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Village Hall Risk Assessment

Village Hall Risk Assessment. Speaker. Dave Oates CMIOSH MRSB Biochemist 30 years experience in H&S CRC, ICRF, HFL, Blood Bank, Sanger Centre, Dermal Laboratories, small biotech companies. Bt , Bamk of engald and many local companies

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Village Hall Risk Assessment

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  1. Village Hall Risk Assessment

  2. Speaker • Dave Oates CMIOSH MRSB • Biochemist • 30 years experience in H&S • CRC, ICRF, HFL, Blood Bank, Sanger Centre, Dermal Laboratories, small biotech companies. Bt, Bamk of engald and many local companies • Consultancy- Audits, SMS development, RA, DSE, Fire, DSEAR, REACH

  3. What is a risk assessment?

  4. Purpose of Risk Assessment To evaluate • The extent of risks to any person • How risks arise and how they impact • To enable the organisation to implement measures, to reduce or eliminate the risks To prevent Accidents….…Near misses…... Illness….Disease • To ensure all people are safe • To implement current legislation

  5. Hazard Spotting Walk around the premises. We will keep to the ground floor and outside. List the potential hazards found.

  6. Hazards and Risk Hazard is: • Something that has the potential to cause harm, to people, and / or damage to property or the environment Risk is : • The likelihood of potential harm from the hazard being realised

  7. Management Regulations 1992“The Need for Risk Assessments” • Every employer shall make a suitable and sufficient assessment of • the risks to the health and safety of their employees, whilst they are at work • the risks to the health and safety of persons not in their employment, but arising from their undertaking • Assessments must be reviewed if • No longer valid • Significant changes • Must be written when there are 5 or more employees • Systematic examination of all work activities

  8. What Is Competence? • For Risk Assessment It is the ability to make the following judgement • Will the existing control measures ensure a safe working environment and meet legal requirements?

  9. ‘HSE’ ‘5’ Steps to Risk Assessment • Identify the Hazards :- • Identify the people • Assess risk Considering controls in place:- • Record • Review and Revise After accidents, incidents, changes in procedures

  10. Risk Assessment is NOT • Risk assessment is not a process that eliminates all hazards in the workplace. • Nor is it a means of preventing “dangerous” activities from ever being carried out. • We all have to live with some risk in our lives and some activities we do could be classed as dangerous. • What risk assessment as a process does is ensure that we do all we can to reduce the risk of injury to as low a level as is reasonably practicable.

  11. Do we tell children to never cross a road because we believe it is too dangerous? No –we assess the risk and introduce suitable control measures, e.g. always use the green cross code, Supervision, Training

  12. Risk Perception • Every one takes risks. • Some like taking risks - some do not. • Everyone must, however, take some risks. • Taking risks can result in benefits or disasters. • A zero risk life is not possible and could well be extremely boring. • Acceptability of risk is personal. • Perception of risk is driven by many cultures • Therefore we will never completely agree about relative risk.

  13. Risk Perception • Slipping and falling on ice is a game for young children, but potentially a fatal accident for an old person. • The probability of such an event is influenced both by a persons’ perception of the probability of the risk and by whether they see it as fun or dangerous.

  14. Risk Assessment • Hazards are not necessarily high risks • Risk assessment, requires creative thought and is essentially subjective • Risk assessment is based on your judgement and knowledge at time • Risk assessment is not absolute, zero or low likelihood does not equal never • Looking at the severity of accidents and if we take tripping as an example, the result is possibly any of the following: nothing, bruised knee, broken leg, fatality.

  15. Hazards and Controls Hazards In Village halls 1. Slips and Trips- inside and out. 2. Fire 3. Electrical 4. Working at Height 5. Organisational - Controlling people:- contractors, hirers, parties, food 6. Legionella and Asbestos 7. Chemicals – cleaning, unblocking drains

  16. Slips and Trips • CONTROLS • Maintenance • Monitoring HAZARDS • Floor Surfaces • House keeping • Spills • Stairs- hand rails • Uneven surfaces

  17. Fire • CONTROLS • Maintenance • Monitoring • Record Keeping • Signage • Alarms • HAZARDS • Burns • Smoke • Unknown to organiser • High Loss

  18. Fire Legal Checklist • The appointment of a ‘competent person (s)’ • A fire safety ‘risk assessment’ • Requires fire precautions to be put in place where necessary and where it is reasonable and practical to do so • Alarm testing • Emergency Lighting Testing • Evacuation drills • Final Exit Checks • Housekeeping • Extinguisher maintenance

  19. electricity • CONTROLS • 5 year wire testing • PAT Testing • Record Keeping • Qualified Person • HAZARDS • Burns • Smoke • Unknown to organiser • High Loss

  20. WORKING at Height • CONTROLS • Ladder/Step ladder safe use • Trained operatives • Correct access equipment • HAZARDS • Falls • Dropping Objects • Unstable working platform

  21. Ceiling Heights

  22. Working At Height

  23. Working at Height

  24. This Venue

  25. People Disability – access policy Visitors/Public/Children Hirers Contractors

  26. People Controls Contractors e.g. electrician, plumber etc • Rules on what they can and can’t do • Ask for risk assessments, method statement and insurances Hirers • Set hiring terms • Set rules for use Monitor and check rules and terms are followed

  27. Asbestos and legionella • Ensure specific risk assessments are in place • Asbestos if left in place is labelled • Rules for contractors and asbestos register • Legionella water sampling and testing • Regular shower cleaning

  28. Chemicals • In general most chemicals for cleaning premises will be low risk. • We suggest general guidance is written, ensuring gloves are used and users know that any eye splashes must be treated immediately. • Drain blockers and more hazardous chemicals should only be used by a person who knows the correct way to use the substance(s). • All substances must be safely stored under lock and key and controlled by an individual.

  29. Suitable and Sufficient Risk Assessment HSE ACoP suggests :- • Correctly/accurately identify risks from activities/uses • Level of detail to be proportionate to the risk • Level of risk to determine sophistication of assessment • Consider all the people who could be affected • Include reasonably foreseeable events

  30. Review • Regular Reviews • Changes • After – accident investigations

  31. Useful Links HSE Village Hall Example RA http://www.hse.gov.uk/risk/casestudies/pdf/villagehall.pdf HSE Village Hall Checklist http://www.hse.gov.uk/voluntary/assets/docs/village-hall.pdf Legal Responsibilities http://www.hse.gov.uk/voluntary/village-legal.htm acre Village Hall Information Sheets http://acre.org.uk/cms/resources/publicationsorderform-1.pdf

  32. HSW Ltd https://www.healthsafetyworks.co.uk

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