Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government what were the top 10 causes of work-related fatal injuries of the 123 workers killed in Great Britain in 2021/22 as recorded by the Health and Safety Executive.
Answered by Viscount Younger of Leckie - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) publishes official statistics on work-related fatal injuries at https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/fatals.htm. Data specifically for work-related fatal injuries by accident kind is reproduced in the table below.
Table 1: Number of work-related fatal injuries to workers (employees and self-employed) in Great Britain by kind of accident, 2021/22
Source: Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)
Accident kind | Number of fatal injuries to workers |
All accident kinds | 123 |
Falls from a height | 29 |
Struck by moving vehicle | 23 |
Struck by moving, including flying/falling, object | 18 |
Contact with moving machinery | 15 |
Trapped by something collapsing/overturning | 14 |
Contact with electricity or electrical discharge | 9 |
Drowning or asphyxiation | 4 |
Strike against something fixed or stationary | 2 |
Exposure to fire | 2 |
Slips, trips or falls on same level | 1 |
Exposure to, or contact with, a harmful substance | 1 |
Exposure to an explosion | 1 |
Injured by an animal | 1 |
Acts of violence | 1 |
Other kind of accident | 2 |
Figures for 2021/22 are at this stage provisional. They will be finalised in July 2023 following any necessary adjustments.
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to require statutory inspections of (1) mobile cranes of over 10,000 kilograms lifting capacity, (2) fixed cranes of over 10,000 kilograms lifting capacity, (3) electrical installations in public buildings, and (4) passenger lifts, to be conducted by inspectors who they appoint and fund.
Answered by Baroness Stedman-Scott
Under the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998, dutyholders (employers and the self-employed) have a statutory duty to have lifting equipment for use at work (including cranes and lifts) thoroughly examined by a competent person at time intervals set out in the Regulations. Her Majesty’s Government has no plans to appoint inspectors or fund inspections to deliver these statutory inspections because the legal obligation to ensure safety rests with the person who controls the equipment or premises.
Under the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989, dutyholders are obliged to ensure all electrical systems are maintained to ensure the safety of the system. The obligation to maintain only arises if a lack of maintenance could cause danger. The frequency of maintenance is a matter for the judgement of the dutyholder. Her Majesty’s Government has no plans to change the legislation for the way such maintenance is carried out or appoint inspectors or fund inspections for maintenance.
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to require statutory inspections of boilers and pressure vessels to be conducted by inspectors who they (1) appoint, and (2) fund.
Answered by Baroness Stedman-Scott
Under the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000 the users and owners of boilers and pressure vessels have a statutory duty to have them examined by a competent person at periods specified in a written scheme of examination.
Her Majesty’s Government has no plans to appoint inspectors or fund inspections to deliver these statutory inspections.