ACCIDENTS (HOLLAND). (Hansard, 14 March 1939)

HC Deb 14 March 1939 vol 345 c194 194

14. Mr. Jenkins
asked the Secretary for Mines the rate of fatal accidents per 1,000 men employed or per 100,000 shifts worked, in the Dutch coal mines for the years 1937 and 1938?

§ Captain Crookshank
The fatal accident rate in the Dutch coal mines for the year 1937 was 0.17 per 100,000 manshifts worked. Information in regard to the year 1938 is not yet available.

Mr. Jenkins
Can the Minister say how that figure compares with the accident rate in this country?

§ Captain Crookshank
It is better, if that is the right term to use.