CORPORATE REPORT ON HEALTH AND SAFETY
Year end- 1st April 2008 to 31st March 2009
Summary
Despite an increase in accidents to Council staff this year, the longer term trend
represents an overall reduction since 2005, when compared to the impressive
figures from last year. The most common type of incidents were those due to
violence and aggression consequently the majority of accidents occurred within
Adult Social Services Directorate.
Trafford Council still has the lowest recorded rate of reportable injuries to staff per
hundred employees in Greater Manchester, and the number of these more
serious injuries remains static compared to last year. Key developments in health
and safety this year include a fundamental review of the Corporate Health and
Safety Policy and improvements in Health and Safety training provision.
1.0
Introduction
This report covers the period from the 1st April 2008 to 31st March 2009, it highlights
some of the major activities and points of interest. Separate more detailed reports on
the performance of each Directorate will be made to the relevant Corporate Directors
and local Health and Safety Committees or Joint Consultative Committees. An
additional report has also been made to the Director of Adult Social Services on the
incidents involving violence and aggression within Adult Social Care.
2.0
Accident Statistics: April 2008 to March 2009
2.1
Summary
Appendix one provides details of the accident statistics, broken down by Directorate
and service area for staff for the period 1st April 2008 to 31st March 2009. A summary
of the findings is detailed below.
2.2
Overall Numbers and rates of Accidents
The overall total number of injuries to staff reported to the Health and Safety Unit
(HSU) has increased by 112 (or 33%) in 2008-9, compared to 2007-8, see table 1,
below. This is not unexpected, following a large decrease of 45% last year and the
six month figures for 2008-9 were up by 21%.
Table 1: Overall number and rate of injuries to staff
Indicators- Year end results
2005-6
2006-7
2007-8
2008-9
Total number of accidents to employees
(as reported to the HSU)
450
414
229
341
Overall rate of accidents to
employees/100 employees
5.42
4.9
3.04
4.65
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NB: Rate based on number of staff at 1st April at the start of each reporting period.
A total of 341 accidents were reported during 2008-9, compared to 229 last year and
414 and 450 in the previous 2 years. So, whilst this year shows an increase on last
year, it still indicates an improvement on the previous two years. Chart 1 below
shows an overall downward trend. It seems probable that the impressive figures from
last year, which represented a sharp fall on the year before, were an anomaly.
The overall rate of injury per hundred employees (which accounts for changing
numbers of staff in the workforce) for this year was also up at 4.65 per hundred
employees, compared to 3.04 at the year end last year (2007-8). The long term trend
in the rate of injuries also shows an overall improvement, with a drop from 5.42 in
2005-6 to 4.65 in the current year.
Chart 1: Long term trend in number of accidents
2005-9
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This apparent dip in performance, compared to last year, may also be partly due to
increased levels of reporting, due to increased awareness of the need to report
(through the HSU auditing process, the new accident reporting policy and the
improved HSU intranet site) and improved, simpler reporting mechanisms (including
online reporting) which are now in place. The audits carried out by the Health and
Safety Unit indicate that accidents are generally being reported well in most service
areas, but improvements are required in a few areas (see section 4 for more details).
Ten per cent (36) of injuries reported to the HSU in this period led to time off work,
which compares to 15 per cent (34) in the same period last year. This indicates that
despite the rise in numbers of injuries generally this year, compared to last year
there are similar numbers of injuries leading to time off work, which are generally the
more serious in nature.
2.3
Numbers of accidents by Directorate and Service Area
Detailed comparisons of service areas against last year’s figures are not appropriate
this year, due to the significant restructuring which has taken place. However, at
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Directorate level, there are a number of points to note (see appendix 1 for more
information). These patterns are reviewed in more detail in separate Directorate
Health and Safety reports.
The overall number of accidents occurring in Adult Social Services (AdSS) has
doubled from 88 to 176, forming 51% of the corporate total. One of the main reasons
for the increase is a rise in the number of assaults in provider services, which is
explored below in section 2.5. The rate of injuries in AdSS is 20.16 per hundred
employees.
The number of accidents in Customer and Corporate Services (CCS) remain at a low
