§ Miss Maynardasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the number of deaths involving tractors in each year since 1945 with breakdowns showing how many were (a) workers, (b) farmers and their families and (c) children under 16 years of age.
§ Mr. Mayhew[pursuant to his reply, 4 August 1980, c. 17]: The tables below present statistics relating to fatal accidents with tractors from 1 January 1958 to 31 December 1979.
The age limit in respect of children during the period 1958–1972 was 15 years. From 1973 onwards this limit was extended to 16 years of age.
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FATAL ACCIDENTS WITH TRACTORS IN GREAT BRITAIN Year Adults Children Total 1958 … … … 59 6 65 59 … … … 51 5 56 60 … … … 45 8 53 61 … … … 71 5 76 62 … … … 65 8 73 63 … … … 46 6 52 64 … … … 54 7 61 65 … … … 54 4 58 66 … … … 56 5 61 67 … … … 46 4 50 68 … … … 49 5 54 69 … … … 41 5 46 70 … … … 39 10 49 71 … … … 43 4 47 72 … … … 26 6 32 73 … … … 28 8 36 74 … … … 23 6 29 75 … … … 28 9 37 76 … … … 33 3 36 77 … … … 26 4 30 78 … … … 17 4 21 79 … … … 17 5 22
Year Farmworkers Farmers and their families Others* Children Total 1976 … … … 12 19 2 3 36 1977 … … … 8 13 5 4 30 1978 … … … 5 11 1 4 21 1979 … … … 5 9 3 5 22 * Others covers contractors, members of the public etc.
§ Miss Maynardasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the number of people killed and injured, separate figures, in farm accidents in Great Britain in each year since the war, with a breakdown giving the number of workers and the number of farmers and their families, with sub-totals showing children under 16 years, also the totals of hired workers and farmers and their families for those years, and the ratio of deaths against total farm work force
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and the ratio reported injuries against total farm work force for each year.
§ Mr. Mayhew[pursuant to his reply, 4 August 1980, c. 17]: The table attached lists the available statistical information relating to agricultural accidents in Great Britain for the years 1971 to 1979 inclusive.
It is not possible to provide information for years prior to 1971 because the statistics of employment relating to agricultural workers are not comparable with subsequent years.
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WORKFORCE AND ACCIDENTS IN AGRICULTURE: GREAT BRITAIN 1971–79 Workforce* Fatal accidents§ Of which Farmers and family workers† Employees‡ Total Total Children║ Employees All reported accidents to employees Fatal accidents per 100,000 workforce Columns 3 and 4 Reported accidents to employees per 100 at risk Columns 2 and 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 thousand number thousand 1971 … … 308 314 622 141 30 53 6.7 22.7 2.1 1972 … … 308 310 618 100 20 45 6.8 16.2 2.2 1973 … … 304 313 617 118 27 46 6.2 19.1 2.0 1974 … … 290 303 593 101 30 33 5.7 17.0 1.9 1975 … … 287 291 578 100 23 34 5.2 17.3 1.8 1976 … … 295 290 585 106 21 41 5.3 18.1 1.8 1977 … … 279 300 580 102 25 32 4.8 17.6 1.6 1978 … … 281 300 581 72 16 25 4.6 12.4 1.5 1979 … … 263 294 557 94 24 36 4.1 16.9 1.4 * MAFF and DAFS June census. † Excluding the working spouses of farmers, partners and directors (about 50,000) and farmers in Scotland (there are about 30,000 holdings in Scotland). ‡ Including salaried managers and casual workers. § Including accidents to members of the public arising from work activities. ║ Under 16; under 15 before 1973.