HC Deb 27 October 1988 vol 139 cc380-1W
Mr. Strang

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will list, in standard industrial classification order, the fatal and major incident rates for each of the past 10 years for all major industries.

Mr. Nicholls

The available information is set out in the following three tables. Some of the older data analysed by the previous standard industrial classification could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Table 2 Non fatal major injuries to employees reported to all HSC/E enforcement authorities, 1981 to 1986–871
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC80)
Major injury incidence rates per 100,000 employees
RIDDOR 1986–87
Division 19811 1982 1983 1984 1985 Actual3 Adjusted to NADOR4
0. Agriculture, forestry and fishing 46.9 42.3 59.1 82.2 71.2 131.6 89.1–106.3
1. Energy and water supply industries 162.2 173.1 173.1 92.7 173.7 331.1 —
2. Extraction of minerals and ores other than fuels; manufacture of metals, mineral products and chemicals 124.3 131.8 144.7 161.9 155.3 214.7 —
3. Metal goods, engineering and vehicle industries 56.0 56.5 63.2 70.3 75.8 114.6 —
4. Other manufacturing industries 62.5 68.2 74.2 84.7 87.3 143.6 —
2–4. Total manufacturing industries 68.8 72.3 79.6 89.6 92.3 141.4 77.9–99.2
5. Construction 155.6 188.5 213.2 225.2 225.8 263.5 167.4–180.3
6. Distribution, hotels and catering; repairs 34.3 39.3 31.6 34.6 36.1 42.9 —
7. Transport and communication 40.4 38.7 42.3 39.2 41.7 85.2 —
8. Banking, finance, insurance, business services and leasing 0.9 0.7 1.1 1.0 1.4 8.9 —
9. Other services 45.8 40.1 40.6 36.4 38.0 74.8 —
Total all industries 57.8 59.0 60.5 60.1 62.7 95.6 —
1 See note (a) to table 1.
2 1981 to 1985 as defined by NADOR, which introduced the definition of major injury.
3 1986–87 as defined by RIDDOR. Definition of major injuries significantly wider than in NADOR.
4 Estimated rates, from the estimated numbers of major injuries reported under RIDDOR that would also have been reportable under NADOR. These estimates available for only some Divisions of SIC(80).

Table 3 Fatal Injuries to Employees Reported to HM Factory Inspectorate, 1976–1980
Standard Industrial Classification (1968) Order Fatal injury incidence rates per 100,000 employees at risk1
1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
III. Food, drink and tobacco 3.1 4.0 3.1 3.1 2.8
IV. Coal and petroleum products 19.2 19.8 8.2 22.0 21.9
V. Chemicals and allied industries 7.0 5.0 4.9 5.0 2.4
VI. Metal manufacture 9.4 12.3 10.4 10.3 7.2
VII. Mechanical engineering 3.9 3.4 3.0 2.7 3.5
VIII. Instrument engineering — 1.1 — — 1.2
IX. Electrical engineering 1.4 0.8 — 0.6 0.5
X. Shipbuilding and marine engineering 13.3 10.3 3.8 8.2 7.3
XI. Vehicles 0.9 0.9 1.7 0.8 2.2
XII. Metal goods not elsewhere specified 2.5 2.9 2.7 1.8 3.3
XIII. Textiles 0.8 2.3 1.9 1.1 0.6
XIV. Leather, leather goods and fur — 3.0 6.3 — —
XV. Clothing and footwear 0.6 0.3 — 0.3 —
XVI. Bricks, pottery, glass, cement etc. 7.9 3.4 7.5 5.1 3.3
XVII. Timber, furniture etc. 3.5 3.5 4.1 2.6 2.2
XVIII. Paper, printing and publishing 1.9 2.2 3.9 2.8 2.0
XIX. Other manufacturing industries 0.8 2.4 0.4 3.3 1.9
All manufacturing industries 3.4 3.4 3.1 2.9 2.7
XX. Construction 15.3 13.1 12.2 11.8 13.0
1 Relates to employees at risk, ie operatives. After 1980, rates refer to all employees.