HC Deb 01 March 1988 vol 128 c537W
56. Mr. Skinner

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest available number of injuries at work; and what figure was in 1979.

Mr. Nicholls

The 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.