§ Mr. RowlandsTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list those people and organisations he consulted before making the regulations regarding the safety of exit from mines.
§ Mr. NichollsConsultations on proposed regulations to govern health and safety at work are undertaken by the Health and Safety Commission before proposals are made to my right hon. Friend for approval.
The organisations listed were formally consulted by the Health and Safety Commission before the proposed regulations on safety of exit from mines were submitted to my right hon. Friend:
- Confederation of British Industry
- British Coal
- Cornish Chamber of Mines
- Federation of Small Mines of Great Britain
- Gypsum Mining Association
- Mining Association of the United Kingdom
- British Ball Clay Producers Association
- Other Miscellaneous Mines interests via relevant Mines and Quarries Inspectors in charge of districts
- Trades Union Congress
- National Union of Mineworkers
- British Association of Colliery Management
- National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shot-firers
- Transport and General Workers Union
- General Municipal and Boilermakers' Union
- Department of Employment
- Department of Energy
- Department of the Environment
- Department of Trade and Industry
- Scottish Office
- Welsh Office
- Northern Ireland Office
- Northern Ireland Department of Economic Development
- Health and Safety Agency for Northern Ireland
- Institution of Mining Engineers
- Institution of Mining Electrical and Mining Mechanical Engineers
- Institution of Mining and Metallurgy
§ Mr. RowlandsTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what estimate he has of the number of accidents involving men employed by contractors in mines in 1986, 1987 and 1988.
§ Mr. NichollsThe table below lists actual recorded accidents to men employed by contractors:
Fatal Major Injury Plus three day1 1986 1 44 162 1987 1 58 183 1988 2 85 319 Source: British Coal.
- 1 The introduction of the RIDDOR regulations on 1 April 1986 broadened the categories of reportable accidents. Figures for other mines are not readily available.