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Annual Health and Safety Performance Report 2013-14

Corporate Health and Safety

A report summarising the council’s health and safety performance corporately from 01 Apr-13 to 31 Mar-14, highlighting significant risks faced by employees, contractors, service users and members of the public and the control measures developed to reduce or eliminate them. Related documents Corporate Health and Safety Policy Health and Safety Strategy 2013-16 Health and Safety Risk Register and Law Register

CONTENTS

1.0 Introduction 1

2.0 Key Facts 2

3.0 Key Objectives 4

4.0 Statement of General Policy 4

5.0 Corporate Arrangements (Frameworks) 4

6.0 Planning for Active Monitoring 5

7.0 Corporate Health and Safety 6

8.0 Overview of Progress Since the Previous Report 6

9.0 Risk Exposure and Strategies for Risk Control 7

10.0 Council-Wide Statistical Trend 11

11.0 Accident and Incident Trends in 2013-14 12

12.0 The Year Ahead 15

13.0 Action Required 15

Appendices

1A Definitions 16

1B Training Statistics 18

1C Annual Improvement Plan 2014-15 22

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Title Annual H&S Performance Report Author/Owner Jason Hughes

Document Report Issue Date April 2014 Version 1.0

1.0 INTRODUCTION

This document is Islington Council’s Annual Health and Safety Performance Report for the financial year 2013-2014.

The council’s management of health and safety at work during this period is examined via the components of managing for health and safety as determined by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

One of the council’s fundamental responsibilities is to minimise the risks associated with our work activities within the public realm. We therefore seek to ensure the safety of service users and the general public at large as well as those at greater risk such as employees and contractors.

Whilst the majority of the council workforce works in an office environment where the risks to personal safety are generally recognised as being low, these environments, if not managed properly, can pose risks to occupational health – for example, risks associated with mental health, upper limb disorders and general wellbeing.

Other areas of council activity pose a greater risk to employees, contractors, service users and members of the public and as such are recorded and monitored on the health and safety risk register covering:

Amenity management and tree work;

Building maintenance and refurbishment;

Schools and young people’s services;

Highways maintenance;

Housing maintenance and refurbishment;

Leisure;

Social care; and

Waste and recycling

As organisational change continues at a pace, senior management will need to be mindful of the safety of both employees and members of the public when trying to balance budgets. Changes within the council, including reducing staffing levels, combining departments, in-sourcing of service providers and changing people’s role and responsibilities can increase the risk of injury if they are not properly managed.

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2.0 KEY FACTS

Accidents, violent incidents and dangerous occurrences show a decrease when comparing accident ratios from 11.0% in 2012-13 to 6.6% in 2013-14.

Accidents reported to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have decreased during the period from 34 in 2012-13 to 25 in 2013-14

There has been an increase in employee absence recorded on MyHR (due to an industrial injury) from 265.5 days (6.5%) in 2012-13 to 750 days (16.3%) in 2013-14. The marked rise in industrial injury absence is attributed to the insourcing of staff into Street Environment Services and Greenspace in June 2013.

The number of days lost due to stress, depression and mental health has increased from 3571 in 2012-13 to 4849 in 2013-14 the council is running at a three yearly average of 4’715 days.

A desk-top review was conducted of the council’s Corporate Health and Safety Policy by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) in August 2013. The overarching summary stated that “The Desk Top Review of Islington Council’s Health and Safety Policy shows an excellent approach with all of the key aspects of a well-established management system being in place.”

In-house Care Services (Adult Social Care) continued with their certification to the British Standard OHSAS 18001 in Occupational Health and Safety (registration to OHSAS 18001 was by an independent, third party, certification body).

Council arrangements for the approval of off-site visits and related activities for young people in education settings were reviewed and changes implemented. This resulted in improved guidance to schools and a new web-based system to facilitate the efficient planning, management, approval and evaluation of visits.

The council’s overarching Corporate Health and Safety Policy was formally reviewed and consulted upon during the period.

Several key supporting policy frameworks have been reviewed and updated and presented/approved at the Joint Executive Health and Safety Board (as outlined within Table 2).

Corporate arrangements for the immunisation of at ‘risk employees’ were developed in consultation with the unions via a joint working group.

No improvement or prohibition notices were served on the council by the HSE throughout the period of this report in line with the

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requirements of the Health and safety at work, Act 1974 – Section 21 or Section 22.

