HC Deb 26 July 1938 vol 338 cc2916-7W
Mr. G. Macdonald

asked the Secretary for Mines whether he will state the number of accidents due to electric machines in the mining industry in Lancashire and Cheshire during each of the last three years?

Captain Crookshank

Particulars of accidents caused by the use of electric machines are not recorded separately, but the number of accidents caused by the

Year Below-ground. Surface.
Number of Accidents. Number Killed. Number Injured. Number of Accidents. Number Killed. Number Injured.
1935 … 1 1 4 4 — 4
1936 … 1 — 1 — — —
1937 … 1 1 — 1 — 1

The non-fatal accidents include all cases of injury however slight.