Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information:

1. Please could you confirm the total number of accidents at work involving council employees and contractors that have been reported between September 2022 to September 2023.
121

2. What were the causes of these accidents?
• Assault physical
• Assault verbal
• Contact with electricity or electrical discharge
• Contact with hot surface or liquid
• Exposure to fire
• Falls from height up to and including 2 metres
• Injured by an animal
• Injured while handling, lifting or carrying an object
• Injured while lifting or handling a person
• Other
• SEN related - physical
• Slips, trips or falls on same level
• Social care related - physical
• Struck against
• Struck by moving (including flying) object

3. How much compensation was paid out between September 2022 and September 2023 as a result of employee accident at work claims irrespective of the date the claim was submitted?
£13,000.00
This figure is based on the information held on our system relating to claims that the Insurance Team have been made aware of.