§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many(a) fatal and (b) non-fatal industrial accidents there have been at each coal mine in England in 1995. [5519]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordInformation for individual mines is not produced. Statistics for the industry are published as an aggregate figure in the Health and Safety Commission's annual report. Those for the first quarter of 1995 are included in the 1994–95 statistics, which were published in the commission's annual report last month. Copies have been placed in the House Library.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been(a) the number of fatal coal mine accidents? and (b) the accident rate per 1,000 employees, in each year since 1979. [5520]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe information is not available in the format requested for all years since 1979. Since 1984, the number of accidents have been recorded on a financial year basis. Information from April 1995 is not yet available. The table shows the number of fatal injuries and fatal accident rate per 1,000 employees from 1979.
Year Fatal injuries Accident rate per 1,000 employees 1979 46 0.19 1980 42 0.17 1981 35 0.15 1982 38 0.17 1983 30 0.15 1984–85 22 0.13 1985–86 29 0.18 1986–87 18 0.14 1987–88 12 0.11 1988–89 20 0.23 1989–90 19 0.27 1990–91 12 0.19 1991–92 12 0.23 1992–93 6 0.12 1993–94 7 0.27 1994–95 2 0.16