§ Mr. G. SPENCERasked the Secretary for Mines the number of accidents in coal mines, fatal and non-fatal, for each of the last five complete years of the nine-hours Act, each complete year of the eight-hours Act, and each complete year of the seven-hours Act, and their cause.
§ Mr. SHINWELLThe figures are as follow:— 2383W
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STATEMENT showing the Number of Persons killed and injured at Mines under the Coal Mines Acts in Great Britain and Ireland during the Years 1904 to 1908, 1910 to 1918, and 1920 to 1923, so far as particulars are available. A.—Number of Persons Killed. Hours of Work Below-ground and Year. Place or Cause of Accident. Grand Total. Underground. On Surface. Explosions of Fire damp or Coal Dust. Falls of Ground. Shaft Accidents. Haulage Accidents. Miscellaneous. Total. On Railways, Sidings, or Tramways. Other Surface Accidents. Total. Nine-Hours Average— 1904 … 22 512 82 216 82 914 66 75 141 1,055 1905 … 178 515 65 193 82 1,033 69 57 126 1,159 1906 … 55 551 68 232 101 1,007 62 73 135 1,142 1907 … 44 574 98 245 142 1,103 85 57 142 1,245 1908 … 128 586 83 223 142 1,162 80 66 146 1,308 Eight-Hours Act— 1910 … 501 636 89 286 110 1,622 71 82 153 1,775 1911 … 36 617 99 264 100 1,116 59 90 149 1,265 1912 … 124 567 71 239 100 1,101 78 97 175 1,276 1913 … 462 620 98 251 149 1,580 81 92 173 1,753 1914 … 26 596 66 287 111 1,086 70 63 133 1,219 1915 … 41 673 61 265 127 1,167 61 69 130 1,297 1916 … 22 706 44 266 125 1,163 70 80 150 1,313 1917 … 20 724 62 307 101 1,214 79 77 156 1,370 1918 … 160 685 47 263 122 1,277 62 62 124 1,401 Seven-Hours Act— 1920 … 26 544 40 237 118 965 54 84 138 1,103 1921* … 19 383 26 170 84 682 40 34 74 756 1922† … 73 551 39 211 125 999 51 55 106 1,105 1923†‡ … 60 585 58 312 160 1,175 50 64 114 1,289 B.—Number of Persons Injured who were Disabled for more than seven days. Nine-Hours average— 1904–7 … Particulars were not collected prior to 1908. 1908 … 136 52,344 909 38,145 39,639 131,173 3,821 6,857 10,678 141,851 Eight-Hours Act— 1910 … 167 55,967 851 47,083 43,063 147,131 4,315 7,596 11,911 159,042 1911 … 185 58,522 633 44,275 50,660 154,275 4,363 7,978 12,341 166,616 1912 … 145 53,185 895 35,596 49,387 139,208 3,885 7,559 11,444 150,652 1913 … 131 62,094 825 43,993 56,441 163,484 4,102 9,603 13,705 177,189 1914 … 105 57,280 765 34,972 52,993 146,115 3,843 8,904 12,747 158,862 1915–18 … Particulars were not collected during the War. Seven-Hours Act— 1920 … 105 41,358 486 28,937 35,844 106,730 2,946 7,626 10,572 117,302 1921* … 50 31,047 590 17,524 29,471 78,682 2,087 5,583 7,670 86,352 1922† … 105 63,035 971 46,839 59,254 170,204 4,220 11,073 15,293 185,497 1923 … Particulars are not yet available. * In consequence of the national stoppage of work at coal mines, almost all the mines were idle for about three months in 1921. † Great Britain only. ‡ Provisional figures.