§ Mr. Prescottasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the average occupational death rate in industry for each of the years since 1970; and what this is expressed as a proportion of the labour force.
§ Mr. John Grant, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 20th April 1978], gave the following information:
The Chairman of the Health and Safety Commission informs me that the information is not available in the precise form required. Accidents are still reported to the Health and Safety Executive under legislation passed before the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act came into force, 369W and the following tables show the number and incidence—per 100,000 employees at risk-of fatalities resulting from accidental
TABLE 1 Sector 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1. Factories Act: Manufacturing industry 278 251 214 236 254 196 175 Construction industry 204 201 190 231 166 182 156 Other industries 74 73 64 82 59 49 51 Total Factories Act 556 525 468 549 479 427 382 2. Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 32 35 15 15 20 16 20 3. Explosives Act 10 6 6 9 3 7 6 4. Regulation of Railways and Railway Employment (Prevention of Accidents) Acts* 67 60 48 42 38 46 46 5. Mines and Quarries Act: Coal mines 91 72 64 80 48 64 50 Mines of stratified ironstone, oil shale or fireclay 1 1 — — — — — Miscellaneous mines 5 6 7 8 2 2 8 Quarries† 27 18 15 14 16 15 16 Total Mines and Quarries Act 124 97 86 102 66 81 74 6. Agriculture (Safety, Health and Welfare Provisions) Act na 53 45 46 33 34 41 Total of sectors covered by HSC na 776 668 763 639 611 569 Sources: Sectors 1–3, 5 Health and Safety Executive. Sector 4 Department of Transport. Sector 6 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland. na Not available for employees alone. * Accidents to staff employed by British Rail, London Transport and Freightliners Ltd. † Including opencast coal sites.
TABLE 2 Sector 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1. Factories Act: Manufacturing industry 4.3 3.9 4.2 4.5 3.7 3.4 Construction industry 19.6 18.7 21.6 16.0 17.7 15.7 2. Regulation of Railways and Railway Employment (Prevention of Accidents) Acts* 24.1 19.7 18.3 14.8 18.7 18.8 3. Mines and Quarries Act: Coal mines 24.2 22.1 29.6 18.7 24.7 19.6 Quarries† 47.4 40.7 29.0 31.2 29.6 32.8‡ 4. Agriculture (Safety, Health and Welfare Provisions) Act na na 14.7 10.9 11.7 14.1 Sources: Sector 1 Health and Safety Executive. Sector 2 Department of Transport. Sector 3 Business Statistics Office; Health and Safety Executive. Sector 4 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland. na Not available. * Accidents to staff engaged in the operation of British Railways, London Transport and Freightliners Ltd. only are included in the rates. † Including opencast coal sites. ‡ Provisional.