To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many fatalities per 1,000 man-shifts there were for each of the last 10 complete years for which statistics are available (a) in private coal mines, (b) among sub-contract workers doing work for British Coal and (c) amongst British Coal's employees.
A fatality rate based on man-shifts is not available for private mines.The table shows the fatalities per 100,000 man-shifts at British Coal Corporation—BCC—mines from 1985–86, the first year for which a discrete rate for BCC mines was calculated by the Health and Safety Executive's—HSE —inspectorate of mines.Fatal accidents to sub-contractors at BCC mines are included in the rates shown in the table. Separate records for sub-contractors have not been maintained by the HSE.
| British coal corporation mines | |
| Year | Fatal injury rate per 100,000 shifts1 |
| 1985–86 | 0.08 |
| 1986–87 | 0.05 |
| 1987–88 | 0.04 |
| year | Fatal injury rate per 100,000 shifts1 |
| 1988–89 | 0·08 |
| 1989x2013;90 | 0·01 |
| 1990–91 | 0·07 |
| 1991–92 | 0·08 |
| 21992–93 | 0·03 |
| 1 Includes accidents to contractors working at BCC mines. | |
| 2 Provisional. | |