§ Sir R. Gowerasked the Minister of Fuel and Power the reasons for the accidents to horses in the mines of South Wales which 74W caused death and unfitness for work at the rate of one in every five in 1942: and whether he is satisfied with the present arrangements to reduce the numbers of these accidents.
Major Lloyd GeorgeThe chief causes of the fatal and the more serious accidents to horses are falls of roof and haulage mishaps resulting in the trams getting out of control; the figures include, however, a large number of less serious accidents in the shape of cuts, bruises and sprains. The Inspectors of Mines give constant attention to the conditions of the haulage roads and to the prevention of accidents on these roads whether to horses or to the persons employed.