Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information:
1. Please could you confirm the total number of accidents at work involving council employees and contractors that have been reported between September 2022 to September 2023.
There were 1293 incidents that were centrally reported as accidents to workers (employees, agency workers and work experience), and contractors, between 1 September 2022 and 14 September 2023.
2. What were the causes of these accidents?
| Animal or insect related |
| Assisting client |
| Collision with another person |
| Contact with electricity or an electrical discharge |
| Contact with moving tools, machinery or equipment |
| Cut by sharp object |
| Effects of heat or cold |
| Exposure to fire |
| Exposure to harmful noise |
| Exposure to hot liquid/surface |
| Exposure to or contact with harmful substance/material |
| Fall from a height (other than slip or trip) |
| Handling, lifting or carrying |
| Harassment – Other |
| Not related to specific event/events |
| Over-exertion |
| Road traffic accident |
| Slip, trip or fall on same level |
| Sporting activity |
| Stepped on/struck against object (fixed or stationary) |
| Struck by a moving vehicle |
| Struck by object (moving, falling or flying) |
| Trapped in, under or between objects |
| Use of tools |
| Violence – control and restraint |
| Violence – physical assault (intentional) by client |
| Violence – physical assault (intentional) by member of public / other |
| Violence – physical assault (intentional) by student |
| Violence – physical assault (un-intentional) |
| Violence – threatening behaviour |
| Weather Event |
3. How much compensation was paid out between September 2022 and September 2023 as a result of employee accident at work claims irrespective of the date the claim was submitted?
Nil.