§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list for each port in England and Wales, and for each year since 1985, the number of recorded accidents which have taken place in the course of the employment of dockers, stevedores and dock workers.
§ Mr. ForthThe information is not readily available in the form requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The table shows the total number of injuries to employees occurring in the sea transport and port and inland water transport industries in Great Britain between 1985 and 1989–90. Injuries involving dockers, stevedores and dock workers cannot be separately distinguished.
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Date of accident Number of reported1 injuries Fatal Major2 Over 3days3 Total 1985 12 120 n/a n/a 1986–874 6 144 694 844 1987–884 13 136 672 821 1988–894 9 123 655 787 1989–904 11 94 514 619 n/a Not available. 1 As reported to the Health and Safety Executive's Factory and Agricultural Inspectorates under the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1980 (NADOR) for 1985 and the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985 (RIDDOR) for subsequent years.
2 The definition of a major injury was widened under RIDDOR.
3 Injuries causing incapacity for work for more than three consecutive days.
4 Year beginning 1 April.