Construction deaths were the highest in Yorkshire in 2014 according to new analysis.

Construction union UCATT said six Yorkshire workers were killed last year, and in 013/14 the number of construction workers killed at work rose to 42 from 39 the previous year.

Construction fatalities accounted for 32 per cent of all workplace deaths in 2013/14 an increase of 6 per cent on the previous year.

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The rate of fatalities per 100,000 workers was 1.98, an increase of.0.04 on the previous 12 months.

The largest increase in fatalities were in the North West where deaths rose to five from two and the East Midlands where three workers were killed compared to no fatalities in in 2012/13.

Steve Murphy General Secretary of UCATT, said: "It is important to remember that every single one of these fatalities was someone’s loved one, who went to work one day and did not come home. It is essential that construction injuries and deaths are not seen as a potential occupational hazard. The vast majority of deaths are entirely preventable."

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