Issue - meetings

The Health and Safety Advisor presented the Health & Safety Update Quarter 1 report for April to June 2024. 

The report explained that the total number of employee accidents in Quarter 1 had been 12 (excluding Dragonfly Developments Ltd.).  This compared to 12 accidents occurring during Quarter 1 of 2023/24.  Quarter 1’s employee accidents occurred in the following service areas:

·       Streetscene – 6;

·       Leisure – 6.

The following types of incident had been involved:

·       Struck by a moving object – 3;

·       Manual handing – 2;

·       Slips/trips/falls – 3;

·       Ill health – 1;

·       Contact with moving machinery – 1;

·       Cuts and abrasions – 1;

·       Struct by a fixed object – 1.

1 of these accidents had been RIDDOR reportable as it resulted lost time over 7 days.

There were no near misses reported during this Quarter.

The total number of accidents reported by Members of the Public had been 38 and none of these had been serious enough to be RIDDOR reportable. 

There had been four near misses and two accidents reported by Dragonfly Development Ltd. during Quarter 1.

The report detailed the training that had been undertaken by both Council and Dragonfly Development Ltd. employees.  The report also set out details of the three formal Council inspections that had occurred, and the 20 Dragonfly Development Ltd. formal inspections.

Moved by Councillor Tom Munro and seconded by Councillor Justin Gilbody

RESOLVED that 1) the Health and Safety update be noted;

2) good Health and Safety management remained a key performance priority for the Council, be noted.