HC Deb 06 August 1942 vol 382 c1201W
Mr. Hewlett

asked the Minister of Labour how many workers in our factories have met with accidents, fatal and non-fatal, respectively, since September, 1939, to the latest date for which figures are available.

Mr. Bevin

Accidents reported under the Factories Act were in the last three months of 1939, 465 fatal, 68,980 nonfatal; in 1940, 1,372 fatal, 230,607 nonfatal; in 1941, 1,646 fatal, 269,652 nonfatal; in 1942 (January to June), 699 fatal, 153,067 non-fatal. The figures for 1942 are provisional and subject to correction.