Issue - meetings

The committee is requested to consider this report which provides details of progress and current position of the Council’s corporate health and safety and business continuity (BC) management arrangements and to raise any issues of concern.

The committee considered the report circulated with the agenda (copy attached to the official minutes).

Mr Townsend presented the report. The committee made comments including the following:

·         The figures were higher for 2014-15 than 2013-14 as the Grange came on board; of the RIDDOR incidents four out of five were over 7-day injuries arising from waste collection activities. The Facilities Manager had also broken bones in his arm.

·         A defibrillator is available in the building. Facilities staff and first aiders are trained in its use. Emergencies should be phoned through to 4444.

·         Mrs Graves had had an accident with a swinging door and had seen her doctor and osteopath the next day. This incident had been included in the health & safety figures.

·         The leisure centres would still be reporting health and safety incidents in their report to the contract manager, Mrs Peyman. A quarterly monitoring report is received which includes reports on incidents and accidents which is compared with previous years’ figures and this is reported to the Commercial Programme Board.

RESOLVED

1)      That the report on corporate health and safety and business continuity management be noted.

2)      That future reports on health and safety be brought to the committee in June each year.