§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list, industry by industry, the number of men and women, respectively, who have been killed at work this year; and how this compares with the previous five years.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe numbers relating to employees in employment notified to, or coming to the notice of, the various authorities are:
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Industry Males Females Order (Standard Industrialist Classification 1968) Description 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 Part 1972 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 Part 1972 I Agriculture … … 56 62 70 40 56 32 2 1 — 1 2 1 II Mining and quarrying … … 184 162 129 129 101 63 — — — — — — Manufacturing: III Food, drink, tobacco … … 19 17 11 20 25 11 2 — — 1 — — IV Coal and petroleum products … … 4 5 4 3 2 3 — — — — — — V Chemicals … … 26 26 25 19 22 11 1 — 1 — — — VI Metal manufacture … … 60 68 66 61 58 33 — 1 — — — 1 VII Mechanical engineering … … 26 22 34 26 23 20 1 — — — 1 — VIII Instrument engineering … … — — — 2 1 — — — — — — — IX Electrical engineering … … 1 8 5 11 7 4 2 — 1 — — — X Shipbuilding, etc. … … 25 22 25 19 18 15 1 — — — — — XI Vehicles … … 23 18 14 25 13 9 — — — — — — XII Metal goods not elsewhere specified … … 14 19 17 13 16 5 — — — 1 — — XIII Textiles … … 12 12 14 10 16 4 — 1 — — 4 — XIV Leather, leather goods and fur … … 1 1 1 3 2 — — — — 2 — — XV Clothing and footwear … … 1 3 — — — — — — — — — — XVI Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. … … 20 23 24 31 18 13 — — 1 1 — — XVII Timber, furniture, etc … … 18 30 14 12 9 8 — 6 1 — — — XVIII Paper, printing and publishing … … 13 12 10 10 10 9 — — — — — — XIX Other manufacturing industries … … 5 4 17 7 5 7 3 — — 1 1 — Total manufacturing industries … … 268 290 281 272 245 152 10 8 4 6 6 1 XX Construction … … 204 240 268 204 201 145 — — — — — — XXI Gas, electricity and water … … 22 18 20 10 12 10 — — — — — — XXII Transport and communication … … 302 288 241 275 232 N/A — — — — — N/A XXIII Distributive trades … … 18 42 24 31 21 18 2 4 2 4 8 — XXVI Miscellaneous services … … 16 14 21 19 17 9 1 — 2 — 1 — XXVII Public administration … … 1 2 3 2 2 1 — — — — — — — Offices (irrespective of industry) … … 6 11 4 7 9 1 — 1 2 1 4 1 Total … … 1,077 1,129 1,061 989 896 — 15 14 10 12 21 — Figures for 1972 extend up to 30th September and are provisional.