§ 56. Mr. T. Smithasked the Secretary for Mines the number of persons killed and seriously injured this year, and the principal causes of the accidents?
§ The Secretary for Mines (Captain Crookshank)The total number killed this year up to 30th June was 387 and the number seriously injured was 1,618. I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate the details in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ The information is as follows:
| Number of persons killed and seriously injured at mines under the Coal Mines Act during the six months ended 30th June, 1937. | ||
| Place or Cause of Accident. | Number killed. | Number seriously injured. |
| Underground. | ||
| Explosions of Firedamp or Coal Dust. | 19 | 24 |
| Falls of Ground | 198 | 790 |
| Shaft Accidents | 17 | 11 |
| Haulage Accidents | 83 | 366 |
| Miscellaneous | 38 | 281 |
| Total | 355 | 1,472 |
| Surface. | ||
| On railways, sidings or tramways. | 12 | 52 |
| Other surface accidents | 20 | 94 |
| Total | 32 | 146 |
| Total (Underground and Surface.) | 387 | 1,618 |