§ Mr. Ian McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many serious injuries at work, involving three or more days absence from work, occurred in each of the last five years. [41133]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985 required responsible persons—principally, employers and self-employed people—in most industries to report to the health and safety enforcing authorities work-related accidents to employees or self-employed people resulting in: death, major injury as defined in the regulations; or incapacity to do normal work for more than three days. Similar, but separate reporting requirements applied to the railway and offshore industries.
The total number of accidents reported for all industries in each of the last five years are as follows:
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Injuries to workers1 reported to enforcing authorities 1991–92 to 1995–963 Year Fatal Major4 Over three days5 Total 1991–92 368 18,698 154,338 173,404 1992–93 339 18,053 143,283 161,675 1993–94 296 17,979 137,459 155,734 1994–95 272 18,354 142,218 160,844 1995–96: 256 17,571 132,359 150,186 1 Includes employees, trainees and self-employed persons. 2 Provisional. 3 Years commencing 1 April. 4 Injuries that result in hospitalisation for more than 24 hours. 5 Any injury resulting in incapacity to perform normal work for more than three days.