§ Mr. NellistTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the date of, cause of and compensation paid in each fatality on a youth training scheme since 1979, or latest convenient date.
Mr. JacksonThe information on dates and causes of fatalities is in the table.
The Employment Department does not pay damages in compensation to families of trainees fatally injured on YT, or the former YTS. However, training providers are contractually obliged to obtain insurance to cover any claims to compensation or damages. Payments made by either insurance companies or YT training providers are a private matter between them and the trainees' families. The Employment Department is not informed of these settlements.
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Cause of fatality Date Lorry hit horse, trainee run over 27 June 1983 Trainee fell down disused mine shaft 7 September 1983 Trapped under fork lift truck 12 October 1983 Crushed by reversing tractor 1 February 1984
Cause of fatality Date Road Traffic Accident 27 July 1984 Motorcycle accident 22 August 1984 Dumper truck overturned into stream 24 September 1984 Shock to lungs caused by burning 28 January 1985 Traumatic asphyxiation 26 February 1985 Electrocution 29 July 1985 Road Traffic Accident 20 August 1985 Road Traffic Accident 7 May 1986 Fall from ladder 12 May 1986 Road Traffic Accident 30 June 1986 Trapped whilst loading lorry 3 October 1986 Trapped whilst directing vehicle 11 November 1986 Electrocution 26 November 1986 Road Traffic Accident 22 December 1986 Trapped in farm silo 4 March 1987 Hit by girder carried on fork lift truck 18 March 1987 Road Traffic Accident 13 April 1987 Trapped under wheels of tractor 17 August 1987 Trapped under worktops 23 October 1987 Trapped between tractor and building 16 November 1987 Trapped in silage machine 14 December 1987 Knocked down by motorcycle 12 January 1988 Drowned at sea 14 January 1988 Killed in explosion 5 August 1988 Fall from ladder 15 August 1988 Digger bucket collapsed on trainee 18 August 1988 Road Traffic Accident 14 September 1988 Road Traffic Accident 5 October 1988 Road Traffic Accident 2 November 1988 Acetate caught fire 2 November 1988 Electrocution 3 March 1989 Fell through roof opening 19 April 1989 Trapped in fire 18 May 1989 Road Traffic Accident 1 December 1989 Crushed by dumper truck 17 January 1990 Decapitation at sea 1 October 1990 Caught in explosion 18 January 1991 Hit by car 21 March 1991 Found in building on fire 21 March 1991 Hit by speeding motorcycle 19 September 1991