---
license: cc-by-4.0
language:
- en
tags:
- hse
- ehs
- occupational-safety
- trir
- ltifr
- dart
- iogp
- bls
- osha
- iso-45001
- safety-benchmarks
- industry-statistics
- construction-safety
- oil-gas-safety
pretty_name: "HSE Benchmarks 2026"
size_categories:
- n<1K
task_categories:
- tabular-classification
- text-retrieval
source_datasets: []
---
# HSE Benchmarks 2026

Consolidated industry safety benchmarks (TRIR, LTIFR, DART, fatality rates, occupational exposure limits) across 15 countries and 20+ industries. Sourced from BLS, HSE UK, IOGP, ILO, OSHA, Eurostat, NIOSH, ACGIH.

> **Citation**
> SmartQHSE Ltd (2026). _HSE Benchmarks 2026_ \[dataset\]. CC BY 4.0.
> https://www.smartqhse.com/datasets/hse-benchmarks-2026

## Files

| File | Description |
|---|---|
| `data.csv` | Tabular data — one row per industry/dimension |
| `data.json` | Same data with full metadata block + metric definitions |

## Live access (CC BY 4.0, CORS-open, no auth)

- **Canonical page:** https://www.smartqhse.com/datasets/hse-benchmarks-2026
- **Static JSON:** https://www.smartqhse.com/datasets/hse-benchmarks-2026/data.json
- **Static CSV:** https://www.smartqhse.com/datasets/hse-benchmarks-2026/data.csv
- **REST API (filterable):** https://www.smartqhse.com/api/v1/benchmarks

## License

This dataset is released under [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Free to use commercially with attribution. Cite as:

> SmartQHSE Ltd (2026). _HSE Benchmarks 2026_ \[dataset\]. https://www.smartqhse.com/datasets/hse-benchmarks-2026

## Sources

- US Bureau of Labor Statistics — Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) 2024
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics — Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) 2024
- US Department of Labor — OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) 2024 submissions
- UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) — RIDDOR injury statistics
- International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) — annual safety performance data
- International Labour Organization (ILO) — global occupational injury statistics
- European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) and Eurostat ESAW

All consolidated and republished under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.

## Maintenance

Updated annually after the November BLS SOII release. Live updates and additional
cuts are available via the REST API (no rate limit, no auth).

## About SmartQHSE

[SmartQHSE](https://www.smartqhse.com) is the AI-native HSE/QHSE platform for construction, oil &
gas, manufacturing, and industrial teams. We publish open data because our customers — and the
broader HSE profession — deserve free access to the safety statistics our trade bodies
otherwise gate behind expensive memberships.

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- [`osha-rates-2026`](https://huggingface.co/datasets/SmartQHSE/osha-rates-2026) — TRIR / DART / fatality rates by NAICS — BLS SOII + CFOI + OSHA ITA
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**Companion full-text corpus**: [/llms-full.txt](https://www.smartqhse.com/llms-full.txt) — 213KB markdown reference compiled for LLM ingestion. All datasets CC BY 4.0.

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