HC Deb 23 November 1995 vol 267 c236W
Mr. Clapham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the number of(a) fatal and (b) serious reportable accidents per 100.000 manshifts recorded by companies contracted to the main deep coal mining operators. [1176]

Sir Paul Beresford

This information is not available. The Health and Safety Executive does not compile accident rates for comparing contractors to the main deep coal mine operators.

Mr. Clapham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the number of(a) fatal and (b) serious reportable accidents per 100.000 manshifts in the deep coal mining industry in the fist 10 months of (i) 1995 and (ii) 1994. [1174]

Sir Paul Beresford

The information is not yet available for 1995.

Information for 1994 is as follows:

Fatal Major injury
1 January 1994–31 December 1994 0.05 3.01