Accidents at work involving council employees and contractors - Find a freedom of information request

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. 

2. What were the causes of these accidents?

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?
 

1. Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) can only provide statistics from September 2022 to July 2023, in that period LCC had 272 recorded incidents that were employee or contractors.

2. The types of incidents were:

• Abuse/aggression

• Contact with item

• Fall from height

• Minor bump, bang, knock

• Slip, trip, fall

• Work related unplanned contact with a service user.

3. A small number of these claims lead to compensation totalling £29,880.74