HC Deb 30 October 1990 vol 178 cc440-1W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list by year for the last 10 years to date, and by location, the number of offshore oil workers who have(a) lost their lives and (b) been injured during their employment in the offshore oil fields around the coast of the United Kingdom.

Mr. Moynihan

The number of fatalities and serious accidents, injuries to persons, on or near to offshore installations on the United Kingdom continental shelf reported to my Department from 1980 to September 1990 are as follows:

Fatalities Serious Accidents
1980 4 45
1981 6 59
1982 14 39
1983 10 47
1984 13 59
1985 8 103
1986 3 101
1987 6 59
1988 1173 285
1989 3 85
3 51990 410 52

1 167 relate to Piper Alpha.

2 Includes 11 of the 61 Piper Alpha survivors.

3 Provisional.

4 Six relate to the helicopter crash on the Brent Spar.

5 January-September.

Information on the location of these incidents could be provided only at disproportionate cost.