In 2023/24, the most common cause of fatalities at work in Great Britain were falls from a height, which accounted for 50 fatalities in this reporting year.

In 2023/24, 138 workers died due to fatal injuries at their workplace in Great Britain, more than in the previous year but fewer than there were in 2020/21. During the provided time period, there has been a noticeable decline in the number of workplace fatalities in Britain.

In the financial year 2023/24, slips and falls made up most of the non-fatal injuries of employees in the construction industry in Great Britain. There were *** people due to falls from a height, while *** people were injured while handling, lifting or carrying something. Being stricken by a vehicle or a moving object were also common non-fatal accidents.

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Hatton, T. J., & Bray, B. E. (2010). Long run trends in the heights of European men, 19th–20th centuries. Economics & Human Biology, 8(3), 405–413. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2010.03.001The data set represents average height of the men from several European countries born in the cohorts 1856-1980, 5-years averages.

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Fall Protection Market Size 2025-2029

The fall protection market size is forecast to increase by USD 4.56 billion at a CAGR of 13% between 2024 and 2029.

The market is experiencing significant growth, driven by the increasing awareness of workplace safety and the expanding construction industry. The market is being fueled by the underpenetrated markets in developing countries, where the need for fall protection systems is on the rise. Furthermore, the importance of inspection and maintenance of these systems is gaining traction, as companies recognize the importance of ensuring the longevity and effectiveness of their fall protection solutions. However, challenges persist in the market. One major obstacle is the lack of standardization in the design and implementation of fall protection systems, which can lead to inconsistencies and potential safety risks.
Additionally, the high cost of these systems, particularly in developing countries, can hinder market penetration. Companies seeking to capitalize on market opportunities must address these challenges by investing in research and development to create cost-effective, standardized solutions that meet the unique needs of various industries and regions. By doing so, they can effectively navigate the competitive landscape and position themselves as leaders in the market.

What will be the Size of the Fall Protection Market during the forecast period?

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The market continues to evolve, with dynamic applications across various sectors such as construction, oil and gas, telecommunications, and wind energy. Hard goods and installed systems are integral components, ensuring worker safety in high-risk environments. Innovations in ergonomic design, sensor technologies, and reliable systems have revolutionized safety equipment, reducing injury risks in industrial sectors. Fall-related accidents remain a concern, prompting ongoing advancements in safety regulations and employee well-being. Tripods, anchors, and lanyards are essential components of personal fall arrest systems, ensuring the safety of turbine installers and construction workers. In the construction industry, access systems, body harnesses, and anchorage solutions are crucial for workplace safety.
The integration of smart technologies and ergonomic solutions has led to design innovations, enhancing the functionality and efficiency of safety equipment. Worker safety standards are increasingly stringent, necessitating continuous risk reduction measures. Utilities and manufacturing industries also prioritize fall protection, with a focus on reliable systems and safety audits. The ongoing unfolding of market activities reveals a commitment to injury prevention and the development of advanced safety solutions. The integration of soft goods, such as harnesses and ropes, into personal protective equipment further enhances overall safety. The evolving nature of the market underscores the importance of ongoing innovation and regulatory compliance.
The integration of safety technologies and ergonomic solutions across various industries ensures a safer and more efficient workforce.

How is this Fall Protection Industry segmented?

The fall protection industry research report provides comprehensive data (region-wise segment analysis), with forecasts and estimates in 'USD million' for the period 2025-2029, as well as historical data from 2019-2023 for the following segments.

Product

  Safety harness
  Others


End-user

  Construction
  Energy and utilities
  Oil and gas
  Transportation
  Others


Type

  Soft Goods
  Installed System
  Hard Goods
  Access System
  Rescue Kit


Geography

  North America

    US
    Canada
    Mexico


  Europe

    France
    Germany
    The Netherlands
    UK


  Middle East and Africa

    UAE


  APAC

    Australia
    China
    India
    Japan
    South Korea


  South America

    Brazil


  Rest of World (ROW)

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The safety harness segment is estimated to witness significant growth during the forecast period.

