§ Mr. Leslie Huckfieldasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the cost of the average industrial accident in each of the last four years.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithI regret that this information is not available.
§ Mr. Leslie Huckfieldasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many factory accidents in each of the last four years were caused through not wearing protective industrial footwear.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithIt is estimated that in each of the years 1969 and 1970 there were between 16,000 and 17,000 injuries to the toes alone resulting from reported factory accidents. A large proportion of these injuries would probably have been prevented or mitigated by the wearing of protective industrial footwear. Corresponding figures are not available for earlier years.