§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information his Department has of injuries to workers on(a) motorways, (b) other trunk roads and (c) other roads during each of the last five years involved in (i) construction, (ii) repairs and (iii) cleaning; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. OppenheimI have been asked to reply.
The Health and Safety Executive does not record information on injuries to road workers in the form requested.
The table shows the number of injuries to workers while carrying out road surfacing work and highway maintenance for the last five years:
Injuries to workers1 arising from surfacing and highway maintenance work as reported to the Health and Safety Executive's Field Operations Division 1989–90 to 1993–94—provisional Year Fatal Surfacing3 Major5 Over 3 days5 Total 1989–90 7 133 1,613 1,753 1990–91 6 109 1,464 1,579 1991–92 4 92 1,219 1,315 1992–93 7 95 981 1,083 1993–97 4 105 744 853
Year (b) Highway Maintenance4 Fatal Major5 Over 3 days6 Total 1989–90 1 37 1588 1626 1990–91 1 68 1467 1536 1991–92 — 51 1198 1249 1992–93 3 53 926 982 1993–947 — 42 814 856 1 Employees and self-employed people. 2 Years commencing I April. 3 Includes road building and repair. 4 Includes street cleaning, maintenance of street furniture and gritting, etcetera. 5 As defined under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985 and are chiefly amputations, serious fractures and other injuries causing hospitalisation for more than 24 hours. 6 Injuries causing incapacity for normal work for more than three days. 7 Provisional.