§ Mr. MorleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of recorded accidents which have taken place at the port of Goole in the course of the employment of dockers, stevedores and dock workers for each year since 1985.
§ Mr. ForthThe table shows the number of injuries to employees in services supporting water transport in Boothferry and Scunthorpe, the local authority areas covering the port of Goole, reported to the Health and Safety Executive's factory and agricultural inspectorates under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985 for the period requested:
Year (1 April to 31 March) Fatal Major Over 3-day Total 1986–87 — 1 2 3 1987–88 — — 4 4 1988–89 — 1 7 8 1989–90 — 1 8 9 It is not possible to give separate injury statistics for dockers, stevedores and dock workers, as these are not individually identified within the reporting category. Nor can the number of separate accidents causing these injuries by identified.