level. Although they show a rise from 8 to 14 injuries, this small number of injuries is
consistent with the low risk involved in a number of the services. The rate of injuries
in CCS is 2.59 per hundred employees.
The number of accidents in the Children and Young People’s Services (CYPS) has
remained static at 87 overall. The rate of injuries in CYPS is 1.76 per hundred
employees.
The number of accidents has risen by 39% within Prosperity, Planning and
Development (PPD). Changes in the Council structure account for some of this rise,
as a third (6 of 18) of the additional accidents occurred within Community Safety,
which has relocated into PPD. A small rise in the number of manual handling injuries
and a rise in the number of assaults account for a further 10 of these additional
accidents. The rate of injuries in PPD is 6.47 per hundred employees.
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work undertaken in these services. More detailed analysis of the distribution of
injuries by service area is given in appendix one.
2.4
Types of accidents
Chart 3, below, shows a summary of the main types of accidents, compared to the
same period last year. The most common types of injury to staff remain incidents of
violence and aggression against staff (46% of all injuries), slips, trips and falls (17%),
manual handling (12%), and incidents involving objects (12%). Taken together these
account for 87% of all accidents. See appendices 2 and 3 for more detail.
Chart 3: Main Types of Injury- Comparison of
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Violence and aggression remains the biggest cause of injury to staff, responsible for
46% of all injuries, compared to 33% last year and 42% the previous year (2006-7),
see section 2.5 for more details.
Slips and trips remain the second most common cause of injury, responsible for 17%
of all injuries, and have risen in numbers from 52 to 58 (an increase of 11%). The
long term trend is downward, showing a 12% decrease from the number of slips in
the previous year (down from 66 in 2006-7 to 58 this period).
There has been an increase in numbers of manual handling injuries, which remain
the third most common type of injury. Manual handling injuries are up 10% from last
year, but the long term trend is also downward, showing a 21% decrease from the
number in the previous year (down from 52 in 2006-7 to 41 this period). The highest
number of these were within PPD, with about half of these occurring within the more
manual operational services. The Health and Safety Unit is currently providing
assistance to services within PPD in manual handling risk assessment and providing
an additional programme of training to staff who carry out these activities.
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Incidents involving objects are also up by 28% (from 32 to 41) from last year,
although these also show a long term decline of 31% from the number in the
previous year (down from 60 in 2006-7 to 41 this period).
Appendices two and three show a detailed breakdown of the types of accidents and
a breakdown for each Directorate and service area. This shows that the overall
increase in accidents (up by 112 this year) is accounted for largely by an increase in
physical assaults within Adult Social Services, most of which occurred in Provider
Services (see section 2.5).
2.5
Violence and aggression
There has been an increase overall in the number of reported assaults from 75 to
157. Whilst this is a doubling of last year’s figures, when compared to the previous
year (2006-7) the numbers dropped from 175 to 157, which is an overall decrease of
10%. The majority of the reported assaults this year were physical assaults, with an
increase from 49 to 137, a nearly threefold increase on last year, although again the
long term trend is down from 151 in 2006-7 to 137 this year, a drop of 9%. The
number of verbal assaults has stayed relatively static for the last 3 years, showing a
drop this year from 26 to 20.
The rise in assaults this year is accounted for in a large part by an increase in
assaults within AdSS, nearly all of which (117) occurred in Provider Services.
Although this is nearly a threefold rise for the Directorate from last year’s figures,
there was a significant drop of 56% in the previous year (down from 75 to 33).
The majority of incidents occurred whilst supporting service users and residents with
tasks such as personal care, dressing, dealing with challenging behaviour and the
use of physical intervention (Learning Disability Service only). The Health and Safety
Advisor has met with the Provider Services Manager and other relevant managers,
who have undertaken a review of the arrangements in place in the relevant services
and have identified reasons for the increase and necessary improvements. A key
recommendation is to review the training provided to staff on dealing with
Challenging Behaviour. The findings have been reported separately to Adult Social
Services Senior Management Team, who will monitor progress. As a result of this
