§ 56. Mr. SkinnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest available number of injuries at work; and what figure was in 1979.
§ Mr. NichollsThe available information is as follows:
Reported occupational injuries to employees and self-employed persons in Great Britain 11979 21986–7p number of reported deaths 615 405 number of reported non-fatal injuries leading to absence from work of over 3 days: employees 320,500 173,251 self-employed .. 1,693 of which major injuries to employees .. 19,549 self-employed .. 830 1 numbers reported to enforcing authorities under various legislation requiring the reporting of accidents at work. 2 numbers reported to enforcing authorities under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations, 1985. p—provisional data for the year commencing 1 April 1986. ..—not available.