§ 49. Mr. T. SMITHasked the Secretary for Mines the number of persons killed and seriously injured in and about coal mines during the present year and the cause of the same?
§ The SECRETARY for MINES (Mr. Ernest Brown)The figures are 991 killed and 2,901 seriously injured. As the remainder of the reply involves a statistical statement I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the remainder of the reply:
| Number of persons killed and seriously injured duriug the eleven months ended November, 1934, in and about Mines under the Coal Mines Act, 1911. | ||
| Place or Cause of Accident. | Number of Persons | |
| Killed. | Seriously Injured. | |
| Underground. | ||
| By explosions of Firedamp or Coal Dust. | 290 | 88 |
| By falls of ground | 403 | 1,296 |
| Shaft Accidents | 14 | 61 |
| Haulage Accidents | 135 | 680 |
| Miscellaneous | 84 | 519 |
| Total Underground | 926 | 2,644 |
| Surface. | ||
| On Railways, Sidings or Tramways. | 30 | 83 |
| Other Surface Accidents | 35 | 174 |
| Total on Surface | 65 | 257 |
| Total (Underground and Surface. | 991 | 2,901 |