HC Deb 06 March 1992 vol 205 cc299-300W
35. Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the number of industrial accidents in the Greater London area for each of the last five years.

Mr. Forth

The available information is provided in the following table:

Occupational injuries1 occurring in the Greater London area reported2 to HSE's factory and agricultural inspectorates and local authorities.
Year3 Fatal 4Major 5Over 3 day Total
1986–87 52 3,587 14,649 18,288
1987–88 66 3,212 14,991 18,269
1988–89 66 2,943 15,195 18,204

Year3 Fatal 4Major 5Over 3 day Total
1989–90 51 2,580 14,605 17,236
1990–916 7 51 2,312 13,518 15,881
1 Injuries at work to employees, self-employed people and members of the public injured as a result of someone else's work activity.
2 Under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations, 1985 (RIDDOR).
3 Years commencing 1 April.
4 As defined under RIDDOR.
5 An injury causing incapacity for work for more than three days and reportable for employed persons only.
6 Includes reports made to the HSE's quarries inspectorate.
7 Provisional.