No enforcement or prohibition/restriction notices were served on the council by London Fire Brigade (LFB) throughout the period of this report in line with the requirements of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

Following a RIDDOR reportable injury to a pupil at a Local Authority Maintained School, which resulted in a HSE Investigation, health and safety arrangements for the management of schools has been reviewed.

The continuing delivery of a structured programme of training has enabled approximately 2216 employees to receive some form of health and safety training – an increase from last year’s figure of 1744.

The internal health and safety service (Corporate Health and Safety), which provides advice, guidance and support across the council and to local authority maintained schools had its advisory resources reduced by 20%.

The Joint Executive Health and Safety Committee, chaired by the Service Director for Corporate Property Services and attended by Trade Union Representatives from GMB, Unison and NUT met on four occasions during the period.

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3.0 KEY OBJECTIVES

The Corporate Health and Safety Objectives during this period are shown in Table 2 (page 6) and shows progress made as appropriate.

Key Objectives for the forthcoming year are summarised as follows:

Review the transportation arrangements within the Waste recycling Centre against the Road Traffic Safety Management System (ISO 39001) covering Waste Management and Street Cleansing.

Review of the council’s Corporate Landlord function (Finance & Resources) and council’s Cemeteries (Environment & Regeneration) against British Standard OHSAS 18001.

Annual review of the council’s Corporate Health and Safety Policy to reflect changes with the council’s structure.

Review of the council’s Alcohol, Drug and Substance Misuse Policy and incorporate testing regimes for safety critical post-holders.

Adopt the standards set out within the London Healthy Workplace Charter with a focus on employee mental health and wellbeing.

Review health surveillance arrangements within high-risk in-sourced areas of the council.

Maintain commitment to the council’s Health and Safety Management System through external certification to British Standard OHSAS 18001.

4.0 STATEMENT OF GENERAL POLICY

The council’s Statement of General Policy and the Organisational Responsibilities and Arrangements are available for viewing on the council’s intranet page.

The Corporate Health and Safety Policy were signed by the Leader of the Council, Chief Executive and Lead Director for Health and Safety in May 2014. A further review will be carried out in November 2014 in readiness for presentation to the Corporate Management Board in May and Executive in July 2015.

5.0 CORPORATE ARRANGEMENTS (FRAMEWORKS)

Corporate Arrangements are arrived at through the risk assessment process. The documents form part of a Corporate H&S Work Programme, by where each framework is regularly reviewed by the Corporate Health and Safety Manager in order to ensure its suitability with relevant legislation and changes in council practice.

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6.0 PLANNING FOR ACTIVE MONITORING

Our health and safety governance process defines the roles and responsibilities of individuals and committees. It sets out how our overarching Corporate Health and Safety policy and supporting safety arrangements are developed, implemented and monitored. It also provides a system for the determination, implementation and review of council-wide health and safety performance targets.

Table 1: Health and Safety Governance

Level Role and Responsibilities

Executive Approve health and safety policy.

Review council-wide health and safety performance.

Approve council-wide health and safety objectives.

Corporate Management Board (CMB)

The Corporate Director of Finance & Resources is the Board member responsible for health and safety. It is his task to ensure that our working environment, our objectives and how we conduct our business generally reflects our determination to achieve our goal of no harm to our employees, customers or the general public.

Joint Executive Health and Safety Committee (JEH&SC)

Develop, plan, implement health and safety policy and strategy.

Develop health and safety targets.

Make recommendations on policy and strategy to CMB and the Executive.

OH&S Review Group Develop council-wide policies and report performance to the JEH&SC.

Review existing policy and safety arrangements for effectiveness.

Advise JEH&SC on all matters involving health and safety.

Departmental H&S Committee & Localised Safety Improvement Groups

Plan to ensure the risks to health and safety are properly and effectively managed.

Implement policy and corporate arrangements.

Report performance.

Develop and implement departmental level arrangements for health and safety management.

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7.0 CORPORATE HEALTH AND SAFETY

Corporate Health and Safety is part of the Finance and Resources department and provides internal health and safety services across the council and to local authority maintained schools.

The activities undertaken by Corporate Health and Safety assist the council to comply with health and safety legislation. The actions in Table 2 provide a summary of the key work activities undertaken by the team during the period.

8.0 OVERVIEW OF PROGRESS SINCE THE PREVIOUS REPORT

There have been a number of key achievements across the council since the previous annual performance report was published in June 2013.