In the realm of workplace safety, fall protection continues to be a critical concern for various industries, including oil and gas, construction projects, telecommunications, wind turbine installations, and manufacturing. The market for fall protection equipment is driven by the need to ensure employee well-being in high-risk environments. Innovations in materials, sensor technologies, and ergonomic design have led to the development of reliable systems, such as body harnesses, lanyards, and anchor points. These systems have become essential components of personal protective equipment (PPE) in industries with occupational hazards, particularly those involving heights. OSHA and other regulatory bodies have set stringent safety standards to reduce injury risks associated with falls.

These regulations mandate the use of safet

This dataset contains GWAS summary statistics for Standing Height in the UK Biobank.

The GWAS study used data from "White British" samples (N = 337225), which were randomly divided into 5 folds for the purposes of cross-validation. The upload contains, for each fold, GWAS summary statistics for the training and test set. The test summary statistics can be used to evaluate PRS models via pseudo-validation methods. Association testing was done with plink2.

The structure of the data is as follows:

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In the shown time-period the mean height of men and women has generally increased in England. According to the survey, the average height of males rose slightly during the period in consideration, from 174.4 centimeters in 1998 to 176.2 centimeters (approximately 5'9") in 2022. In comparison, the mean height of women was 162.3 centimeters (5'4") in 2022, up from 161 in 1998. Reasons for height increasing While a large part of an adult’s final height is based on genetics, the environment in which a person grows up is also important. Improvements in nutrition, healthcare, and hygiene have seen the average heights increase over the last century, particularly in developed countries. Average height is usually seen as a barometer for the overall health of the population of a country, as the most developed are usually among the ‘tallest’ countries. Average waist circumference also increasing The prevalence of obesity among adults in England has generally been trending upward since 2000. In that year, 21 percent of men and women in England were classified as obese. By 2021, however, this share was 26 percent among women and 25 percent among men. Every adult age group in England had an average BMI which was classified as overweight, apart from those aged 16 to 24, indicating there is a problem with overweightness in England.

The data set comprises time series of wave height and period data from in-situ wave recorders at fixed locations. Principal parameters are significant/characteristic wave height and mean zero crossing period - usually derived from the analysis of 20 or 30 minute recordings taken at intervals of the order of 3 hours. Data holdings include over 1500 recording months of data from some 60 sites across the continental shelf areas around the British Isles and the NE Atlantic between 1954 and 1995. Recording periods vary from 2 months at some sites to over 15 years. The longer series are noted here: Channel Lightvessel (49 54.4N, 002 53.7W; 01 Sep 1979 - 31 Dec 1985); Dowsing Lightvessel (53 34.0N, 000 50.2W; 01 May 1970 - 30 Apr 1971; 01 Nov 1975 - 30 Jun 1981; 01 Jan 1982 - 31 Dec 1982; 01 Jan 1984 - 31 Dec 1984); Ocean Weather Ship Lima (57 00.0N, 020 00.0W; 01 Jan 1975 - 31 Dec 1983); Saint Gowan Lightvessel (51 30.0N, 004 59.8W; 01 Aug 1975 - 31 Jul 1976; 01 Dec 1976 - 31 Dec 1983); Seven Stones Lightvessel (50 03.8N, 006 04.4W; 31 Jan 1962 - 31 Jan 1963; 01 Jan 1968 - 31 Dec 1969; 01 Jul 1971 - 30 Jun 1974; 01 Apr 1975 - 31 Dec 1985). The data originate primarily from UK and Irish laboratories and are managed by the British Oceanographic Data Centre. Data collection is ongoing at some sites (for example, Seven Stones Lighvessel) but these data are not managed by BODC. They are part of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) wavenet network.

