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date	26/04/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Industrial Injuries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	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.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL7464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) publishes official statistics on work-related fatal injuries at <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/fatals.htm" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/fatals.htm</a>. Data specifically for work-related fatal injuries by accident kind is reproduced in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1:</strong> Number of work-related fatal injuries to workers (employees and self-employed) in Great Britain by kind of accident, 2021/22</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Source: </em></strong><em>Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)</em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Accident kind</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of fatal injuries</strong> <strong> to workers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All accident kinds</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>123</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falls from a height</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Struck by moving vehicle</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Struck by moving, including flying/falling, object</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Contact with moving machinery</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trapped by something collapsing/overturning</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Contact with electricity or electrical discharge</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drowning or asphyxiation</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strike against something fixed or stationary</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exposure to fire</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slips, trips or falls on same level</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exposure to, or contact with, a harmful substance</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exposure to an explosion</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Injured by an animal</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Acts of violence</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other kind of accident</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures for 2021/22 are at this stage provisional. They will be finalised in July 2023 following any necessary adjustments.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 10/05/2023 16:35:42 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1220449

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Business Premises and Materials Handling Equipment: Inspections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	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.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL6396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 13/07/2020 16:28:28 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1203071

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Boilers: Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	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.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL5577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>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.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Government has no plans to appoint inspectors or fund inspections to deliver these statutory inspections.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 25/06/2020 16:36:00 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee