§ Mr. Leightonasked the Paymaster General what percentage of those killed and injured in the construction industry in 1985 were (a) employed by large firms, (b) employed by small firms or (c) self-employed.
§ Mr. LeeThe percentage of employees killed in the construction industry who worked for:(a) firms employing 80 or more employees was 32 per cent.; (b) firms employing fewer than 80 employees was 68 per cent. Such information relating to those people injured, but not killed, is not available.
(c) The percentage of workers killed in the construction industry who were self-employed was 18 per cent. For workers suffering a reported major injury, 5 per cent. were self-employed.
The figures relate to occupational deaths or major injuries to employees and self-employed people, reported under the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (NADOR) 1980 to authorities responsible for enforcing the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. Major injuries are as defined under NADOR.