Strong demand for safety equipment has been supported by tightening workplace health and safety regulations. Safety equipment wholesalers must ensure that products adhere to occupational health and safety regulations to avoid fines and reduce the likelihood of lawsuits being brought against them by injured employees. Over the five years through 2024-25, industry revenue is expected to edge upwards at a compound annual rate of 0.1% to reach £1.6 billion, when the average profit margin is forecast to reach 7.8%. Industry revenue grew strongly in 2019-20, largely due to high demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) from businesses, particularly the healthcare sector, to protect workers from the COVID-19 pandemic. However, a fall in construction output reduced revenue growth during 2021-22. This trend soon reversed as construction output levels are anticipated to be reinforced. Official statistics from the ONS show construction new orders fell 16% in 2023 compared to the previous year, hurting revenue in 2023-24. However, things are looking up as interest rates have fallen twice so far in 2024-25 to 4.75%, reducing borrowing costs for construction projects. This uplift is expected to bolster industry revenue, with forecasts of a growth of 2.2% for 2024-25. Recovering business confidence will encourage investment in construction projects. This will raise demand for the industry's products from the construction sector. Moreover, the government is set to encourage greater use of safety equipment through higher levels of both public and private investment in national infrastructure. In addition, downstream health and safety regulation is projected to tighten, boosting demand for safety equipment. Industry revenue is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 1.1% over the five years through 2029-30 to £1.6 billion.

This dataset provides information on tree canopy cover percentage and mean canopy height, both at a 10m resolution, for the North Pennines & Dales in northern England. The data was derived from LiDAR analysis, which was used to create a vegetation height model for the region. From this model, tree crowns were identified and subsequently processed into two raster datasets: one representing the percentage of tree canopy cover and the other depicting mean canopy height, both specific to the North Pennines & Dales landscape. While significant efforts were made to exclude non-vegetative structures, some non-vegetative objects may still be present in the dataset.

There were 10,156 deaths registered in England and Wales for the week ending July 11, 2025, compared with 10,019 in the previous week. During this time period, the two weeks with the highest number of weekly deaths were in April 2020, with the week ending April 17, 2020, having 22,351 deaths, and the following week 21,997 deaths, a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. Death and life expectancy As of 2022, the life expectancy for women in the UK was just over 82.5 years, and almost 78.6 years for men. Compared with 1765, when average life expectancy was under 39 years, this is a huge improvement in historical terms. Even in the more recent past, life expectancy was less than 47 years at the start of the 20th Century, and was under 70 as recently as the 1950s. Despite these significant developments in the long-term, improvements in life expectancy stalled between 2009/11 and 2015/17, and have even gone into decline since 2020. Between 2020 and 2022, for example, life expectancy at birth fell by 23 weeks for females, and 37 weeks for males. COVID-19 in the UK The first cases of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom were recorded on January 31, 2020, but it was not until a month later that cases began to rise exponentially. By March 5 of this year there were more than 100 cases, rising to 1,000 days later and passing 10,000 cumulative cases by March 26. At the height of the pandemic in late April and early May, there were around six thousand new cases being recorded daily. As of January 2023, there were more than 24.2 million confirmed cumulative cases of COVID-19 recorded in the United Kingdom, resulting in 202,156 deaths.

For the week ending July 11, 2025, weekly deaths in England and Wales were 567 below the number expected, compared with 638 below what was expected in the previous week. In late 2022 and through early 2023, excess deaths were elevated for a number of weeks, with the excess deaths figure for the week ending January 13, 2023, the highest since February 2021. In the middle of April 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were almost 12,000 excess deaths a week recorded in England and Wales. It was not until two months later, in the week ending June 19, 2020, that the number of deaths began to be lower than the five-year average for the corresponding week. Most deaths since 1918 in 2020 In 2020, there were 689,629 deaths in the United Kingdom, making that year the deadliest since 1918, at the height of the Spanish influenza pandemic. As seen in the excess death figures, April 2020 was by far the worst month in terms of deaths during the pandemic. The weekly number of deaths for weeks 16 and 17 of that year were 22,351, and 21,997 respectively. Although the number of deaths fell to more usual levels for the rest of that year, a winter wave of the disease led to a high number of deaths in January 2021, with 18,676 deaths recorded in the fourth week of that year. For the whole of 2021, there were 667,479 deaths in the UK, 22,150 fewer than in 2020. Life expectancy in the UK goes into reverse In 2022, life expectancy at birth for women in the UK was 82.6 years, while for men it was 78.6 years. This was the lowest life expectancy in the country for ten years, and came after life expectancy improvements stalled throughout the 2010s, and then declined from 2020 onwards. There is also quite a significant regional difference in life expectancy in the UK. In the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea, for example, the life expectancy for men was 81.5 years, and 86.5 years for women. By contrast, in Blackpool, in North West England, male life expectancy was just 73.1 years, while for women, life expectancy was lowest in Glasgow, at 78 years.

