HC Deb 04 November 1996 vol 284 cc336-7W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list, for each of the last 10 years, the number of non-fatal recorded accidents to self-employed people in(a) the construction industry, (b) all manufacturing industry and (c) service industries; and if he will list the number of over three-day injuries reported by self-employed people in categories (a) to (c). [657]

Sir Paul Beresford

The number and incidence rate of non-fatal injuries to self-employed people in the construction, manufacturing and service industries, as reported to health and safety enforcing authorities, were as follows:

Major injuries
Year Construction Numbers Manufacturing Services Construction Rates per 100,000 Manufacturing Services
1992–93 684 121 139 93.7 45.0 7.4
1993–94 768 105 202 102.5 39.3 10.7
1994–95 755 137 223 97.2 55.0 11.4
1995–961 671 134 165 85.3 55.1 8.4
Total 7,222 1,200 1,421
1 Provisional.

Over three-day injuries
Year Construction Numbers Manufacturing Services Construction Rates per 100,000 Manufacturing Services
1986–87 704 99 104 144.6 47.4 6.4
1987–88 763 122 156 140.8 45.5 8.8
1988–89 969 128 245 163.4 49.8 13.4
1989–90 1,310 148 251 181.4 52.9 13.0
1990–91 1,554 146 226 216.4 53.9 11.4
1991–92 1,231 140 232 151.0 50.4 11.8
1992–93 1,291 164 474 176.8 61.0 25.4
1993–94 1,576 185 573 210.4 69.3 30.3
1994–95 1,532 218 846 197.2 87.6 43.1
1995–961 1,388 204 496 176.4 84.0 25.3
Total 12,318 1,554 3,603
1 Provisional.

Total non-fatal injuries
Year Construction Numbers Manufacturing Services Construction Rates per 100,000 Manufacturing Services
1986–87 1,147 188 184 235.6 90.0 11.3
1987–88 1,324 222 261 244.3 86.2 14.7
1988–89 1,722 262 369 290.4 101.9 20.2
1989–90 2,237 280 389 309.8 100.0 20.1
1990–91 2,485 275 345 346.1 101.5 17.4
1991–92 1,960 259 358 240.4 93.2 18.2
1992–93 1,975 285 613 270.5 106.0 32.8
1993–94 2,344 290 775 312.9 108.6 41.0
1994–95 2,287 355 1,069 294.4 142.6 54.5
1995–961 2,059 338 661 261.7 139.1 33.7
Total 19,540 2,754 5,024
1 Provisional.

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