47 people died during workplace accidents last year.
There was little change in the year on year figure for workplace fatalities - 48 people died in 2012.
The Health and Safety Authority's Annual Report for 2013 shows 28 prosecutions for serious safety and health breaches were concluded last year, and fines of 2.1 million euro were imposed.
The most hazardous sectors to work in continue to be Agriculture, Fishing & Construction.
There were almost 6600 non-fatal injuries reported in 2013 which is down on the previous year.
The main causes of non-fatal accidents were manual handling and slips, trips and falls.
