§ Mr. WilsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of deaths resulting from all industrial accidents in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. NichollsThe available information is as follows:
Reported occupational injuries in Great Britain, resulting in death to Year Employees only Employees and self employed Members of the public arising from work activity 1977 524 — — 11978 — 622 — 1979 — 615 — 1980 — 579 — 21981 — 3499 75 1982 — 517 84 1983 — 508 88 1984 — 496 101 1985 — 3473 5159 71986 — 108 24 61986–87 — 410 91 Notes:
1 1978–80 fatalities include some involving non-employees voluntarily reported.
2 1981–1985 and 1986 (Jan–March) fatalities to employees, the self-employed and the non-employed reported to the Health and Safety Executive or other appropriate enforcing authority under, and as defined in the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (NADOR).
81W3 Figures for 1981 and 1985 have been recently corrected and vary slightly from previously published figures.
4 Year commencing 1 April 1986 when the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) came into force.
5 Includes the 56 people killed in the Bradford Football Club disaster.
6 Provisional.
7 First quarter.