§ Dr. PughTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many serious accidents have been recorded on construction sites in the last 10 years. [148147]
§ Mr. BrowneThe information in the table shows fatal and major injuries in construction reported to HSE under the RIDDOR Regulations during the period 1993–04 to 2002–03.
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Workers Member of the public Fatal 1993–94 91 6 1994–95 83 5 1995–96 79 3 1996–97 90 3 1997–98 80 6 1998–99 65 3 1999–2000 81 6 2000–01 105 8 2001–02 80 5 2002–031 71 5
Workers Member of the public Major/non-fatal injury 1993–94 2,574 116 1994–95 2,627 121 1995–96 2,477 117 1996–97 4,054 405 1997–98 4,326 339 1998–99 4,656 378 1999–2000 4,749 403 2000–01 4,708 316 2001–02 4,595 381 2002–031 4,780 259 1 The definition of a non-fatal injury to members of the public is different to that of workers. Notes:
1. Non-fatal injury statistics from 1996–97 cannot be compared directly with earlier years due to the introduction of revised injury reporting requirements (RIDDOR95) in1996.
2. The information available under RIDDOR 95 includes three categories of severity, fatal, defined major injuries and other injuries leading to more than three days absence (over-3-day). RIDDOR specifies serious injuries as (i) a list of major injury conditions for employees and self-employed people (ii) non-fatal injuries for members of the public, which cause a person to be taken from the site of the accident to hospital.
3. Incidents reported are defined under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1985 and1995.
4. Injury statistics are those reported to all enforcing authorities.
5. Construction has been identified using Standard Industrial Classification 1992 division 45.
6. The annual basis is the planning year from 1 April to 31 March.
These and additional figures are available on the internet at http: //www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/pdf/table13.pdf.