
Workplace deaths in Scotland have tragically more than doubled in 2022/23, to 26, compared with 11 in 2019/20. Employers have been getting away with murder.
However:

The rate of workplace deaths has fallen dramatically over time.
These are UK-wide data. I can’t find data for the longer-term trend in Scotland.
Scotland has a higher workplace-related death ratio than England because of a higher proportion of the population working in high risks industries such as oil & gas extraction, farming and fishing.
An equivalent graph for Scotland will probably reveal a downward trend but with with spikes such as that 35 years ago, due to the Piper Alpha platform disaster when 165 died.
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