H&S Accident/Incident Information FOI Request
Request ID: FOI-0120-1920
Date published: 07 May 2019
You asked
Format of Response: Please respond in electronic format via email.
FOI Request:
Can you please provide the following under a Freedom of Information Request?
1. Please detail the numbers of Accidents / Incidents reported within your organisation from January 1st to December 31st 2017.
a. Number of Public/Pupil/Service User Accidents and Incidents Reported in 2017?
b. Number of Employee Accidents and Incidents or Occupational Ill Health Diseases Reported in 2017?
2. Please detail numbers of Accidents / Incidents reported within your organisation from January 1st to December 31st 2018.
a. Number of Public/Pupil/Service User Accidents and Incidents Reported in 2018?
b. Number of Employee Accidents and Incidents or Occupational Ill Health Diseases Reported in 2018?
3. Please detail the numbers of RIDDOR reportable accidents and incidents within your organisation from January 1st to December 31st 2017.
a. Number of Public/Pupil/Service User reportable events / injuries in 2017? (please detail number and types).
b. Number of Employee Specified Injuries in 2017? (please detail number and types).
c. Number of Employee Over 7 Day Injuries in 2017? (please detail number and types).
d. Number of Employee Occupational Ill-Health Diseases in 2017? (please detail number and types).
e. Number of Dangerous Occurrences in 2017? (please detail number and types).
4. Please detail the numbers of RIDDOR reportable accidents and incidents within your organisation from January 1st to December 31st 2018.
a. Number of Public/Pupil/Service User reportable events / injuries in 2018? (please detail number and types).
b. Number of Employee Specified Injuries in 2018? (please detail number and types).
c. Number of Employee Over 7 Day Injuries in 2018? (please detail number and types).
d. Number of Employee Occupational Ill-Health Diseases in 2018? (please detail number and types).
e. Number of Dangerous Occurrences in 2018? (please detail number and types).
5. Please detail the Top 5 Causes of Accidents and Incidents within your organisation from January 1st to December 31st 2017 and January 1st to December 31st 2018.
a. Top 5 Causes of Employee Accidents and Incidents in 2017?
b. Top 5 Causes of Public/Pupil/Service User Accidents and Incidents in 2017?
c. Top 5 Causes of Employee Accidents and Incidents in 2018?
d. Top 5 Causes of Public/Pupil/Service User Accidents and Incidents in 2018?
Many thanks again for taking the time to review and provide responses, it is greatly appreciated.
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-0120-1920
Thank you for your email received by TfL on 11th April 2019 asking for information about accidents/incidents at TfL in the years 2017 and 2018.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.
I can confirm that we hold the information you require. However, there is no single source for this information covering the whole of TfL, and to source the data from across all TfL transport modes would exceed the ‘appropriate limit’ of £450 set by the Freedom of Information (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004. Under section 12 of the FOI Act we are not obliged to comply with a request if we estimate that the cost of determining whether we hold the information, and then locating and retrieving it, or extracting it from other information, would exceed the appropriate limit. This is calculated at £25 per hour for every hour spent on the activities described, which equates to 18 hours work.
That said, we can provide the requested information in relation to London Underground only within the costs limit, which is shown in the table below:
|
Measure | Calendar Year
|
2017
|
2018
|
|
Qs 1 & 2: Numbers of Accidents / Incidents reported within your organisation from January 1st 2017 to December 31st 2018.
|
|
|
|
a. Number of Public/Service User Accidents and Incidents Reported in 2017 and 2018?
|
4359
|
5012
|
|
b. Number of Employee Accidents and Incidents or Occupational Ill Health Diseases Reported in 2017 and 2018?
|
1098
|
1065
|
|
Qs 3 & 4: RIDDOR: Numbers of RIDDOR reportable accidents and incidents within your organisation from January 1st 2017 to December 31st 2018.
|
|
|
|
a. Number of Public/Service User reportable events / injuries in 2017 and 2018? (please detail number and types).
|
46
|
35
|
- Slips, Trips and Falls
|
35
|
31
|
- Machinery / Equipment / Powered Tools
|
6
|
3
|
- On Track Vehicles
|
2
|
1
|
- Others
|
3
|
0
|
|
b. Number of Employee Specified Injuries in 2017 and 2018? (please detail number and types).
|
15
|
9
|
- Slips, Trips and Falls
|
7
|
4
|
- Machinery / Equipment / Powered Tools
|
2
|
3
|
- Manual Handling
|
5
|
0
|
- Assault
|
0
|
2
|
- On Track Vehicles
|
1
|
0
|
|
c. Number of Employee Over 7 Day Injuries in 2017 and 2018? (please detail number and types).
|
133
|
191
|
- Slips, Trips and Falls
|
51
|
72
|
- Assault
|
20
|
49
|
- Machinery / Equipment / Powered Tools
|
27
|
32
|
- Manual Handling
|
18
|
23
|
- Other(s)
|
17
|
15
|
|
d. Number of Employee Occupational Ill-Health Diseases in 2017 and 2018? (please detail number and types).
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
e. Number of Dangerous Occurrences in 2017 and 2018? (please detail number and types).
|
53
|
90
|
- Other Infrastructure failure if likely to cause Accident or Injury
|
12
|
33
|
- Passenger Train - Confirmed Fire
|
6
|
14
|
- Bridge strike by a road vehicle
|
8
|
10
|
- Broken Running Rail (complete fracture through cross-section)
|
10
|
7
|
- Collision with obstruction on track or struck by object
|
6
|
8
|
- Fire causing over 30 mins delay (Tunnel) or over 1 hour delay (outside)
|
5
|
4
|
- Other(s)
|
6
|
14
|
|
Q5: Top 5 Causes of Accidents and Incidents within your organisation from January 1st 2017 to December 31st 2018.
|
|
|
|
a. Top 5 Causes of Employee Accidents and Incidents in 2017 and 2018?
|
|
|
- Contact with machinery or moving parts
|
177
|
211
|
- Slips, Trips and Falls – on same level
|
126
|
111
|
- Moving between levels (e.g. stairs & escalators)
|
92
|
99
|
- Person collision with object e.g. hitting head, scratching arm
|
75
|
73
|
- Uneven or obstructed surfaces
|
60
|
72
|
|
b. Top 5 Causes of Public/Service User Accidents and Incidents in 2017 and 2018?
|
|
|
- Moving between levels (e.g. stairs & escalators)
|
2639
|
3210
|
- Contact with machinery or moving parts
|
437
|
627
|
- Slips / trips / falls on same level
|
545
|
503
|
- Uneven or obstructed surfaces
|
111
|
256
|
- Falling from vehicle (moving or stationary)
|
98
|
95
|
You may also be interested in the TfL Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Annual Reports which provide some related data across all TfL modes, which can be found online here:
https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/health-safety-and-environment
If this is not the information you are looking for please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.
Yours sincerely,
David Wells
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
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