§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of(a) deaths, (b) major injuries and (c) minor injuries suffered as a result of accidents at work for each year since 1960.
§ Mr. NichollsThe available information is as follows: 579W
Year Reported occupational injuries in Great Britain, resulting in death to over 3 day abscence from work employees only employees and self-employed major injury to employees and self-employed to employees only1(thousands) employees and self-employed (thousands) 1981 — 503 12,403 435 — 1982 — 517 12,413 390 — 1983 — 508 12,567 ֵ — 1984 — 496 12,638 ֵ — 19853 — 470 13,382 ֵ — ֵ not available. 1 over 3 day absences leading to claims for industrial injury benefit from DHSS, years starting on 1st Monday in June 1961–80; as notified to HSE for calendar years 1981–82. 2 1978–80 fatalities include those to non-employees voluntarily reported. 3 1981–85 fatalities and major injuries to employees and self-employed reported to the Health and Safety Executive or other appropiate enforcing authority under, and as defined in the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (NADOR). Figures for 1986–87 are provisional and were collected under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurences Regulations 1985 (RIDDOR). This introduced a wider definition of "major injuries" so that the reported 18,641 major injuries to employees and the self-employed is not comparable with previous figures. The number of fatalities was 390 and the number of over three-day absences was 144,000, both figures being for employees and the self-employed.