Top Tips for Managing Health and Safety in the Charity Retail Sector Jennifer Corr Senior Environmental Health Officer London Borough of Islington 27 April 2016
Environmental Health Visits • National Local Authority Code (2013) – focuses regulatory resources on the basis of risk • LA’s must consider a range of regulatory interventions to influence the management of risk- 14 techniques. • Inspection limited to the highest risk premises • List of national priorities for LA’s and of specific activities in defined sectors suitable for targeting for proactive inspection. Set by HSE and reviewed annually • Flexibility to address local priorities- information gathered from complaints/ accidents/ MEC or MPMC/adverse lift reports • Explain to a business why they are being inspected • Business can complain to the Regulatory Challenge Panel if they operate in a lower risk sector and unreasonably proactively inspected • New Health and Safety- Strategy, ‘Helping Great Britain Work Well’ 2016 - 6 strategic themes for whole of GB health and safety system
Overarching Principles • LA’s should use full range of interventions to influence behaviours and the management of risk • Proactive inspections only used for high risk premises/activities or where intelligence shows risks are not being effectively controlled
National Priorities • Falls from height – work on /adjacent to fragile roofs/materials • Construction – raise awareness of CDM (2015) • Health risks – respirable silica dust • Duty to manage asbestos • Visitor attractions to prevent or control ill health arising from animal contact • Home Office led cross agency operation to tackle labour exploitation – target businesses that employ illegal migrant workers • Investigation of incidents and complaints
Activities /Sectors for Proactive Inspections • Legionella infection – premises with cooling towers • Explosion from leaking LPG- caravan parks • E.coli/Cryptosporidium infection- open farms/animal visitor attractions Fatalities/injuries from vehicles moving vehicles – Warehouses • • Fatalities /injuries resulting from falls from height/amputation and crushing injuries- industrial retail/wholesale premises/builders merchants/steel stockholders • Industrial diseases (deafness/cancer respiratory)- industrial retail/wholesale premises/timber merchants/in-store/craft bakeries • Crowd control 7 injuries /fatalities to the public- large scale public gatherings, sports • Carbon monoxide poisoning- commercial catering premises using solid fuel • Violence at work – lone/night working/cash handling e.g. betting shops/off licences/hospitality
Managing Significant Risks in Retail Premises • Risk assessment - identify significant hazards and implement control measures to control risks. http://www.hse.gov.uk/risk/casestudies/pdf/charityshop.pdf • Manage Asbestos: http://www.hse.gov.uk/Asbestos/managing/intro.htm • Fire Safety - carry out a fire risk assessment. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/f ile/422175/9449_Offices_and_Shops_v2.pdf • Gas Safety – maintenance of gas boiler by competent engineer – Gas Safe Registered. • Electrical Safety – 5 yearly installation examination/Maintenance of portable appliances.
Managing risks continued; • Working at Height – using the right ladder fro the right task. http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg455.pdf • Lone Working/Violence http://www.hse.gov.uk/violence/toolkit/index.htm • Manual Handling/Sorting donated stock – Protective gloves
Accident Reporting Reporting of Injuries Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 The death of any person All deaths to workers and non-workers, with the exception of suicides, must be reported if they arise from a work-related accident, including an act of physical violence to a worker
• Specified injuries to workers • The list of ‘specified injuries’ in RIDDOR 2013 replaces the previous list of ‘major injuries’ in RIDDOR 1995. Specified injuries are (regulation 4): • fractures, other than to fingers, thumbs and toes • amputations • any injury likely to lead to permanent loss of sight or reduction in sight • any crush injury to the head or torso causing damage to the brain or internal organs • serious burns (including scalding) which: covers more than 10% of the body • causes significant damage to the eyes, respiratory system or other vital organs • any scalping requiring hospital treatment • any loss of consciousness caused by head injury or asphyxia • any other injury arising from working in an enclosed space which: leads to hypothermia or heat-induced illness • requires resuscitation or admittance to hospital for more than 24 hours
Over-seven-day incapacitation of a worker This seven day period does not include the day of the accident, but does include weekends and rest days. The report must be made within 15 days of the accident Non fatal accidents to non-workers (eg members of the public ) Accidents to members of the public or others who are not at work must be reported if they result in an injury and the person is taken directly from the scene of the accident to hospital for treatment to that injury. Examinations and diagnostic tests do not constitute ‘treatment’ in such circumstances. There is no need to report incidents where people are taken to hospital purely as a precaution when no injury is apparent.
Occupational diseases Employers and self-employed people must report diagnoses of certain occupational diseases, where these are likely to have been caused or made worse by their work: These diseases include (regulations 8 and 9): carpal tunnel syndrome; severe cramp of the hand or forearm; occupational dermatitis; hand-arm vibration syndrome; occupational asthma; tendonitis or tenosynovitis of the hand or forearm; any occupational cancer; any disease attributed to an occupational exposure to a biological agent.
Dangerous Occurrences DaDangerous ngerous occurrences Dangerous occurrences are certain, specified near-miss events. Not all such events require reporting. There are 27 categories of dangerous occurrences that are relevant to most workplaces, for example: the collapse, overturning or failure of load-bearing parts of lifts and lifting equipment; plant or equipment coming into contact with overhead power lines; the accidental release of any substance which could cause injury to any person
Gas Incidents Distributors, fillers, importers & suppliers of flammable gas must report incidents where someone has died, lost consciousness, or been taken to hospital for treatment to an injury arising in connection with that gas Accident reporting Process All incidents can be reported online but a telephone service is also provided for reporting fatal and specified injuries only - call the Incident Contact Centre on 0345 300 9923 (opening hours Monday to Friday 8.30 am to 5 pm).
Primary Authority Partnerships • Primary Authority enables businesses to form a statutory partnership with a single local authority, which then provides robust and reliable advice for other councils to take into account when carrying out inspections or dealing with non-compliance. • Co-ordinated Partnerships disseminate assured advice to a group of businesses.
London Healthy Workplace Charter self-assessment framework that recognises and rewards employers for investing in workplace health and wellbeing. It provides a series of standards for workplaces to meet in order to guide them to creating a health-enhancing workplace 86 organisations accredited 264 organisations signed up 195,000 employees benefiting The London Healthy Workplace Charter supports you to get the best out of your workforce, stand out as an exemplary employer, show commitment to your staff, access local support and advice and provides opportunities to learn from others. https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/health/priority- areas/healthy-workplace-charter
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