review process there has been an overall reduction of 29% in the number of
incidents involving violence and aggression in the 3 month period 1 April to 30 June
2009, when compared to the same period last year.
In the Older People’s Respite Service a review has been carried out of the
assessment, admissions and placement processes and changes made. This has
resulted in a reduction of violent incidents in the first three months of 2009-10 of
57%. In the Learning Disability Service all challenging behaviour is monitored and,
where necessary, the service user’s guidelines reviewed by the community team for
Learning Disabilities. A high number of the incidents in this period related to 2
individual residents. The strategies in place to manage their behaviour have been
reviewed and as a result this has also led to a decrease in the number of violent
incidents in the first three months of 2009-10.
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There has also been a rise in the number of assaults in PPD (up 87% to 15 from 8
last year). A number of these have been in Parks and School Crossing Patrols.
Table 3: Perpetrators of assaults on staff (April 2007- April 2009)
Perpetrator
Number of assaults
Customer or service user
Pupil
Member of the public
Relative of customer, pupil or service user
Unknown
2007- 08
47
15
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115
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Total number of incidents
75
157
NB. Table three refers to number of incidents not numbers of people, as some
incidents involved more than one member of staff but were reported separately.
Concern was raised previously about an apparent rise in the number of assaults
made on staff by members of the public. The figures for this year (see table three
above) show that only 10 incidents were incidents involving members of the public
who were not already service users or customers of the Council.
3.0
Health and Safety Performance
Over this reporting period there were 23 reportable injuries (those which have to be
notified to the national Incident Contact Centre, under the Reporting of Injuries,
Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations), see table four below.
As there has been little change in the numbers of these (more serious) injuries and
these are the most reliable in terms of being reported to the HSU, this may support
the theory that the overall increase in numbers of injuries is a result of better
understanding of reporting requirements.
Encouragingly, the overall accident rate is well below the performance indicator
target of 0.4 accidents per hundred employees, set for this year.
3.1
Rate of reportable injuries to staff/per 100 staff
Table 4: Rate of reportable injuries to staff
Local performance indicator-
2004-5
2005-6
2006-7
2007-8
2008-9
Total Number of reportable
accidents
40
23
30
22
23
Target for rate of reportable
accidents/100 employees
N/a
0.44
0.44
0.42
0.4
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Actual rate of reportable
accidents/100 employees
0.49
0.28
0.36
0.29
0.31
NB rates based on staff establishment at 1 April start of reporting period.
3.2
Benchmarking information- Greater Manchester and Lancashire
Benchmarking data is always a year behind because of the way the data is
compiled, therefore the data currently available is for the year 1 April 2007 to 31
March 2008, and is a year behind all of the other the data in this report. See
appendix 4 for more detail, but note that these differ slightly from those reported
above as appendix 4 figures include reportable Occupational Diseases.
The average rate for those which are members or associate members of AGMA was
0.62 for the year 2007-8, when Trafford’s rate was nearly half the average at 0.33
per hundred employees (see appendix 4). Out of the 11 metropolitan authorities and
cities responding, Trafford had the lowest rate of injuries per 100 employees over
this period.
3.3
Performance against corporate health and safety improvement plan
Actions identified in the report to CMT on the Corporate Manslaughter Act (in
February 2008) were included in the Corporate Health and Safety Improvement Plan
for 2008-9 (see appendix 6).
Key actions included in the action plan include:
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Review of the Corporate Health and Safety Policy;
Review reporting to Elected Members;
Clarify roles and responsibilities of Elected Members;
Review of the corporate health and safety training strategy;
Review of H&S arrangements in place by DMT’s and improvement strategy;
Incorporate H&S as a quarterly agenda item on extended DMT’s;
Determine who could be considered a “Senior Manager” under the Act;
Review of job titles and job descriptions, particularly of senior managers;
Produce internal protocol on dealing with a death at work;
Produce driving at work policy and procedure for vetting and control.
The first four of these actions have been completed as part of the reviews of the
