Mr. Ted Fletcherasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if, in view of the fact that industrial accidents in the Darlington district are nearly twice the national average, she will list the industries in the districts in which these accidents occur, together with the number of accidents for each industry, stated as a percentage of the employees in that industry.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe information available relates to accidents in factories in 1969, and is as follows:
Industry Number of accidents Number of accidents expressed as a percentage of the employees in the industry Food 429 11.2 Chemicals 145 5.4 Metal Manufacture 197 6.0 Engineering and Electrical 1,289 9.6 Vehicles 460 6.2 Metal Goods not elsewhere specified 118 6.4 Textiles 253 3.2 Clothing, Footwear 129 2.6 Bricks, Pottery 156 9.7 Timber and Furniture 204 8.0 Paper, Printing and Publishing 30 6.0 Rubber — — Plastics Manufacture and Fabrication 176 7.3 Gas 5 11.1 Electricity 14 6.0 Laundry and Dry Cleaning 1 1.6 Motor Vehicle Repairs 110 4.4 All others excluding Construction 111 15.0 Total 3,827 6.8