Hygiene Facilities (washing and toilet)

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Hygiene Facilities(washing and toilet)

• Must be
• adequate for needs of users
• clean, tidy, functional and efficient
• properly maintained
• Whose responsibility?
• employer adequate provision
• employee correct use

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Hygiene Facilities(washing and toilet)

• Shared facilities
• (between contractors)
• division of responsibilities and conditions of
  use agreed by all parties
• safe systems and procedures apply

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Hand hygiene

• Protect against
• dermatitis
• eczema
• cement burns
• Use of gloves
• protection from substance in use
• clean (soiled gloves harbour contaminants)

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Hand hygiene

• Barrier creams, special agents
• protection from substance in use
• Note COSHH Regulations
• use PPE only as a last resort

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Hand hygiene

• Do NOT clean hands with
• petrol
• white spirit
• thinners
• solvents
• scouring powder
• diesel oil

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Hand hygiene

• Do NOT clean hands with
• CTC (Carbon tetrachloride)
• Turps (Turpentine)
• Perk (Perchloroethane)
• Trike (Trichloroethane or Trichloroethylene)

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Hand hygiene and food

• Handling food with dirty hands
• Food for others
• unsafe practice
• illegal practice

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Hand hygiene and food

• Food for self
• unsafe practice
• no legal redress
• How well do you wash your hands?

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Wet cement

• Cement burns
• are painful
• are ugly
• may need plastic surgery
• may have required amputation
• are unnecessary

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Wet cement

• Cement burns are preventable if you are wearing
• wellington boots
• suitable gloves
• suitable outer clothing
• If cement gets on your skin, wash it off at once.

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Oils

• Contact with many oils, especially used oils, can
  cause skin damage.
• Some examples are
• mould release oil
• diesel oil
• hydraulic oils
• engine oils

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Oils

• Avoid contact with
• oil
• oily clothing
• oily rags
• Possible effects of contact are
• dermatitis
• inability to continue in job
• loss of earning ability
• skin cancer

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The canteen

• Any room in which a person engages in the
  handling of food
• large canteen
• small room
• site caravan

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The canteen

• May be a shared facility
• Provider has a duty
• to ensure hygiene standards
• to provide and enforce safety rules
• Local Authority inspectors have powers of
• inspection
• enforcement
• service of notices

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Food Safety ActCanteens, etc.

• Employers must do what is reasonably practicable
  to ensure
• provision of hygiene training
• cleanliness of food rooms and equipment
• adequate lighting, ventilation and drainage
• washing facilities, first-aid kits, toilet
  facilities
• provision for disposal of waste
• prohibit smoking in food rooms

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Food Safety ActCanteens, etc.

• Small site huts are exempt if employees only
  consume own food and drink, but general
  provisions of HASAWA still apply

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Handling food10 golden rules

• 1 WASH HANDS before handling food
• 2 REPORT skin, nose, throat, stomach trouble
• 3 COVER cuts and sores. Use waterproof dressings
• 4 KEEP clean and wear clean clothing
• 5 NO SMOKING where food is handled. Do not cough
  or sneeze over food

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Handling food10 golden rules

• 6 CLEAN all equipment and surfaces as you go
• 7 PREPARE raw and cooked food in separate areas
• 8 HANDS OFF food as far as is possible
• 9 DISPOSE of waste food properly
• 10 DO NOT BREAK THE LAW. Tell your supervisor if
  you cannot follow the rules.

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Food handlers

• All food handlers should receive training on food
  hygiene, including the 10 golden rules
• Crockery and cutlery
• should be kept clean
• if cracked or broken dispose
• No tools or materials to be stored where food is
  handled or consumed
• Dirty clothing and footwear should be left
  outside

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Leptospirosis(Weils disease)

• Can be lethal
• Is found in urine of infected rats, other small
  animals and cattle
• Enters the body through
• cuts
• wounds
• sores
• food
• Can be controlled by
• good housekeeping
• personal hygiene

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First-aid facilities

• First-aid boxes
• where are they kept?
• who is in charge of them?
• What are the first-aid and emergency procedures?

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First-aid facilities

• Reporting accidents
• report all accidents
• accident book
• RIDDOR
• a) injuries
• b) occurrences
• c) diseases