asked the Paymaster General how many persons have been (a) killed and (b) seriously injured as a result of an accident at work in 1983 and 1984 and the latest available date in 1985.
The table gives the number of deaths and major injuries to employees and self-employed people arising out of or in connection with work and reported to authorities responsible for enforcing the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1984. Figures for 1984 are provisional. No figures are yet available for 1985.
Year
| Employees
| Self-employed
| ||
Deaths
| Major injuries*
| Deaths
| Major injuries*
| |
| 1983 | 443 | 12,447 | 64 | 114 |
| 1984 | 432 | 12,246 | 61 | 145 |
| * Major injuries are as defined in the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1980. | ||||
asked the Paymaster General how many employees are covered by the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act at the latest available date.
The latest estimate is 20,826,000 as at 30 June 1985.
asked the Paymaster General how many health and safety inspectors there are per 10,000 people covered by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act.
There is approximately one inspector for every 10,000 people employed in premises subject to inspection by the Health and Safety Executive. Comparable information about inspectors employed by local authorities to enforce the Act is not available.