal injury rate in the UK is lower than in Germany, France, Spain and Italy. Posted by Paul Stevens 
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