Corporate Health and Safety policy and Training Strategy. The production of a new
Policy and Guidance on Driving at Work is underway.
3.4
Key actions in corporate health and safety improvement plan 2009-10
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Implementation of the corporate health and safety training strategy;
Review of H&S arrangements in place by DMT’s and improvement strategy;
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4.0
Implementation of the new Corporate Health and Safety Policy and ensuring
that services produce their own local policy;
Approval and implementation of the driving at work policy and procedure for
vetting and control;
Ensure that a culture of risk assessment is embedded in all services
Improve involvement of workers in health and safety.
Audit Programme
Health and Safety Advisors carried out a total of 14 audits in service areas during the
period 1 January 2008 (when audits began) to the 31st March 2009. Reports of the
findings and associated action plans have been sent to the relevant managers.
More details will be included in the Directorate reports, however, a summary of the
findings is in appendix 5. These show that in general overall performance was
averaged at 56% compliance with Council standards for a variety of health and
safety issues. However this overall score masks some key differences in
performance between individual services and also between different topic areas.
Of particular concern is the lack of compliance on risk assessments, as these form
the basis of an effective health and safety management system and are a legal
requirement. Continued improvement in this area is a key action in the Corporate
Health and Safety Improvement Plan for the 2009-10. Some other high risk areas,
such as working at height and violence to staff also score poorly, as does the use of
Display Screen Equipment. This is an area of concern as the majority of Council staff
use a computer for their work and the solutions to managing the risk are quite
simple. However, it is hoped that the new Corporate Policy and Guidance on this
issue (see section 5.5 below) will assist in managing this risk.
Among the higher performing areas is accident reporting, but with compliance on this
running at an average of 50%, this still gives cause for concern and may bear out the
concerns in previous reports about the level of under reporting within the Council as
a whole. A number of premises related issues also score badly, in part because
some of these issues are not directly managed by services, which the HSU have
been working to improve, together with Asset Management (see sections 5.4 and 6.0
below).
5.0
Other key developments in health and safety
5.1
Corporate Health and Safety Policy
The HSU has reviewed the Council’s Corporate Health and Safety Policy, which has
been widely consulted upon, the policy was approved by CMT on 10th June and the
Executive on the 27th July 2009. This provides more clarity in terms of the
responsibilities of managers and staff at all levels and provides a framework
reflecting all corporate arrangements and supplementary policies and guidance,
which will help the Council to manage health and safety.
It also details the reporting arrangements in place and the responsibilities of elected
members. It will also provide the means for Directorates and Services to record their
own arrangements and allow them to identify any required improvements.
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5.2
Corporate Health and Safety Training Strategy
In February 2008, the Corporate Management Team (CMT) agreed to provide a
programme of mandatory health and safety training for all council managers and
supervisors.
A corporate health and safety training strategy has been produced by the HSU,
which will set out the mandatory standards for managers and supervisors. The
strategy also outlines the different routes to learning available, including National
Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) or other management qualifications.
In order to support the delivery of the strategy the HSU has been working to provide
a range of online, taught in-house courses and externally provided courses, for all
staff and managers. The HSU have put together a calendar of training in order to
make this available, to encourage services to take responsibility for managing health
and safety, including training.
A target of April 2011 has been set for all managers and supervisors to be brought
up to the relevant standard, to enable the cost to be planned for and spread over 3
financial years. Discussions are being held within Directorates about arranging the
training for these managers, as the Council may obtain economies of scale by
purchasing this in bulk.
5.3
Occupational Road Risk
A corporate working group was set up to discuss Occupational Road Risk and a
policy and guidance document has been drafted. This aims to clarify the Council’s
responsibilities for its drivers and to outline the arrangements for managing the risks.
