Manufacturing

Sector

Health and Safety Consultants in the Manufacturing Industry

At Safety Forward we provide a range of services for businesses looking for health and safety consultants in the manufacturing Industry. We can tailor our consultancy and training courses to your exact requirements.

The manufacturing sector is made up of a range of diverse industries with an estimated 2.5m workers.

In manufacturing over the past 5 years, each year an average of 22 workers died in workplace accidents. There was also an average of more than 3,100 reports of major injuries and about 4,100 reports of injuries that kept workers away from work for seven days or more.

Many manufacturing workers also suffer ill health from workplace exposures. It is estimated that each year an average of 33,000 workers suffer from illness caused or made worse by their current or most recent job in manufacturing (source: Labour Force Survey).

Typical manufacturing industries we provide health and safety consultancy and training to include:

Automotive

Cement

Ceramics

Concrete

Engineering

Food and Drink

Glass and Glazing

Heavy Clay and Bricks

Laundries and Dry Cleaning

Leather and Footwear

Molten Metals

Paper

Plastics

Printing

Refractories

Rubber

Shipbuilding

Stonework

Surface Engineering

Woodworking

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Health & Safety Key Facts 2024-2025

working people suffering from a work-related illness
0.7 Million
workers suffering work-related stress, depression or anxiety
849990
workers suffering from a work-related musculoskeletal disorder
0
mesothelioma deaths due to past asbestos exposures (2024)
132
workers killed in work-related accidents (2025/26)
0
working people sustained an injury at work according to the Labour Force Survey
400000
injuries to employees reported under RIDDOR
469990
working days lost due to work-related illness and workplace injury
5 Million