§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many deaths and serious accidents due to workplace activities have been reported in each year since 1974.
Number of fatal and serious injuries2, 1974 to 1990–91, as reported to all HSC/E enforcing authorities Employees Self employed Members of the public Fatals Major3 Fatals Major3 Fatals Major3 1974 651 1— 1— 1—_ — — 1975 620 1— 1— 1— — — 1976 584 1— 1— 1— — — 1977 524 1— 1— 1— — — 1978 499 1— 123 1— — — 1979 492 1— 123 1— — — 1980 440 1— 139 — — — 1981 441 12,320 54 91 7 5,600 1982 472 12,290 48 127 8 5,600 1983 448 12,450 65 114 8 6,300 1984 438 12,490 60 144 10 6,700 1985 400 13,180 71 206 4159 6,900 1986–87 355 20,695 52 690 92 14,575 1987–88 361 20,057 84 867 113 12,880 1988–89 5529 19,944 80 1,152 121 12,614 1989–90 370 20,396 105 1,310 6206 11,378 1990–91 346 19,896 87 1,326 139 9,981 1— Not available. 2 Injuries at work to employees and self-employed persons and members of the public injured as a result of someone else's work activity reported under various pieces of legislation, but chiefly the Factories Act 1961 for the calendar years prior to 1981, under the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (NADOR) for the calendar years 1981 to 1985, and under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) for the subsequent financial years commencing 1 April 1986. 3 Introduced under NADOR on 1 January 1981. Definition extended under RIDDOR, 1 April 1986. 4 Data includes the 56 fatalities to members of the public in the Bradford City Football Club fire disaster. 5 Includes the 167 fatalities in the Piper Alpha Disaster, 6 July 1988. 6 Data includes the 95 fatalities and 766 major injuries to members of the public arising from the Hillsborough Stadium disaster.
§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many deaths due to industrial diseases and health-disabling diseases have been reported as due to workplace activity in each year since 1974.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe available figures for deaths due to asbestosis, mesothelioma and other prescribed industrial diseases are given in the table.
Deaths from Occupational Diseases in Great Britain Asbestosis Mesothelioma Other diseases 1974 74 245 789 1975 97 271 818 1976 116 315 814 1977 132 336 737 1978 109 390 719 1979 102 434 710 1980 102 458 697 1981 137 472 633 1982 128 504 624 1983 121 573 655 1984 129 624 531 1985 140 615 587 1986 166 702 524 1987 144 808 487 1988 152 862 — 1989 157 900 — 1990 163 882 — For asbestosis and mesothelioma, the numbers are of death certificates mentioning these conditions. An estimated 100 mesotheliomas annually are not asbestos
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§ Mr. McLoughlinThe available information based on injuries reported in Great Britain is provided in the table.
related. For other diseases, the numbers are for awards of death benefit under the industrial injuries scheme up to the discontinuation of this benefit in April 1988.
§ Mr. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment on how many occasions the current director of field operations of the Health and Safety Executive has inspected a factory; and what are his managerial qualifications for his post.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe director of field operations—DFO—does not, as a matter of policy, carry out inspections at factories or other premises for which the Health and Safety Executive—HSE—is the enforcing authority.
The DFO has overall management responsibility for more than 1,900 staff covering a wide range of duties in the field operations division. Inspection of factories is but one aspect of the work of the factory inspectorate and is undertaken by factory inspectors based in each of HSE's 20 area offices.
The current DFO has extensive managerial experience with HSE and has taken part in management and development training programmes within and external to the civil service.