Farm Workers (Accidents)

HC Deb 24 January 1986 vol 90 cc324-5W

Mr. Deakins

asked the Paymaster General what has been the number of accidents involving farm workers in each of the past 10 years.

Mr. Trippier

The number of accidents involving agricultural employees in Great Britain in each of the past 10 years is shown in the table below:

	Fatal	Non-Fatal
1975	34	5,196
1976	41	5,206
1977	34	4,784

	Fatal	Non-Fatal
1978	25	4,529
1979	34	4,024
1980	25	4,223
1981	31	*7,799
1982	27	*7,118
1983	28	*
1984	27	*

^* Not available.

^†The Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1980 came into force on 1 January 1981. The non-fatal accident figures for 1981 and 1982 are not comparable with those from previous years.