Health and Safety Executive (Workplace Deaths) (Hansard, 27 January 1999)

HC Deb 27 January 1999 vol 324 c255W 255W

§ Mr. Wigley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many incidents of death in the workplace were investigated by the Health and Safety Executive in each year since 1996. [67416]

§ Mr. Meale
The number of fatalities investigated by the Health and Safety Executive is set out in the table.

Year Number of fatalities investigated

1996–97 397

1997–98 402

1 April-30 September 1998¹ 213

¹ Provisional

Year	Number of fatalities investigated
1996–97	397
1997–98	402
1 April-30 September 1998¹	213
¹ Provisional