The council via the Joint Executive H&S Committee is committed to setting health and safety objectives that are challenging and realistic.

The council’s progress during the period is as follows:

Table 2: Health and Safety Objectives

We said we would do We achieved

1. Implement the programme of internal audits to measure consistency of approach and identify deficiencies in standards and legislative compliance.

Year one programme completed

2. All Elected Members and Senior Managers to receive appropriate briefing sessions on their duty to care and their responsibilities for the management of health and safety.

Elected Members to attend the LGA/HSE course

Refresher health and safety training was delivered to Elected Members at the beginning of the financial year.

Senior management training has been deferred to 2014-15 due to budget constraints.

3. Line managers to undertake the bespoke ‘health and safety training for line managers course’

10% of line managers to attend the course in 2013-14.

4. Ensure the Council has sufficient ‘in-house’ expertise to audit and monitor health and safety to an acceptable standard.

100% of in-house Safety Practitioners trained to a certified audit standard.

5. All corporate health and safety arrangements will be reviewed three-yearly to ensure suitability to council operations.

Arrangements for review during the period:

Immunisation (BBV)

New & Expectant Mothers

Noise

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We said we would do We achieved

Smoke Free

Permit to Work

Working at Height

Health and Safety Auditing

Disabled & Temporary Disabled

Health and Safety Training

6. Review of the council’s law register against a technical index to ensure compliance.

Completed and reviewed quarterly at the JEH&S Committee meeting.

7. Review of the council’s asbestos management system against the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012

Deferred due to internal re-organisation of management structure.

8. Review of the council’s Corporate Landlord function (Finance & Resources) against British Standard OHSAS 18001

Stage 1 audit completed, staged 2 scheduled for July 2014

9. Review of the council’s Cemeteries (Environment & Regeneration) against British Standard OHSAS 18001

Stage 1 audit completed, staged 2 scheduled for July 2014

9.0 RISK EXPOSURE AND STRATEGIES FOR RISK CONTROL

The risks in local government occur across a wide range of activities and services, from waste management and education to social care, housing maintenance, refurbishment and highways maintenance.

The significant health and safety risk issues identified within the H&S Risk Register include risks associated with:

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Table 3: Health and Safety Risk Register

Activity Specific Hazard

Amenity management and tree work Control of contractors

Work equipment

Working at Height

Thermal comfort

Sharps

Violence

Vibration

Workplace transport

Building (Workplace) maintenance and refurbishment

Asbestos

Control of contractors

Electricity

Fire Safety

Legionella

Lifting Equipment and Lifting Operations

Work Equipment

Working at Height

Schools and Young People’s Services

Community schools

Voluntary controlled schools

Maintained nursery schools

Pupil referral units


Control of Substances Hazardous to Health

Fire Safety

Stress

School trips and learning outdoor activities

Violence

Workplace transport

Young people and work experience

Highways maintenance Construction


Road safety

Thermal comfort

Vibration

Work Equipment

Workplace transport

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Activity Specific Hazard

Housing maintenance and refurbishment Asbestos

Construction


Electricity

Fire

Gas

Legionella

Violence

Leisure

Play areas

Sport facilities

Theatre (Assembly Hall - Venue)


Legionella

Slips, trips and falls

Supervised requirements for specialised activities

Violence

Work equipment

Young People

Social care

Community based activities

Day care

Residential care

Transport of service users


Infection

Legionella

Manual handling

Stress

Use of bedrails

Violence

Workplace Transport

Waste and recycling

Refuse collection

Recycling

Public amenity sites

Infection

Manual handling

Road safety

Slips, trips and falls

Thermal comfort

Violence

Sharps

Stress

Working at height

The council continues to develop and implement appropriate strategies and systems to identify and record foreseeable risks and reduce them to as low a level as is reasonably practicable. These

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strategies are subject to periodic review and appropriate remedial measures or adjustments are made as necessary.

A variety of groups and committees are active both corporately and departmentally in the periodic review of appropriate remedial measures or adjustments as outlined in table 1.

