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Accidents at work 'cost millions'
Accidents at work have cost Surrey �12m in the last financial year, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has said.

Latest figures from the HSE have said someone breaks or fractures a bone at work every 25 minutes.

The Shattered Lives campaign has been launched to highlight "devastating consequences" of slips, trips and falls in the workplace.

In the South East last year, 5,695 people were hurt at work, costing the local community �102.5m, the HSE said.



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