Mining: Accidents

(asked on 2nd September 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many accidents have occurred in mines in each of the last five years.


Answered by
Penny Mordaunt Portrait
Penny Mordaunt
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
This question was answered on 12th September 2016

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) operational data is derived from reports made under duties contained in the Reporting of Injuries and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR) (and earlier versions). It is as follows:

Year

No. of reported injuries in underground mines in Great Britain* **

1 April 2011 – 31 March 2012

204

1 April 2012 – 31 March 2013

146

1 April 2013 – 31 March 2014

114

1 April 2014 – 31 March 2015

75

1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016

52

1 April 2016 – 31 August 2016

21

* A key change to RIDDOR occurred in April 2012, ie the threshold for reporting of those injuries to workers which result in the person being incapacitated for more than three days changed to over seven days.

** It should be noted that the reducing trend is, in part, due to the reduction in the number of large working mines in recent years.

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