H&S Flashcards
What are some of the emergency equipment that would be around a pool
Reach pole, torpedo buoy, pool alarm (test daily), poop scoop
What are the 3 types of pool classifications
Type 1- Pools where part of the main business is to sperate a swimming pool
Type 2 - the operation of a pool is not a main part of the business and secondary to it
Type 3 -Any other pool but not a domestic or hydrotherapy pool
Do life guards require qualifications
Yes - there is a range of awarding bodies for this
Are life guards to be left in one spot
No they are to be rotated with recent research saying that MAX 30mins per spot
How often should a staff patrol be done in a deep and low risk pool
deep - 5 -10mins
low - 30mins
What are some of the guidance documents for pools
HSG 176 - Health and safety in swimming pools
BS EN 15288 - Swimming pools for public use Part 1 - Safety requirements for design
BS EN 15288 - Swimming pools for public use Part 2 - Safety requirements for operation
PWTAG - Pool Water Treatment Advisory Group - Codes of Practise
Is there specific legislation for pools
No - But it is under health and safety legislation e.g. health and safety at work act 1974
What is a Risk
A risk is the likelihood that a hazard will actually cause its adverse effects, together with a measure of the effect. It is a two-part concept and you have to have both parts to make sense of it
The annual risk of a worker in Great Britain experiencing a fatal accident [effect] at work [hazard] is less than one in 100,000 [likelihood];
What is a Hazard
A hazard is something (eg an object, a property of a substance, a phenomenon or an activity) that can cause adverse effects. For example:
Water on a staircase is a hazard, because you could slip on it, fall and hurt yourself.
Loud noise is a hazard because it can cause hearing loss.
Breathing in asbestos dust is a hazard because it can cause cancer.
health and safety in care homes. What other hazards you would be looking for, who would you speak to on arrival?
Check HSE for guidance, manual handling, training of staff, lifting aids, loller reports, service, clinical waste, sharps, blood, ppe, COSHH, infection control, slip trips and falls, safe systems of work on baths, running a bath don’t run deep, legionella risk assessment, h&s policy’s, residents are non employees, kitchen,
Who else would you speak to in relation to accidents in a care home?
Care inspectorate (CI) (Scottish), check the status of last inspection form CI, HSE, HSE partnership officer, check to see if there is more nursing or residential as it changes who is the enforcing authorities, staff who run baths, manger, owner
In a care home, can you think of another risk involving water?
Legionella, crypto if there is a pool, hydro therapy, HSG274 – hot and cold water systems (Legionella), L8 code of practise
What temperatures are optimal for legionella growth?
20 to 60 degrees, body temperature
Can you talk through the process of transferring responsibility from local authority to the HSE?
Speck to office, liaison groups, HSE partnership office, looking at A to Z (main activity), email as well in writing,
Can you talk through the work-related death protocol, who is involved etc.
HSE website, mentions for Scotland, PF, Police, HSE/LA, and decision on who is lead is done by PF, PF receives if there is a death, speak to the PF to get an understanding, section 20 powers,
What is a category A defect. Can you name some other examples regarding forklift trucks?
LOLLER any lifting has to have a inspection, A danger to persons (Has to be reported), B other defects, C observations,
Which legislation covers scaffolding. Are there any guidance notes?
Working from height regs 2005, guidance of HSE, H&SAWA general duties
Explain the difference between ‘so far as is reasonably practicable’ and ‘so far as practicable’.
“so far as is reasonably practicable” - cost to benefit e.g. car breaks
“so far as practicable” (Needs checked)