The policy applies to all work related driving activities requiring employees to drive in
connection with their work, in any vehicle used on Council business.
The policy has been widely consulted upon and is expected to be finalised later this
year. The policy is accompanied by guidance for managers and drivers of private
vehicles and also handbooks for operational managers and drivers of fleet vehicles.
An improvement plan for the management of Occupational Road Risk has also been
produced. These are due for approval in autumn 2009.
5.4
Asbestos
The Council’s Asset Management service, together with the HSU, have revised the
Council’s asbestos policy, following changes to the law on asbestos. The new policy
clarifies the definition of duty-holder roles and responsibilities throughout the Council
and reinforces the need to use the asbestos management control procedure for
works on Council premises to prevent damage/exposure to asbestos. Once
responsible person(s) are identified by Heads of Service, further targeted training
and assistance is to be provided for relevant persons with specific asbestos related
responsibilities. The Head of Asset Management will assess training requirements
and co-ordinate its provision.
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5.5
Display Screen Equipment (DSE)
The HSU, together with colleagues in Occupational Health and the Council’s Moving
and Handling Advisor, have produced a Corporate policy and guidance note on the
Display Screen Equipment Regulations, relating to the use of computer workstations.
The policy was approved by CMT on 10th June and outlines the Council’s
arrangements for managing the risks associated with DSE work.
The Policy and Guidance describes individual roles and responsibilities for the
management of those working with DSE and also tools for the risk assessment of
computer workstations. The policy is accompanied by new guidance for staff on how
to work safely with computers.
6.0
Fire Safety
The Fire Safety Advisor is continuing to assist managers in completing or reviewing
their Fire Risk Assessments. He has visited all residential homes, the majority of
administrative buildings and just under 70% of schools to date. He is currently
focusing on secondary schools.
He is also assisting the facilities manager in reviewing the arrangements in place for
evacuation in the administrative buildings. A programme of training and refresher
training for Fire Marshalls has been put in place. Fire awareness training is
continuing for all schools and residential premises.
7.0
Conclusion
Currently Trafford Council has the lowest rate of accidents compared to other
Greater Manchester Councils, and there is a long term downward trend in numbers
and rates of accidents to staff. Although it is apparent that accident rates have risen
compared to last year’s major reduction, a number of factors could have caused the
rise, one of which being improved reporting of accidents. Clearly there is still room
for improvement and an opportunity for services to share good practice.
Audits scheduled to take place in 2009/10 will continue to assist in this process by
highlighting for services what is being done well and where further improvements are
needed. It is hoped that improved training provision for managers proposed for the
coming year will provide increased levels of assurance and also continue to raise the
profile of health and safety across the Council.
8.0
Recommendations
The key actions from the Corporate Health and Safety Improvement Plan for 200910 are outlined below and many are already underway:
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Implementation of the corporate health and safety training strategy, provision
of improved health and safety training to managers and staff
Implementation of the new Corporate Health and Safety Policy and ensure
that services produce their own local policy
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Review of Health and Safety arrangements in place locally by DMT’s and
setting out improvement strategies if necessary;
Approval and implementation of new corporate driving at work policy and
guidance for managers and staff and improved procedures for vetting and
control.
Continue to ensure that a culture of risk assessment is embedded in all
services
Improve involvement of workers in health and safety improvement
Josh Arnold
Health and Safety Manager
June 2009
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Corporate accident statistics (1 April 2008 to 31st March 2009)
Appendix 1: Numbers of accidents by directorate and service area (2006-9)
Directorate
Service Area
2006- 2007- 20082007 2008 2009
Adult Social Services
Adult Social Services IBU
Care Management and Assessment
Commissioning and Service Development
Provider Services
Total
Adult Social
Services
Customer and Corporate Services
Access Trafford
Assurance and Development
E Government
Legal and Democratic Services
Customer and
Total
Corporate Services
Children and Young People's Services
Access and Assessment
Education & Early Years
