§ Mr. Parry asked the Paymaster General (1) how many workers employed in the construction industry have been killed in accidents in England and Wales in each of the past six years;
§ (2) how many workers have been injured (a) seriously and (b) slightly in the construction industry in England and Wales in each of the last six years.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe available information for the period 1979 to 1984 (provisional) is given in the table: 53W
Reported injuries to workers in the construction industry, 1979–84* England and Wales Type of Injury 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984* Fatal to employees 103 118 84 82 104 88 to self employed† 17 29 6 14 18 15 Major‡ to employees || || 1,446 1,666 1,847 1,973 to self-employed 27 47 57 68 Total notified to¶ HSE enforcing authorities as leading to over three day absences from work (injuries to employees only) || || 37,507 33,540 || || * Provisional.
† Before 1981, fatalities to the self-employed were reported on a voluntary basis only. They are therefore not strictly comparable with figures for 1981–84 which are based on reports resulting from a specific requirement under the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulation 1980 (NADOR).
‡ As defined in NADOR and reported to relevant enforcing authorities. Information before 1981 is therefore not available.
|| Not available.
¶ Those giving rise to claims for industrial injury benefit. Arrangements for industrial injury benefit changed in April 1983. From that date, only a proportion of such injuries give rise to benefit claims so that total figures are not available. Comparable figures prior to 1981 are not available for England and Wales.