Mr. Whiteleyasked the Secretary for Mines what is the effect on the accident rate, fatal and non-fatal, where safety classes are held for boys working in the mines?
§ Captain CrookshankI regret that it is not possible, from the general statistics at present available, to assess the effect of safety classes on accident rates to boys in the coal mining industry as a whole, but a recent special investigation in the Yorkshire Coalfield indicates that the boys there who have qualified for safety badges after undergoing a course of safety training have a considerably lower accident rate than those who have not. The investigation will be extended shortly to another large coalfield.