Education Services
Services for Children, Young People &
Families
Primary Schools
Secondary Schools
Special Schools
Children and Young Total
People's Services
Prosperity, Planning and Development
Area Services
Asset Management
Culture and Sports
Community Safety
Environment IBU
Environmental Maintenance
Highways (maintenance)
Highways, Bridges and Structures
Parks, Green Spaces & Bereavement
Services
Planning and Building Control
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153
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88
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176
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Directorate
Service Area
2006- 2007- 20082007 2008 2009
Prosperity, Planning and Development (continued)
Public Protection
Service Operations
Strategic Planning
Waste Management
Prosperity, Planning Total
and Development
Council wide
Total
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46
10
14
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Appendix 2: Type of accident (in order of significance) 2006- 2009
Accident Type
2006-7
2007-8
2008-9
Physical Assault
151
Verbal Assault
24
Total Assaults
175
Manual handling (lifting, moving, manoeuvring etc)
49
26
75
137
20
157
Manual handling
Slips, Trips and Falls
Slip on the same level
Fall down steps/stairs
Trip
Fall from height
Total Slips, Trips and Falls
Incidents involving objects
52
37
41
45
10
9
2
66
35
10
4
2
51
43
4
10
1
58
Struck by moving object
Striking against object
Contact with sharp object
Total Objects
Others
37
18
4
59
17
11
3
31
17
15
6
38
Contact with hot surface/substance
Road Traffic Accident
Other
Plant & machinery (including hand and power tools)
Trapped
Animal
Contact with chemical agent
Sports Injury
Inhalation of fumes/gases/vapours
Explosion
Electricity
15
14
15
7
4
2
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1
1
1
1
6
6
13
4
1
3
1
0
0
0
0
10
11
15
0
2
5
0
1
0
0
0
Total
414
229
341
Assaults
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Appendix 3: Type of accident by Directorate (2008-9)
CYPS
CSSC
CCS
PPD
Total
29
98
2
8
137
7
7
1
5
20
11
11
2
17
41
16
12
4
11
43
6
8
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3
17
1
12
0
2
15
3
1
2
0
6
0
1
0
2
3
3
3
2
2
10
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1
1
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4
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7
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11
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2
5
5
4
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6
15
1
0
0
0
1
87
176
14
64
341
Accident Type
Physical Assault
Verbal Assault
Manual handling (lifting & moving)
Slip on the same level
Struck by moving object
Striking against object
Contact with sharp object
Stepping/kneeling on object
Contact with hot surface/substance
Fall from height
Fall down steps/stairs
Trip
Trapped
Road Traffic Accident
Animal
Other
Sports Injury
Total by Directorate
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Appendix 4: Benchmarking data (1 April 2007- 31st March 2008)
NB Period differs from report as total figures include Occupational Diseases
Total RIDDOR
reports
received
Total RIDDOR
per 100
employees
Total actual
workforce
No of
Dangerous
Occurrence
No. of over 3
day
No. of fatal
No. of major
Reportable diseases, injuries and dangerous
occurrences to staff
No. of Disease
Authority /
Organisation
Met boroughs:
Trafford MBC
3
0
3
19
0
7,513
25
0.33
Rochdale
0
0
11
30
0
11,280
41
0.36
Halton BC
0
0
6
25
1
6,500
32
0.49
Wigan
0
0
7
62
1
12,950
70
0.54
Tameside MBC
0
0
0
56
0
10,228
56
0.55
Bury MBC
0
0
3
58
0
9,198
61
0.66
Blackpool
0
0
0
54
0
7971
54
0.67
Blackburn with Darwen
0
0
8
47
0
8231
55
0.74
0
0
4
32
0
9,896
36
0.36
Manchester City Council 0
0
13
104
0
24,794
117
0.49
Preston
0
0
1
26
0
1,692
27
1.54
Wyre
0
0
0
1
0
503
1
0.19
Fylde
0
0
2
3
0
518
6
1.15
Cities:
Salford
Districts:
Trafford Democratic Services
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Appendix 5: Summary of Audit Results (January 2008- April 2009)
Health and Safety Issue
Accident Reporting and
Investigation
Average Audit Score
(% compliance)
50
Personal Protective Equipment
Occupational Health and
Stress
50
Premises - Maintenance
45
Work Equipment
45
Slips and Trips
Consultation and
Communication
44
Manual Handling
40
Risk Assessment
35
Driving at Work
35
Training
35
Working at Height
34
Noise
31
Health and Safety Policy
30
Premises - Asbestos Control
30
Violence to Staff
29
First Aid
27
Premises - Fire Safety
24
Lone Working
22
Hazardous Substances
22
Monitoring
21
Display Screen Equipment
Premises - Control of
Contractors
Premises - Workplace
Transport
18
Trafford Democratic Services
47
42
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Appendix 6: Corporate Health and Safety Improvement Plan (2009-10)
CORPORATE HEALTH & SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PLAN 2009-2010
Improvement required
1. Developing H&S
management
2. H&S training
provision
Trafford Democratic Services
V1: March 2009

