asked the Taoiseach if he will state particulars of fatal and non-fatal cases reported under the Workmen's Compensation Acts for a recent year in the form set out in pages 14 and 15 of Workmen's Compensation Statistics for 1937 (P. 3614), and, if figures are readily available, separate particulars for agricultural accidents.
Written Answers. - Workmen's Compensation Acts: Fatal and Non-Fatal Cases.
47.
The following tables include for the year 1956, the latest year for which the information is available, the particulars asked for by the Deputy:—
TABLE 1.—Number of cases in which Workmen's Compensation was paid by Insurance Companies and certain large uninsured employers in 1956 distinguishing nature of case and whether industrial or agricultural, and showing amount of compensation paid.
|
Nature of Case |
Number of Cases |
Total Compensation Paid |
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|
Agriculture |
Non- Agriculture |
Agriculture |
Non- Agriculture |
|
|
Number |
Number |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Fatal— |
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|
With persons wholly dependent |
2 |
18 |
1,600 |
24,547 |
|
With persons partially dependent |
5 |
10 |
2,115 |
4,044 |
|
With no dependents |
— |
1 |
— |
15 |
|
TOTAL |
7 |
29 |
3,715 |
28,606 |
|
Non-Fatal— |
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|
Continued from previous years |
358 |
1,116 |
117,987 |
312,571 |
|
First payments in 1956 |
1,808 |
6,547 |
67,309 |
195,290 |
|
TOTAL |
2,166 |
7,663 |
185,296 |
507,861 |
|
TOTAL FATAL AND NON-FATAL |
2,173 |
7,692 |
189,011 |
536,467 |
TABLE 2—Non-fatal Accidents Settled in 1956 by Payment of Lump Sums
|
Industrial Group |
Previous |
After previous weekly payments had lasted |
Total |
|
|
less than 26 weeks |
26 weeks and over |
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|
Number |
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|
Factories:— |
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|
(a) Food, Drink and Tobacco |
13 |
23 |
45 |
81 |
|
(b) Textiles and Apparel |
6 |
5 |
20 |
31 |
|
(c) Sawmilling and Wood-working |
2 |
12 |
13 |
27 |
|
(d) Shipbuilding, Metal Manufactures and Engineering |
6 |
19 |
26 |
51 |
|
(e) Gas Works and Electricity undertakings |
— |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
(f) Other Industries carried on in a Factory |
9 |
17 |
15 |
41 |
|
Total Factories |
36 |
77 |
122 |
235 |
|
Quarries and Mines |
2 |
11 |
27 |
40 |
|
Constructional Work and Building |
30 |
47 |
103 |
180 |
|
Harbours, Docks, Wharves and Quays |
2 |
6 |
19 |
27 |
|
Railways and Tramways:— |
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|
Clerical Staff |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
General Servants |
6 |
— |
4 |
10 |
|
Shipping:— |
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|
Steam and Motor Vessels |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Sailing Vessels |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Total in certain non-agricultural industrial groups |
76 |
141 |
275 |
492 |
|
Agriculture |
44 |
69 |
172 |
285 |
|
Total |
120 |
210 |
447 |
777 |
TABLE 3.—Duration of Compensation paid in respect of Non-Fatal Accidents (exclusive of cases terminated by payment of a lump sum).
|
Industrial Group |
Cases terminated in 1956 in which compensation had lasted— |
Total Cases in which compensation |
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|
Less than 2 weeks |
2 weeks but less than 3 |
3 weeks but less than 4 |
4 weeks but less than 13 |
13 weeks but less than 26 |
26 weeks and over |
terminated in 1956 |
was continued into 1957 |
|
|
Number |
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|
Factories:— |
||||||||
|
(a) Food, Drink and Tobacco |
553 |
210 |
132 |
344 |
61 |
31 |
1,331 |
166 |
|
(b) Textiles and Apparel |
171 |
71 |
40 |
98 |
20 |
5 |
405 |
47 |
|
(c) Sawmilling and Woodworking |
55 |
26 |
24 |
47 |
11 |
3 |
166 |
32 |
|
(d) Shipbuilding, Metal Manufactures and Engineering |
357 |
129 |
90 |
221 |
32 |
14 |
843 |
105 |
|
(e) Gas Works and Electricity Undertakings |
37 |
17 |
8 |
23 |
6 |
1 |
92 |
11 |
|
(f) Other Industries carried on in a Factory |
268 |
97 |
72 |
157 |
24 |
11 |
629 |
67 |
|
Total Factories |
1,441 |
550 |
366 |
890 |
154 |
65 |
3,466 |
428 |
|
Quarries and Mines |
138 |
55 |
51 |
95 |
17 |
9 |
385 |
87 |
|
Constructional Work and Building |
562 |
214 |
169 |
403 |
90 |
42 |
1,480 |
402 |
|
Harbours, Docks, Wharves and Quays |
55 |
29 |
19 |
55 |
12 |
5 |
175 |
40 |
|
Railways and Tramways:— |
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|
Clerical Staff |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
General Servants |
249 |
85 |
57 |
124 |
26 |
10 |
551 |
171 |
|
Shipping:— |
||||||||
|
Steam and Motor Vessels |
1 |
1 |
— |
1 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
— |
|
Sailing Vessels |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Total in certain nonagricultural industrial groups |
2,446 |
934 |
662 |
1,568 |
300 |
138 |
6,043 |
1,128 |
|
Agriculture |
245 |
279 |
238 |
644 |
109 |
57 |
1,572 |
309 |
|
TOTAL |
2,691 |
1,213 |
900 |
2,212 |
409 |
190 |
7,816 |
1,437 |
TABLE 4.—Duration of Cases Current in 1956 of Non-Fatal Accidents continued into following year.
|
Industrial Group |
Cases in which Compensation was paid for Less than one year |
Total Cases |
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|
Less than one year |
One year but less than 2 |
2 years but less than 5 |
5 years but less than 10 |
10 years and over |
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|
Number |
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|
Factories:— |
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|
(a) Food, Drink and Tobacco |
94 |
36 |
27 |
7 |
2 |
166 |
|
(b) Textiles and Apparel |
35 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
— |
47 |
|
(c) Sawmilling and Woodworking |
20 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
32 |
|
(d) Shipbuilding, Metal Manufactures and Engineering |
55 |
19 |
12 |
5 |
14 |
105 |
|
(e) Gas Works and Electricity Undertakings |
7 |
3 |
— |
— |
1 |
11 |
|
(f) Other Industries carried on in a factory |
35 |
19 |
9 |
1 |
3 |
67 |
|
Total Factories |
246 |
88 |
56 |
15 |
23 |
428 |
|
Quarries and Mines |
56 |
18 |
9 |
4 |
— |
87 |
|
Construction Work and Building |
205 |
100 |
61 |
16 |
20 |
402 |
|
Harbours, Docks, Wharves and Quays |
15 |
15 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
40 |
|
Railways and Tramways:— |
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|
Clerical Staff |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
General Servants |
47 |
16 |
21 |
33 |
54 |
171 |
|
Shipping:— |
||||||
|
Steam and Motor Vessels |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Sailing Vessels |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Total, in certain non-agricultural industrial groups |
569 |
237 |
152 |
72 |
98 |
1,128 |
|
Agriculture |
179 |
74 |
43 |
9 |
4 |
309 |
|
Total |
748 |
311 |
195 |
81 |
102 |
1,437 |