There has been an alarming rise in the number of workplace fatalities reported for 2010-11. According to statistics from the HSE's annual review of reportable accidents, 171 people were killed at work during 2010-11, compared to 147 in 2009-10.The release of these figures also coincided with the second prosecution under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007. Lion Steel...will be the second company to be prosecuted under the Act and the case looks set for trial in June 2012. Additionally, three directors are being prosecuted for individual gross negligence manslaughter and for individual offences under section 37 of the Health and Safety at Work Act...This case follows the first conviction under the Corporate Manslaughter Act in February 2011 when Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings...was fined £385,000. The Cotswold Geotechnical case was an anti-climax to the fanfare that accompanied the introduction of the Act.