Action

Ensure Directorate Management Teams undertake a review of Directors
the arrangements in place within their services and if necessary
set out an improvement strategy

Ensure each service has its own local H&S policy, reflecting new Senior
Managers
management structures for each directorate

Ensure that proactive monitoring of compliance with health & Senior
safety law and internal H&S management arrangements is carried Managers
out in each service area

Ensure risk assessments are completed, implemented and Directors/
Senior
monitored in each service area for all activities
Managers

Revised H&S training strategy to CMT for approval
HSU
Completed

Ensure calendar of suitable training in place to support the
implementation of the strategy
CMT
Strategy
drafted

CMT confirm that funding arrangements are in place to deliver the
agreed training programmes and ensure that the training
programmes are delivered
Who to
action

Ensure that existing managers and supervisors are provided with
health and safety training to standard agreed in training strategy

Plan for new managers and supervisors to attend health and
safety training to standard agreed in training strategy, within the
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Directors
Directors/
IBU’s ?
Directors/
Target
date
Progress
and date
Completed
for
managers
3. Corporate
Manslaughter Act
review
4. Improved
communication with
staff on H&S
5. Emerging corporate
H&S issues
Trafford Democratic Services
appropriate timescales
IBU’s

Ensure that senior managers attend health and safety training to
standard agreed in training strategy
HSU/OD
Directors

Explore H&S training options for elected members
 Incorporate H&S as an agenda item on extended DMT’s quarterly, to
ensure that a continued emphasis is placed upon ensuring that
health and safety continues to be properly planned, delivered,
monitored and reviewed
Directors/
Senior
managers
 Overhaul existing Council procedures for vetting and controlling
driving at work
HSU/TTP/
Road safety
 Identify service areas at higher risk of fatalities occurring due to the
nature of their activities and prioritise for audit to ensure that robust
systems are in place to manage risks in these areas
HSU/HR
Directors/
Managers
 Undertake a review of job titles and job descriptions within their
areas, particularly of senior managers, regarding health and safety
duties
 Consider best way to involve workers in H&S and discuss with
Union and other staff representatives
Directors/
Managers/
HR
HSU

Launch of revised HSU intranet site and update content

Consider “Potentially violent persons” database
Legal/HSU

Improve lone worker safety and monitoring

Ensure H&S integrated into processes of new central
procurement team for selection and monitoring of contractors
Senior
Managers
HSU/Procure
ment
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June
2009
Underway,
postponed
to April 10
6. Corporate policies

Provide lead to ensure H&S integrated into processes of new
AGMA procurement hub for selection and monitoring of
contractors
HSU and
AGMA
partners

HSU/IBU

Continue to work with partners developing arrangements and
structures for multi-agency working in CYPS
Agree and implement revised Corporate Health & Safety policy

Agree and implement Asbestos policy
Asset
Management

Agree and implement DSE policy/guidance
HSU

Agree and implement managing construction work policy/guide

Review Risk assessment policy/guidance
OHU/HSU
OHU/Envt
strategy
HSU

Review Work at Height policy/guidance
HSU

Review Monitoring health and safety policy/guidance
HSU

Produce Slips and trips policy

Produce policy/guide on lone working and review violence and
aggression policy/guide

Produce transport policy

Review Home working policy
HSU/HR
7. Accountability

HSU/Legal
8. Occupational Health
Improvements

Consider setting up risk management group to report on key H&S
risks including premises related issues and road risk and accident
and insurance data
Deliver OH short term improvement plan
Trafford Democratic Services
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HSU
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HSU/HR
Trafford Democratic Services

Deliver improved working between the Occupational Health
Service and Health and safety Units

Consider future reporting on OH performance

Report on work related absence via attendance management
group
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