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Title Annual H&S Performance Report 2012-13 Author/Owner Jason Hughes


10.0 COUNCIL-WIDE STATISTICAL TRENDS

AIR – Accident-Incident Ratio / AIR Formula / AIR ÷ no of employees x 100 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14

1. Employee absence recorded (on MYHR) due to an industrial injury 150.5 147.5 265.5 750

2. AIR Formula – employee absence due to an industrial injury 4.6% 3.7% 6.5% 16.3%

3. Total number of accidents/violent incidents and dangerous occurrences 353 387 452 517

4. AIR Formula – accidents/violent incidents and dangerous occurrences 10.8% 9.8% 11.0% 6.6%

5. Total number of accidents reported to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) 4 26 34 25

6. AIR Formula – incidents reported to the HSE 0.12% 0.66% 0.83% 0.32%

7. Total number of accidents 128 105 190 246

8. AIR Formula – number of accidents 3.9% 2.6% 4.6% 3.1%

9. Total number of violent incidents 215 239 219 209

10. AIR Formula – number of violent incidents 6.6% 6.0% 5.3% 2.6%

11. Total number of near miss/dangerous occurrences 10 43 43 62

12. AIR Formula – number of near miss/dangerous occurrences 0.30% 1.09% 1.05% 0.79%

13. Days lost due to stress, depression and mental health issues (as a percentage of total sickness absence in brackets)

- 5725

(19.61%)

3571

(15.64%)

4849.5

(17.56%)

14. Formula - days lost due to stress, depression and mental health - 147.5 87.5 105.7

15. Number of employees completing health and safety training courses (internal) 1052 1344 1744 2216

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11.0 ACCIDENT AND INCIDENT TRENDS IN 2013-14

The council is required by statute to record and maintain records of accidents that occur in connection with its work. Quarterly accident reports are compiled for submission and scrutiny by the Joint Executive H&S Committee. The newly in-sourced services contain activities that are inherently high risk; and from a safety and health viewpoint, the Council has increased the risks it manages directly, both in frequency and severity. The overall statistics for the current financial year show a decrease of 4.0% in the ratio of recorded accidents and violent incidents, from 9.3% in the previous year. Total number of employees-related accidents and violent incidents

2011 – 2012 2012 – 2013 2013-14

Employees 280 332 332

Students/Work experience

0 1 0

Agency/Contractors 38 46 74

Total 318 379 406

Employee head count 3248 4077 7687

Accident / Incident Ratio (AIR)

9.8% 9.3% 5.3%

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Accidents involving Employees, Students/Work Experience and Agency/Contractors The statistics for the financial year show an decrease in the reporting of accidents within the council. AIR – Accident-Incident Ratio / AIR / No. of Accidents ÷ no of employee headcount x 100

No. of Accidents Headcount Accident-Incident Ratio

2013-14 179 7687 2.3%

2012-13 165 4077 4.0%

2011-12 79 3248 2.4%

Violent Incidents involving Employees, Students/Work Experience and Agency/Contractors There has been a reduction in the amount of violent incidents reported for this year compared to previous year. AIR – Accident-Incident Ratio / AIR / No. of Accidents ÷ no of employee headcount x 100

No. of Violent Incidents

Headcount Accident-Incident Rate

2013-14 162 7687 2.1%

2012-13 214 4077 5.2%

2011-12 239 3248 7.4%

Reasons for the reduction can be attributed to the following:

Development and implementation of council-wide training for frontline staff in combating violence and aggression in the workplace.

Continual improvements and monitoring of appropriate staff support to challenging service users within the social care environments.

Prior to re-integrating within the council, housing and schools accident statistics were held by Homes for Islington and Cambridge Education, this was monitored annually via commissioning officers. Attempting to utilise comparable data has proved difficult due to differing parameters for reporting within the organisations. However attempts to benchmark statistics (council-wide) will be pursued with other

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London Boroughs in an attempt to compare and contrast re-active monitoring. Localised accident and incident are provided quarterly for submission and scrutiny by each of the five departmental Health and Safety Committees.

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12.0 THE YEAR AHEAD

The council via the Joint Executive H&S Committee is committed to setting health and safety targets that are challenging and realistic, and shall monitor and measure progress over the year ahead.

Appendix 1C – Annual Improvement Plan 2014-15 sets out the health and safety targets for the financial year.

13.0 ACTION REQUIRED

The Executive, Corporate Management Board and Joint Executive H&S Committee are asked to note and accept the content of this report and authorise its publication on the Intranet for access by employees, stakeholders and other interested parties.

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this report at the time of going to print. Information contained within the report can be found on the council’s Health and Safety Intranet page along with a wide range of health and safety information.

