HSE Summary Statistics 2022/23

The link leads you to the HSE summary statistics for 2023. This includes statistics for both ill health and injury.

Page 6 details the Occupational Lung Disease Statistics, which include:

12,000 Lung Disease deaths each year are estimated to be linked to past exposures at work.
2,268 Mesothelioma deaths in 2016, with a similar number if Lung Cancer deaths linked to past exposures to Asbestos.
20,000 New cases of breathing or lung problems caused or made worse by work each year on an average over the last years according to self-reported estimates from the Labour Force Survey.