Obesity epidemic sees undertakers report injuries from the weight of heavy coffins [Video]

6 December 2024, 19:23

By Henry Moore

Britain’s undertakers are reportedly struggling with the weight of coffins amid the ever-worsening obesity epidemic.

A number of injuries caused by lifting heavy coffins have been reported to the Health and Safety Executive by funeral executives, according to a new report.

It comes after it was revealed middle-aged Brits are more likely to be overweight and sick by the time they reach their 50s and 60s than the generation before them were at the same age.

NHS data from October showed Britain is the fattest it has ever been, with the average middle-aged man weighing 14st.

According to a Freedom of Information request by the Telegraph, one undertaker broke a bone in his hand after crushing his fingers while attempting to lift a coffin containing an obese woman.

The Co-Op employee was forced to have surgery, the outlet …