HC Deb 13 January 1976 vol 903 cc132-3W
Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many fatal accidents occurred at work during each of the first three-quarters of 1975 and in each comparable quarter of each of the previous five years; how many and what percentage of such accidents were in the construction and engineering industries, respectively; how many and what percentage of such cases resulted in prosecutions under the Factories Act and/or under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act; and what were the results of such prosecutions.

Mr. Harold Walker

The Chairman of the Health and Safety Commission informs me that fatal accidents notified under the Factories Act were as follows:

plied without a disproportionate expenditure of staff time.

Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many non-fatal accidents occurred at work during each of the first three quarters of 1975 and in each comparable quarter of each of the previous five years; how many and what percentage of such accidents were in the construction and in the engineering industries, respectively; how many and what percentage of such cases

Construction industries Engineering industries*
Total non-fatal accidents reported Number reported Percentage of total (1) Number reported Percentage of total (1)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1970—
March quarter … … 78,855 9,771 12.4 37,569 47.6
June quarter … … 77,918 10,259 13.2 37,059 47.6
September quarter … … 71,284 9,722 13.6 33,027 46.3
1971—
March quarter … … 67,919 7,980 11.7 33,018 48.6
June quarter … … 68,293 8,752 12.8 32,333 47.3
September quarter … … 63,663 8,606 13.5 28,840 45.3
1972—
March quarter … … 65,568 8,920 13.6 29,692 45.3
June quarter … … 66,307 9,303 14.0 29,435 44.4
September quarter … … 59,203 8,105 13.7 25,936 43.8
1973—
March quarter … … 70,996 9,164 12.9 32,517 45.8
June quarter … … 67,269 8,948 13.3 30,544 45.4
September quarter … … 64,090 8,678 13.5 28,719 44.8
1974—
March quarter … … 63,838 8,389 13.1 29,332 45.9
June quarter … … 65,369 8,237 12.6 30,397 46.5
September quarter … … 62,131 8,020 12.9 28,491 45.9
1975—
March quarter … … 61,407 7,684 12.5 29,151 47.5
June quarter … … 62,531 9,097 14.5 28,848 46.1
September quarter … … 58,046 8,578 14.8 25,939 44.7
* Metal processing, general engineering and electrical engineering.

It is regretted that the information regarding prosecutions cannot be supplied without a disproportionate expenditure of staff time.