40. Mrs. WARDasked the Secretary for Mines the number of accidents, in volving the life of, or injury to, mine workers in the Cannock Chase coalfield during the past five years; and how many such accidents have been due to falls of roof I.
§ Mr. E. BROWNAs the answer con tains a number of figures, I will, with 2038 the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORTFollowing is the answer: During the five years 1930 to 1934, 76 fatal accidents and 12, 820 non-fatal acci dents involving disablement for more than three days occurred at mines in the Cannock Chase District. Of these 35 and 4, 238, respectively, were due to falls of ground. Following are the details for each year:.
| All accidents below and above Ground | Accidents due to Falls of Ground | ||||||||
| Year | FatalAccidents | Non-fatal Accidents | FatalAccidents | Non-fatal Accidents | |||||
| Number of Separate Accidents | Number of Persons Killed | Number of Separate Accidents | Number of Persons Injured.* | Number of Separate Accidents | Number of Persons Killed | Number of Separate Accidents | Number of Persons Injured.* | ||
| 1930 | … | 16 | 30 | 2,691 | 2,695 | 8 | 9 | 891 | 894 |
| 1931 | … | 15 | 16 | 2,703 | 2,707 | 6 | 7 | 873 | 877 |
| 1932 | … | 18 | 18 | 2,483 | 2,485 | 7 | 7 | 813 | 814 |
| 1933 | … | 11 | 16 | 2,319 | 2,337 | 6 | 6 | 792 | 794 |
| 1934 | … | 16 | 16 | 2,624 | 2,630 | 8 | 8 | 869 | 873 |
| 76 | 96 | 12,820 | 12,854 | 35 | 37 | 4,238 | 4,252 | ||
| * Disabled for more than three days |
§ The abnormal number of deaths in 1930 was due to the explosion of firedamp at Grove Colliery (14 killed.)