Over the 2022/23 financial year, there were 236 suicides on the British rail network and 20 non-suicide fatalities. In the period of consideration, the financial year with the highest number of fatalities 2014/15, with a total of 286 suicide fatalities and 49 non-suicide fatalities.

There were 667,479 deaths in the United Kingdom in 2021, compared with 689,629 in 2020. Between 2003 and 2011, the annual number of deaths in the UK fell from 612,085 to just over 552,232. Since 2011 however, the annual number of annual deaths in the United Kingdom has steadily grown, with the number recorded in 2020, the highest since 1918 when there were 715,246 deaths. Both of these spikes in the number of deaths can be attributed to infectious disease pandemics. The great influenza pandemic of 1918, which was at its height towards the end of World War One, and the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused a large number of deaths in 2020.  Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic The weekly death figures for England and Wales highlight the tragic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic. In two weeks in April of 2020, there were 22,351 and 21,997 deaths respectively, almost 12,000 excess deaths in each of those weeks. Although hospitals were the most common location of these deaths, a significant number of these deaths also took place in care homes, with 7,911 deaths taking place in care homes for the week ending April 24, 2020, far higher than usual. By the summer of 2020, the number of deaths in England and Wales reached more usual levels, before a second wave of excess deaths hit the country in early 2021. Although subsequent waves of COVID-19 cases resulted in far fewer deaths, the number of excess deaths remained elevated throughout 2022. Long-term life expectancy trends As of 2022 the life expectancy for men in the United Kingdom was 78.57, and almost 82.57 for women, compared with life expectancies of 75 for men and 80 for women in 2002. In historical terms, this is a major improvement in relation to the mid 18th century, when the overall life expectancy was just under 39 years. Between 2011 and 2017, improvements in life expectancy in the UK did start to decline, and have gone into reverse since 2018/20. Between 2020 and 2022 for example, life expectancy for men in the UK has fallen by over 37 weeks, and by almost 23 weeks for women, when compared with the previous year.

This statistic represents the average height of men in the top 20 countries worldwide as of 2016. On average, men are ***** centimeters tall in Bosnia & Herzegovina.

From April 2025 onwards, the UK's main national minimum wage category, the national living wage, will rise to ***** pounds per hour, up from ***** pounds per hour in the previous financial year. This amount will apply to workers aged 21 and over, compared with 2022 and 2023 when it was only for workers aged 23 and over, and for those aged 25 and over between 2016 and 2021. The main minimum wage from 2010 to 2015 was the 21+ rate, and 22+ rate between 1999 and 2009. Evolution of the minimum wage Since its introduction in 1999, the minimum wage has had various rate categories, usually based on age. For the first five years, there were two categories, one for workers 18 to 21, and another for workers aged 22 and over. In 2004, a minimum wage for under 18s was introduced, and between 2010 and 2015 there were three rates based on age, and one for apprenticeships. Another age based-rate was added in 2016, but from 2024 onwards, the model will revert to four rate categories overall. In addition to the legal minimum wage, there is also a voluntary real living wage, which for 2024/25 is **** pounds per hour, rising to ***** pounds per hour for workers in London. Wages continue to outpace inflation in 2024 Since July 2023, wages have grown faster than inflation in the UK with December 2024 seeing regular weekly earnings grow by *** percent, compared with the CPI inflation rate of *** percent that month. For almost two years between November 2021 and June 2023, wage growth struggled to keep up with inflation, with the biggest gap occurring in October 2022 when inflation peaked at **** percent. The fall in real earnings in one of the most important factors in the UK's ongoing cost of living crisis. At the height of the crisis, around ** percent of UK households were reporting a monthly increase in their cost of living, with this falling to ** percent by March 2024.