§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the numbers killed or injured in each standard category of employment at their place of work in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Peter Bottomley[pursuant to his reply, 6 June 1985]: The available information is given in the following three tables.
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Order Group Number Standard Industrial Classification (68) *1979 *1980 †1981 †1982 †1983 XIV. Leather, Leather Goods &Fur — — — — — XV. Clothing and Footwear 1 — 2 1 5 XVI. Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement etc. 10 6 5 11 4 XVII. Timber, Furniture etc. 5 4 6 6 6 XVIII. Paper, Printing &Publishing 10 7 4 6 6 XIX. Other Manufacturing Industries 8 4 9 2 4 III-XIX. All Manufacturing Industries. 147 123 109 127 111 XX. Construction 119 128 106 100 118 XXI. Gas, Electricity and Water ‡ ‡ 7 15 5 XXII. Transport &Communication ‡ ‡ 46 50 40 XXIII. Distributive Trades ‡ ‡ 10 10 12 XXIV. Insurance, Banking, Finance &Business Services ‡ ‡ — 3 — XXV. Professional &Scientific Services ‡ ‡ 6 4 7 XXVI. Miscellaneous Services ‡ ‡ 12 16 11 XXVII. Public Administration &Defence ‡ ‡ 15 14 15 Unclassified|| 132 102 46 32 48 Total All Industries (Employees) ¶492 ¶440 449 468 442 Total All Industries (Self Employed)† ‡ ‡ 54 48 64 * Deaths, reported to enforcing authorities under the then existing legislation. † Deaths reported to enforcing authorities under the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (NADOR) which widen the coverage of reporting. These figures are not comparable with those for earlier. The self-employed were covered by NADOR (from 1981) ‡ Not available. | Mainly local authorities (of which approximately 85 per cent. voluntarily reported accidents to HSE in 1981 and 1982) for which an industrial breakdown is not readily available. ¶ The total number of fatalities reported to HSC enforcement authorities for 1979 and 1980 were 615 and 579 respectively. The figures may include some non-employees.
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TABLE 2 Major injuries to employees reported to enforcing authorities Order group number *Major injuries Standard Industrial Classification (68) 1981 1982 1983 I Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 165 147 176 II Mining and Quarrying 1,026 1,044 1,005 III Food, Drink and Tobacco 495 530 519 IV Coal and Petroleum Products 41 50 43 V Chemicals and Allied Industries 312 332 375 VI Metal Manufacture 539 470 477 VII Mechanical Engineering 461 457 474 VIII Instrument Engineering 33 31 34 IX Electrical Engineering 167 180 220 X Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering 192 148 107 XI Vehicles 334 267 291 XII Metal Goods not elsewhere specified 374 396 382 XIII Textiles 176 198 208 XIV Leather, Leather Goods and Fur 15 26 16 XV Clothing and Footwear 51 35 44 XVI Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. 198 229 219 XVII Timber, Furniture, etc. 260 290 329 XVIII Paper, Printing and Publishing 275 269 252 XIX Other Manufacturing Industries 174 145 190 III-XIX ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 4,097 4,053 4,180 XX Construction 1,690 1,950 2,169 XXI Gas, Electricity and Water 181 169 154 XXII Transport and Communication 564 523 565 XXIII Distributive Trades 242 219 195 XXIV Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services 14 9 20 XXV Professional and Scientific Services 1,322 1,103 1,010 XXVI Miscellaneous Services 538 516 506 XXVII Public Administration and Defence 1,166 1,051 1,183 Unclassfied† 1,310 1,491 1,175 TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES (EMPLOYEES) 12,315 12,275 12,338 TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES (SELF EMPLOYED) 91 127 112 * Under the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (NADOR) which came into force in January 1981, a category "major injury" was defined according to a schedule.† Mainly local authorities (of which approximately 85 per cent voluntarily reported injuries to HSE) for which an industrial breakdown is not readily available.
TABLE 3 All Injuries (including those resulting in more than 3 days absence from work) to employees reported to enforcing authorities Order group number Standard Industrial Classification(68) All Injuries* †1979 †l980 ‡1981 ‡1982 I Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 4,100 4,200 8,172 7,382 II Mining and Quarrying 43,100 38,500 44,344 38,351 III Food, Drink and Tobacco 24,452 20,747 25,514 23,100 IV Coal and Petroleum Products 1,589 1,266 1,139 971 V Chemicals and Allied Industries 10,420 8,583 9,266 8,113 VI Metal Manufacture 20,150 13,805 13,685 11,377 VII Mechanical Engineering 20,646 16,598 19,178 17,049 VIII Instrument Engineering 1,180 1,055 1,149 956 IX Electrical Engineering 10,005 8,013 8,564 7,344 X Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering 6,054 4,918 4,789 4,342 XI Vehicles 16,310 13,676 13,509 11,124 XII Metal Goods not elsewhere specified 13,678 10,357 13,369 12,217 XIII Textiles 9,844 6,682 7,046 6,225 XIV Leather, Leather Goods and Fur 607 429 598 515 XV Clothing and Footwear 2,730 2,000 2,661 2,451 XVI Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement etc 9,071 7,095 8,233 7,049 XVII Timber, Furniture etc 6,252 5,058 8,578 7,686 XVIII Paper, Printing and Publishing 8,874 7,444 8,044 6,836 XIX Other Manufacturing Industries 7,228 5,827 6,632 6,041 III-XIX All Manufacturing Industries 169,090 133,553 151,954 133,396 XX Construction 32,563 30,146 45,868 41,112 XXI Gas, Electricity and Water ¶ ¶ 8,637 8,065 XXII Transport and Communication ¶ ¶ 20,549 18,296 XXIII Distributive Trades ¶ ¶ 35,342 32,022 XXIV Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services ¶ ¶ 2,728 2,381 XXV Professional and Scientific Services ¶ ¶ 31,485 30,772 XXVI Miscellaneous Services ¶ ¶ 29,697 27,144 XXVII Public Administration and Defence ¶ ¶ 47,795 46,129 Unclassified|| 50,747 47,301 8,221 4,731 Total All Industries 299,600 253,700 434,792 389,781 * 1983 data for over 3 day injuries are not available as a result of changes to the industrial injury benefit scheme. † 1979–80—restricted to injuries reported to enforcing authorities under the then existing legislation. The total number of spells of certified incapacity for work resulting in industrial injury benefit claims, for 1 June 1978 to 31 May 1979, and for 1 June 1979 to 31 May 1980 were 581,000 and 509,000 respectively (estimated) some road accidents are included in these figures, which are excluded from later years' figures. ‡ 1981–82—claims for industrial injury benefit, notified to HSE by DHSS under the requirements of the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (NADOR). ||Mainly local authorities for which an industrial breakdown is not readily available. ¶ Not available