For more information, please contact:

Jason Hughes

Corporate Health and Safety Manager

Tel. 020 7527 3369

E-mail. [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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Appendices

APPENDIX 1A – DEFINITIONS

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HSWA)

The Health & Safety at Work Act etc. 1974 places an obligation upon all employers to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of their employees and any persons affected by their work activities. The requirements of the HSWA have been supplemented by further legislation requiring specific management activity to control risk, such as the development of health and safety plans and organisational arrangements to implement health and safety policies.

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Employment Medical Advisory Service (EMAS)

The Health and Safety Executive is the UK enforcing authority for the Council and is responsible for verifying our compliance with health and safety legislation. HSE and EMAS inspectors have wide ranging powers, including the right of entry, taking photographs, interviewing witnesses, taking possession of articles, serving improvement or prohibition notices and instituting legal proceedings. HSE Inspectors carry out routine visits to Council premises; they also investigate accidents and incidents notified to them under RIDDOR.

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR)

RIDDOR requires the reporting of certain categories of injuries, ill-health and dangerous occurrences to the HSE. They include fatalities or major injuries (i.e. broken bones, amputation, hospitalisation, certain eye injuries, some biological exposures, occupational diseases such as occupational asthma, upper limb disorders, etc.) and any other injury that results in a person being off or incapacitated for work for more than seven consecutive days following an accident. Certain dangerous occurrences such as release of a biological agent, scaffold collapses and failure of lifting equipment are also required to be notified to HSE under RIDDOR.

Occupational Injuries

An occupational injury is any type of injury or Ill-health where an employee;

Attends an occupational health centre or is treated by a first-aider; and

It is recorded as being a work-related injury or illness.

Occupational Diseases

These are specified in RIDDOR Schedule 3 and include dermatitis, work related upper limb disorder and occupational asthma.

Dangerous Occurrences

The reportable dangerous occurrences are defined in Schedule 2 to RIDDOR and include for example;

Release or escape of a biological agent likely to cause severe human infection or illness;

Malfunction of radiation generators etc.

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Improvement Notices

These are legal documents under the HSWA, served by an inspector, that are used to require action to remedy a breach of health and safety legislation within a specified period of time. At least 21 days must be allowed to comply with an improvement notice. Failure to comply with a notice is a breach of legal duties.

Prohibition Notices

These are also legal documents under the HSWA, served by an inspector, that are used to stop a work activity involving a serious risk of injury or ill-health. They do not necessarily require a breach of health and safety legislation to be identified. A notice is complied with immediately when the required actions have been completed.

Penalties for H&S Breaches

Individuals and Corporate bodies can be fined up to £20,000 in a magistrate’s court and for an unlimited amount in the Crown Court for breaches of H&S legislation. Individuals can also be imprisoned for 2 years for failing to ensure compliance with regulations, or for contravening a prohibition notice or license.

Individuals can be imprisoned for longer periods and corporate bodies receive unlimited fines where manslaughter is caused by a work activity. This has been shown to be difficult to prove hence the introduction of the offence of corporate manslaughter which makes the controlling mind of an organisation responsible for corporate manslaughter where there are wide management failings within the organisation.

Number of Incidents

Accident data within the UK are commonly reported as numerical figures or, more normally, as an incident rate per 100 employees.

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APPENDIX 1B – TRAINING STATISTICS

