To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will detail the number of (a) deaths, (b) major injuries, (c) minor injuries and (d) dangerous occurances in the construction industry for each year from 1974 to 1989.
The available information for Great Britain is provided in the tables. Data for the latest year commencing 1 April 1989 are not yet available.
Injuries occurring within the construction industry, as reported to all Health and Safety Commission/Health and Safety Executive enforcing authorities
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Year
| Employees
| Self-employed
| Non-employed
| ||||||
Fatal
| Major2
| Over three day3
| Fatal
| Major2
| Over three day3
| Fatal
| Major2
| Over three day3
| |
11974 | 166 | 6
| 34,432 | 6
| 6
| 6
| 6
| 6
| 6
|
11975 | 182 | 6
| 35,397 | 6
| 6
| 6
| 6
| 6
| 6
|
11976 | 156 | 6
| 35,983 | 6
| 6
| 6
| 6
| 6
| 6
|
11977 | 130 | 6
| 32,685 | 6
| 6
| 6
| 6
| 6
| 6
|
11978 | 121 | 6
| 33,679 | 6
| 6
| 6
| 6
| 6
| 6
|
11979 | 119 | 6
| 31,654 | 6
| 6
| 6
| 6
| 6
| 6
|
11980 | 128 | 6
| 29,362 | 6
| 6
| 6
| 6
| 6
| 6
|
| 1981 | 105 | 1,690 | 44,072 | 11 | 40 | 6
| 12 | 36 | 6
|
| 1982 | 100 | 1,950 | 39,062 | 18 | 51 | 6
| 13 | 33 | 6
|
| 1983 | 118 | 2,178 | 6
| 22 | 57 | 6
| 11 | 66 | 6
|
| 1984 | 100 | 2,288 | 6
| 17 | 70 | 6
| 7 | 75 | 6
|
| 1985 | 104 | 2,239 | 6
| 22 | 113 | 6
| 13 | 78 | 6
|
41986–87 | 99 | 2,736 | 16,468 | 26 | 443 | 704 | 14 | 162 | 6
|
41987–88 | 103 | 2,767 | 16,622 | 40 | 561 | 763 | 15 | 153 | 6
|
4 51988–89 | 100 | 2,865 | 16,240 | 36 | 755 | 975 | 14 | 130 | 6
|
1 Injuries reported to Health and Safety Executive's Factory Inspectorate only· | |||||||||
2 As defined under the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1980 for the years 1981 to 1985 and under the wider definition of the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985 for subsequent years· | |||||||||
3 Injuries causing incapacity for work for more than three days reported directly to enforcing authorities under the Factories Act for the years 1974 to 1980 and under RIDDOR for the years 1986–87 onwards. Data for 1981–82 based on claims notified via the DHSS for industrial injury benefit· | |||||||||
4 Year commencing 1 April· | |||||||||
5 Provisional· | |||||||||
6 Not available· | |||||||||
Dangerous occurrences occurring within the construction industry
| |
Date
| Number of dangerous occurrences2
|
| 1981 | 377 |
| 1982 | 378 |
| 1983 | 404 |
| 1984 | 368 |
| 1985 | 408 |
| 1986–87 | 637 |
| 1987–88 | 636 |
31988–89 | 739 |
1 As defined under the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (NADOR) for the years 1981–85, and under the wider definition of the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) for subsequent years· | |
2 Details of accidents occurring in the construction industry reported to other authorities are not readily available· | |
3 Provisional· | |
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many sites have been given preventive workplace inspection by a Health and Safety Executive inspector (a) weekly, (b) monthly and (c) never, as a proportion of the total.
The information is not available in the form requested. Workplaces for which the Health and Safety Executive is the enforcing authority receive preventive inspections at intervals which vary according to risk and need, rather than at any fixed frequency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Stretford, 24 April, Official Report, column 174, about health and safety offences, what criteria are used to decide whether a case is passed to the Crown prosecution service; and which body decides whether to initiate prosecutions for manslaughter.
The nature of the offence is the main criterion used to decide whether a case should be passed to the Crown prosecution service or not. The character of the defendent may also be relevant. The Crown prosecution service decides whether or not a charge of manslaughter is appropriate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Stretford, 15 May, Official Report, column 402, whether the Health and Safety Executive will consider initiating comparative research into accident or incident rates on (a) civil engineering and (b) construction projects within Europe; and if he will make a statement.
There are no plans to do so at present.