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Mr. Cryer
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many (a) deaths and (b) injuries necessitating more than three days off work occurred in quarries in each year from 1960 to 1979.
Mr. Mayhew
The following is the information requested:
| ACCIDENTS IN QUARRIES (INCLUDING OPEN CAST COAL SITES) | ||
| Deaths | Injuries resulting in over 3 days absence | |
| 1960 | 38 | 2,601 |
| 1961 | 39 | 2,529 |
| 1962 | 24 | 2,311 |
| 1963 | 36 | 2,344 |
| 1964 | 41 | 2,527 |
| 1965 | 31 | 2,578 |
| 1966 | 28 | 2,755 |
| 1967 | 23 | 2,917 |
| 1968 | 38 | 2,925 |
| 1969 | 23 | 2,910 |
| 1970 | 27 | 2,535 |
| 1971 | 18 | 2,350 |
| 1972 | 15 | 2,251 |
| 1973 | 14 | 2,251 |
| 1974 | 16 | 1,987 |
| 1975 | 15 | 1,874 |
| 1976 | 16 | 1,656 |
| 1977 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 1978 | 15 | 1,846 |
| 1979 | 12* | ..† |
| * Provisional. | ||
| † Not available. | ||