Training undertaken by Service for period 2011-12

COURSE TYPE

COURSES CAMBRIDGE EDUCATION

CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

CORPORATE RESOURCES

ENVIRONMENT AND REGENERATION

FINANCE HOMES FOR ISLINGTON

HOUSING AND ADULT SOCIAL SERVICES

Grand Total

SCH

ED

UL

ED

CIEH 2 1 1 2 6

Emergency First Aid at Work 1 4 12 24 3 5 14 63

Fire Prevention 4 8 3 9 5 36 65

First-Aid at Work 2 8 3 14 4 1 6 38

First-Aid Re-qualifier 9 2 4 1 2 2 20

Moving and Handling of Loads 8 7 3 18

SCHEDULED Total 18 23 18 59 21 8 63 210

CU

STO

MIS

ED

Fire Prevention - Customised 28 28

H&S & Environment Training for Cleaning Operatives

24 24

Health & Safety Awareness for Premises Managers

17 11 7 35

Legionella 1 7 8

Line Managers Health & Safety Training Customised

3 1 7 9 19 39

Lone Working Awareness Training 6 1 7

Mental Health Awareness Training 6 1 7

PVP (Potential Violent People) Customised

2 2 1 5

CUSTOMISED Total 20 14 50 42 27 153

E-L

EA

RN

ING

DSE 1 168 77 89 41 25 401

Fire Prevention Awareness 146 69 71 30 17 333

Office Safety 75 70 9 12 5 171

Stress Awareness 1 16 4 3 24

Risk Assessment Line Managers 2 8 12 4 1 27

E-LEARNING Total 1 392 240 185 90 48 956

E-L

EA

RN

ING

/

Cit

rix

acce

ss DSE 2 5 1 1 1 10

Fire Prevention Awareness 2 3 1 6 Office Safety 1 1 2

Risk Assessment LM 1 2 3

Stress Awareness 1 2 1 4

E-LEARNING Citrix Total 7 10 1 6 1 25

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Grand Total 18 8 445 273 300 153 8 139 1344


Course Type

Courses Cambridge Education

Chief Executive

Children's Services

Corporate Resources

Environment & Regeneration

Finance Finance & Resources

Housing & Adults Social

Services

Grand Total

SCH

ED

UL

E

Asbestos Awareness

4

6 10 2 6 28

CIEH 3

2

1 5 1 8 20

Emergency First Aid at Work 2 1 3 6 12 3

13 40

Fire Prevention 7

12 3 39 7 2 17 87

First-Aid at Work 8 3 8 6 11 1

7 44

First-Aid Re-qualifier 3 2 2

9 3

13 32

Health and Safety Training for Line Managers

6 9 5 8

13 41

Health and Safety Training for Premises Managers

22

8 14

14 58

Infection Prevention & Control Awareness Training

2 2 2

6

Infection Prevention & Control for Care Staff

7 7

Moving and Handling of Loads

1 12 9 7

1 30

SCHEDULED Total 23 6 60 38 102 60 5 99 393

CU

STO

MIS

ED

Asbestos Management in Schools 9

1

10

Combating Violence and Aggression

3

1 4

1 9

Combating Violence and Aggression at Work (Custom)

8

8

Dealing with Violence and Aggression

9

9

Emergency First Aid At Work -Education 23

23

Fire Prevention - Customised (AM)

23

23

First Aid at Work - Education 10

1

11

Line Managers Health & Safety Training Customised

3 7 7

17

Moving and Handling of Loads (Customised)

7

7

CUSTOMISED Total 42 28 3 32 11 1 117

E-L

EA

RN

ING

DSE

34 51 2 309

135 66 597

Fire Awareness

25 44 2 272

84 53 480

Office Safety

13 9 1 16

37 9 85

Risk Assessment

2 2

17

6

27

Stress Awareness

2 1

8

8 8 27

E-LEARNING Total 76 107 5 622 270 136 1216

CIT

RIX

/ E

-L

EA

RN

ING

DSE

2

1 2 2

1 8

Fire Awareness

1 1

1 1

4

Office Safety

1

1 1

3

Risk Assessment

1

1

Stress Awareness

1 1

2

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CITRIX / E-LEARNING Total 4 1 1 5 6 1 18

