§ Mr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many injuries and deaths there have been at power presses for each year since the Power Presses Regulations were introduced in 1965.
§ Mr. NichollsPower presses are not separately identified in the Health and Safety Executive's current databases of reported injuries at work. Available information is taken from annual surveys which were discontinued after 1974, but comparable data was collected in 1979 and 1983. The results are shown in the table.
1 December 1987 1 May 1989 Grade Number (of which in the field force) Number (of which in the field force) Chief Inspector 1 (—) 1 (—) Deputy Chief Inspector 6 1 4 (—) Senior Area Director 2 (1) 4 (2) Area Director 18 (18) 17 (17) Superintending Inspector 3 (—) 3 (—) Deputy Superintending Inspector 44 (25) 38 (24) Inspector 1A 159 (123) 165.5 (124.5) Inspector 1B 283 (268) 276.5 (263.5) Inspector 1I 95 (95) 102 (102) Total 611 (531) 611 (533) Following the latest in a series of recruitment competitions, a number of successful candidates have been or will be offered employment as factory inspectors. A further recruitment competition is currently under way.