§ Mr. David Priceasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Reportthe number of fatal incidents which have taken place in each of the last 10 years in coal mining, North Sea oil exploration and extraction and civil nuclear power generation, respectively.
§ Mr. MayhewThe chairman of the Health and Safety Commission has given me the following information:
§ Mr. Beaumont-Darkasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many employees have been killed or injured in gas explosions in each year from 1959 to the present.
§ Mr. MayhewThe chairman of the Health and Safety Commission informs me that these figures are not readily available.
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§ Mr. Beaumont-Darkasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many coal miners have been killed or injured in each year from 1959 until the present.
§ Mr. MayhewThe chairman of the Health and Safety Commission has given me the following table:
DEATHS AND INJURIES TO COAL MINERS, 1959–79 Deaths Injuries (excluding fatal) thousands 1959 … … 348 209.2 1960 … … 317 192.6 1961 … … 235 187.9 1962 … … 257 198.1 1963 … … 254 202.9 1964 … … 198 197.9 1965 … … 216 206.2 1966 … … 160 185.2 1967 … … 151 165.8 1968 … … 115 140.2 1969 … … 100 117.7 1970 … … 91 90.3 1971 … … 72 77.1 1972 … … 64 58.8 1973 … … 80 66.0 1974 … … 48 49.6 1975 … … 64 54.0 1976 … … 50 50.7 1977 … … 40 49.3 1978 … … 63 46.8 1979 … … 47* † * Provisional. Not yet available.