Grand Total 65 86 196 47 761 77 275 237 1744


Course Type


Chief Executive Children's

Services Environment & Regeneration

Finance & Resources


Services

Grand Total

SCH

ED

UL

ED

Asbestos Awareness 1 9 17 9 36

CIEH 1 15 12 12 42

Combating Violence and Aggression 4 17 2 6 18 47

Emergency First Aid at Work 1 2 4 14 7 32 62

Fire Prevention 2 11 19 9 37 83

First Aid at Work Re-qualifier -Education 3 3

First-Aid at Work 4 2 15 16 6 10 56

First-Aid Re-qualifier 6 2 2 6 4 4 24

Health and Safety Training for Line Managers 1 1 24 6 20 52

Health and Safety Training for Premises Managers 1 5 4 6 17

Infection Prevention & Control Awareness Training 9 9

Infection Prevention & Control for Care Staff 1 1 14 16

Legionella Awareness 2 9 11

Moving and Handling of Loads 1 1 9 11 4 26

Nebosh Award in Health and Safety 2 1 2 10

Paediatric First Aid 10 3 13

Risk Benefit Assessment Training 1 4 21 2 3 51

SCHEDULED Total 29 14 66 147 95 169 558

CU

STO

MIS

ED

Asbestos Awareness 147 8 29 184

Asbestos Management for Schools 44 1 45

Chocking Training (abdominal thrust) 19 19

Emergency First Aid at Work -Customised 11 34 45

Escort Training 22 22

Fire Prevention - Customised (AM) 19 50 69

First Aid at Work - Education 15 1 16

Health & Safety Training for Line Managers -Custom 21 21

Ladder Safety 4 4

Health and Safety for Caretakers 3 57 60

Manual Handling -Customised 44 44

PVP (Potential Violent People) Customised 2 1 14 17

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Course Type


Chief Executive Children's

Services Environment & Regeneration

Finance & Resources


Services

Grand Total

Train the Trainer PTLS (CIEH) 1 6 1 8

CUSTOMISED Total 70 20 248 19 197 554

E-

LE

AR

NIN

G DSE 29 60 238 35 107 469

Fire Awareness 22 48 267 19 94 450

Office Safety 8 12 97 7 5 129

Risk Assessment 3 4 2 2 11

Stress Awareness 4 4 9 6 4 27

E-LEARNING Total 63 127 615 69 212 1086

CIT

RIX

/ E

-L

EA

RN

ING

DSE 2 2 1 5

Fire Awareness 1 2 1 4

Office Safety 2 1 3

Risk Assessment 2 1 3

Stress Awareness 2 1 3

CITRIX / E-LEARNING Total 9 4 5 18

Grand Total 99 86 217 1010 188 578 2216

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APPENDIX 1C – ANNUAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN 2014-15

GOAL STATEMENT SYNOPSIS MEANS OF DELIVERY TARGET

LEADERSHIP

The council will develop our commitment to safety through strong, visible and consistent leadership.

All members of CMB and DMT to be briefed and are clear on the structure, organisation and management of health and safety in the council.

All Corporate and Service Directors to receive briefing sessions on their duty to care and their responsibilities for the management of health and safety.

Directors to attend the IOD/HSE course

Directors to be aware of the significant health and safety hazards and associated risks with working within the Council.

Briefing to be completed by Q4 – 2014-15

Refresher training to be provided every three years.

COMPETENCE

The council will train, develop and support our people to competently undertake their roles and responsibilities safely.

All line managers to undertake the bespoke ‘health and safety training for line managers course’

One day training course developed in-house by Corporate Health and Safety.

A rolling programme of eight courses per year.

10% of line managers to attend the course in 2014-15.

Reduce the dependency on external providers to deliver occupational health and safety training courses throughout the council

Greater use of internal resources utilising skills within the internal corporate health and safety team.

Absorb projected 25% increase in training demand, and save £35,000 (thirty-five thousand pound)

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CULTURE

The council will create an open and fair culture amongst a well-informed workforce that encourages safe behaviour and a positive safety culture.

Securing the appropriate means of co-operation and communication between different groups of employees

All council departments to ensure the on-going maintenance of a departmental committee meeting chaired by a senior manager with the authority to make and implement decisions at all levels.

Quarterly meetings held with representation from management and employee representatives.

Regular reviews of health and safety to improve performance

CMB and Executive to receive an annual performance report on corporate health and safety performance.

Annual Report issued to CMB by May-14

Annual Report issued to Executive by Jul-14

POLICIES & PROCEDURES

The council will have coherent policies and procedures, that are understood and easily accessible to all employees and where appropriate, visitors and contractors.

All corporate health and safety arrangements will be reviewed three-yearly to ensure suitability to council operations.

All corporate health and safety arrangements are logged on a work programme, which are assigned to a Safety Practitioner (competent person)

Arrangements for review during the period:

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health;

Use of Council Premises by Third Party Organisations;

Workplace H&S;

Work Equipment;

Skin Care at Work;

Hand Arm Vibration;

Building Maintenance & Alterations;

Risk Assessment;

Partnerships and Shared Workplaces;

Water Safety & Legionella;

Fire Safety

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LEGISLATION

The council will adhere to UK or EU health and safety legislative requirements and those employees follow internal policies and procedures.

Review the transportation arrangements within the Waste recycling Centre against the Road Traffic Safety Management System (ISO 39001) covering Waste Management and Street Cleansing.

External certification by UKAS to the standards set out within 39001.

Certification to the standard

Review of the council’s Corporate Landlord function (Finance & Resources) against British Standard OHSAS 18001

External certification by UKAS to the standards set out within 18001 and 18004:2008


Review of the council’s Cemeteries (Environment & Regeneration) against British Standard OHSAS 18001

External certification by UKAS to the standards set out within 18001 and 18004:2008


Documents

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