HC Deb 13 June 1972 vol 838 c272W
71. Mr. Rose

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many industrial injuries and deaths were caused during 1970 and 1971 by the jibs of cranes coming into contact with electric wires.

Mr. Dudley Smith

The total number of crane accidents caused by contact with overhead electric lines reported to H.M. Factory Inspectorate was 15 in 1970 and 10 in 1971, of which six and five respectively were fatal.