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Recommendation from the meeting of the Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 11 June 2018 on adoption of the Plan to secure adequate arrangements for enforcement of health and safety law.

The draft Health and Safety Plan 2018/19 was recommended to the Council for adoption.

Recommendation from the meeting of the Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 11 June 2018 on adoption of the Plan to secure adequate arrangements for enforcement of health and safety law.

The Health and Safety Service plan was produced annually to demonstrate the arrangements in place within the Council to satisfy its legal duty under Section 18 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.

The Council had a legal duty, as an enforcing authority within the Act, to have sufficient resources and arrangements in place to deliver, both proactive health and safety interventions and react to workplace accidents by having the resources necessary to undertake a criminal investigation.

The service was often dominated by serious workplace accident investigations, for which the Council had a good record of successful interventions. However, the quantity of these accidents requiring intervention could not be predicted and were difficult to plan for.  The Service Plan gave a greater degree of proactive intervention which would focus on nationally identified priority topics which through local intelligence the Council knew would have a positive effect on the safety of employees and other persons in the Borough.

RESOLVED:

That the draft Health and Safety Plan 2018/19 be recommended to the Council for adoption.