Agenda and draft minutes

Moved by Councillor Munro and seconded by Chris McKinney

          RESOLVED that Councillor Yates be elected as Chair of the Safety

          Committee for the 2026/27 Municipal Year.

Councillor Yates in the Chair

Moved by Councillor Yates and seconded by Councillor Munro

          RESOLVED that Chris McKinney (UNISON) be appointed

          as Vice Chair of the Safety Committee for the 2026/27 Municipal Year.

Apologies for absence were received on behalf of Councillor Justin Gilbody and Jeanne Raspin.

To note any urgent items of business which the Chairman has consented to being considered under the provisions of Section 100(B) 4(b) of the Local Government Act 1972.

There was no urgent business to be considered at the meeting.

Members should declare the existence and nature of any Disclosable Pecuniary Interest and Non Statutory Interest as defined by the Members’ Code of Conduct in respect of:

a)  any business on the agenda

b)  any urgent additional items to be considered

c)  any matters arising out of those items

and if appropriate, withdraw from the meeting at the relevant time.

There were no declarations made at the meeting.

The Health and Safety Manager presented the report and highlighted the following:

·       The total number of Council employee accidents in Quarter 4 2025/26 was 9 (this excluded the Dragonfly Companies which returned in-house in February 2026). This compared to 5 accidents during Quarter 4 of 2024/25.  Employee accidents occurred in the following service areas: Streetscene (7); Housing (1); and Property Services (1).

·       The types of incidents were slips, trips and falls on the same level (4); manual handling (3); stuck by moving object (1); road traffic collision (1); and other (1).  None of these were RIDDOR reportable.

·       The number of near misses reported during Quarter 4 2025/26 was 0.  The report included details of the dates, locations, and severity etc of these incidents.

·       The total number of accidents reported by members of the public was 51 (none were serious enough to be RIDDOR reportable).  It was noted the average quarterly footfall in Leisure Services is 85,958 people so this was a low number.

·       Additionally, 4 non-employee incidents occurred (1 was categorised as a near miss and 1 was RIDDOR reportable).

·       Members attention was drawn to the incident dated 10/02/2026 which was classed as housing, this was an error and should actually be assigned to projects and construction.

·       There was 1 accident reported by the previous Dragonfly Development Ltd. (DDL) during Quarter 4 2025/26 (before the Dragonfly Companies were brought back into the Council) – it was not RIDDOR reportable.

·       Graphs included in the report showed the number monthly accidents / incidents for employees, employee and member of the public accident numbers by month, and incident types for employees for Quarter 4 2025/26.

·       The Committee was informed that during Quarter 4 2025/26, 167 Council employees had received training including: Asbestos Awareness (59); Emergency First Aid (7); First Aid Refresher over 2 days (7); First Aid New over 3 days (9); and Manual Handling (85).

·       The report detailed 15 formal inspections and 1 informal visit during Quarter 4 2025/26 were carried out at 7 Council locations: Bolsover Contact Centre; 8 Cotton Street, Bolsover (informal visit prior to full opening); Creswell Heritage Centre; Pleasley Vale Business Park Mill 2 and the Dye House; Pleasley Vale Business Park Mill 3; Hides Green Communal Areas (8); and Sheltered Schemes (3).

·       9 ongoing construction project inspections had also been undertaken by an external Health and Safety consultant: Woburn Close (2); Crematorium (3); Shirebrook Market Place (2); and Alder Close (2).

Follow discussion members requested that future reports included the RAG rating on inspections as this Would provide context and assurance that services were compliant with health and safety requirements and that any identified hazards were being dealt with.

Moved by Councillor Munro and seconded by Councillor Peake

          RESOLVED that: (1) the Health and Safety updates and members comments be noted; and,

(2) the Committee was assured that good Health and Safety

management remained a key performance priority for Bolsover District Council.