FOI release

Accidents within the Department for Education

A list of accidents involving members of staff within the Department for Education.

Documents

Details

  • Date requested: 12 September 2011
  • Publish date: 03 October 2011
  • Updated: 02 November 2011

Request

Can the Department provide the following information:

How much compensation money has been paid to your staff as a result of accidents at work in the past five financial years (1 April 2006 - 31 March 2011).

Please also break this down per accident, giving details of:
a) the accident b) injuries sustained c) compensation paid out d) the year

Release

Date of Accident ´¡³¦³¦¾±»å±ð²Ô³ÙÌý Injuries Sustained Total Compensation paid to Individual
25 April 2006 Slipped on wet floor Injury to neck, foot and elbow £5,755.00
17 May 2007Ìý Slipped on floor near lift in reception area Left knee injury fracture to knee cap, plaster cast x 2 months then admitted for 3 days for knee operation (wiring and tension).Ìý 7 x physiotherapy session, scarring £20,790.00
7 January 2008 Slipped on floor near tea point Bump to head/left arm burned Nil – claim rejected
17 September 2008 Road Traffic Accident.Ìý Departmental Van Driver knocked over a cyclistÌý Ligament Damage, ankle injury Total claim £3,500.25 (breakdown £1,000 claimant damages, £712 NHS costs and £1,788.25 claimant legal costs)
3 November 2008 Slipped on ice in car park beside barrier Back injury Claim still on going
9 November 2010 Became stuck in lift Ìý Nil – claim rejected

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Published 3 October 2011

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