§ 37. Mr. Daggarasked the Minister of Fuel and Power the number of persons killed and injured, respectively, in the mining industry for the years 1946, 1947 and 1948.
§ Mr. GaitskellThe following is the information:
NUMBER OF PERSONS KILLED AND INJURED AT ALL MINES AS DEFINED BY THE COAL MINES ACT, 1911 Year Killed Injured by reportable accidents* Injured and disabled for more than three days (1) (2) (3) (4) 1946 543 2,335 167,210 1947 618 2,446 162,544 1948 468 2,391 Not yet available * Injuries which, because of their severity or the nature of the accident, are required (under the terms of section 80 of the Coal Mines Act, 1911) to be reported to His Majesty's Divisional Inspectors of Mines at the time of their occurrence. In practically every case, these accidents involve a period of disablement of more than three days and such accidents are included in column 4.