HEALTH

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HEALTH SAFETY

• Alan Kaye
• District 1070 Health Safety Officer

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The Health Safety at Work Act 1974 Section 7

• Requires ALL Members
• To take reasonable care of themselves and others
  who may be affected
• To comply with any duty imposed on them by law

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The Management of Health Safety at Work
Regulations 1999

• Regulation 3 requires
• Assessment of all significant risks to health and
  safety
• The assessment to be suitable sufficient.
• Recording of significant findings
• Initiation of appropriate actions
• Review of assessment after each event

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Health Safety ExecutiveApplication of Health
Safety standards to voluntary workers

• In general, the same health and safety standards
  should be applied to voluntary workers as they
  would to employees exposed to the same risks.HSE
  considers it good practice for a volunteer user
  to provide the same level of health and safety
  protection as they would in an employer/employee
  relationship, irrespective of whether there are
  strict legal duties.
• HSG1923 (Charity and Voluntary Workers)

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Key Points of Risk Assessment

• MUST
• Cover all aspects of the activity
• Have the commitment of all levels of Rotary
• Actively involve members
• MUST NOT
• Lose sight of significant risks in the process of
  dealing with the trivial
• Become a barrier to doing business

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Benefits? Compliance with Health Safety
Legislation Removal or reduction of hazards or
risks Promoting safe working practices Contributin
g to operational effectiveness
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• Outcomes?
• Investment in people
• Improved image
• Improved confidence
• Improved reputation
• Protection of RIBI Members

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What is a Hazard?

• Anything with the potential to cause harm

What is Risk?

• The likelihood a hazard will cause harm (also
  reflects the severity)

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What is Risk Assessment?

• A careful examination of your activities
• Have you taken enough precautions?
• Could you do more to prevent harm from happening?
• Have you taken care to ensure risks are minimised?

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Five Steps to Risk Assessment

• Look out for hazards
• Decide who may be harmed and how
• Evaluate the risks
• Record your findings
• Review your assessment - revise for future events
  if necessary

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1. Look out for the hazards

• Ignore trivial, concentrate on significant
  hazards that could cause serious harm
• Ask other club members they could spot what
  you have overlooked
• Look afresh at what could cause harm

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2. Decide who may be harmed

• Consider
• People attending your event could they be
  harmed by your activities?
• Young, elderly, expectant mothers
• Visitors, contractors, maintenance staff etc.

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3. Evaluate the risks

• How likely is it the hazard will cause harm?
• Is the risk high, medium or low?
• Can you remove the risk?
• If not, can you do anything to reduce it?
• Is there a less risky alternative?
• Can you prevent access to the risk?
• Do you need to provide first aid?

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4. Record your findings

• Write down your findings record any hazards
  identified and your conclusions
• You must show that a proper check was made and
  you considered who may be affected
• You must show you dealt with significant hazards
  and made every effort to reduce risks

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4. Record your findings

• The written Risk Assessment Form must be kept for
  future reference hand a copy to the Club HS
  Officer for filing
• It helps show you have done what the law requires
• It shows what precautions you have taken
  essential if you are asked by a HS Inspector or
  become involved in any civil liability action

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5. Review your assessment

• Amend for future events if additional hazards
  were discovered at the time or if there is any
  change to plans that could introduce a new hazard
• Check your precautions were undertaken and worked
  properly

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Health Safety Policy Statement

• Provide adequate control of HS risks
• Consult with all members
• Issue all new members with documents
• Give adequate guidance for risk assessment
• Maintain safe working conditions
• Ensure safety of plant and substances
• Review and revise annually (at AGM)

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Health Safety Responsibilities

• Club Council Overall responsibility for
  implementation of General HS Policy
• Health Safety Officer Day to day responsibility
  for HS Practice
• Committee Chairman/Event Organisers Maintenance
  of standards
• All members must take reasonable care of
  themselves and those around them

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Risk Assessments

• Event Organisers undertake assessment
• Committee Chairman supervises
• Health Safety Officer approves action
• Committee Chairmen responsibility that actions
  are taken to reduce risks
• Health Safety Officer files and collates
• Club Council review assessments periodically

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S atisfy the requirements A ccept responsibility
that means everyone! F ill in the forms E njoy
your activities (top of agenda !) T ake care of
yourself and others Y ou can make it work it
need not spoil what you want to do
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Useful Information

• District Councils have specialised HS advisors
  and should
• be your first port of call if you want advice
• If they cannot help try HSE Information Line 0845
  3450055
• (answers any questions confidential manned by
  civilians)
• Web Site www.hse.gov.uk
• Good Practice Safety Guide (72 pages)
• Issued by Home Office guidance for voluntary
  organisations
• Copies can be downloaded (free) at
• www.rotary1070.org or
• www.http.police.homeoffice.gov.uk

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