Issue - meetings

The Board was provided with a report from the Strategic Director, Enterprise, Community and Resources, which presented details of corporate accident statistics with associated trends, from 1 April 2016 to 31^st March 2017.

Officers commented that the report highlighted the national and local health and safety information, in particular the new HSE strategy, and together with performance and incident trends, these formed the basis for the recommended actions for 2017/18. In order to be proactive in health and safety management the report also indicated the number of completed risk assessments and training delivered to staff.

            It was highlighted that there had been a year by year reduction in the number of accidents leading to ‘days lost’, with 19 this year and 40 last year; a decrease in the number of actual ‘days lost’ with 369 this year compared to 671 last year; and only one compensation award for an injury to a pupil within the last 5 years out of a total of 845 accidents reported.

RESOLVED: That the report be noted.