HC Deb 21 January 1943 vol 386 c307W
Mr. G. Griffiths

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the number of fatal accidents in the coal mines for the year ended 31st December, 1942; the number of persons killed and the number of serious accidents for the same year; and the number in both cases for the year ended 1941?

Major Lloyd George

Final information is not yet available for the year 1942. Provisional figures are, however, available, and are as follow:

Number of fatal accidents 765
Number of persons killed 863
Number of persons seriously injured 2,748
The figures for the year 1941 are:
Number of persons killed 925
Number of persons seriously injured 2,990