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House keeping

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Cost of poor housekeeping

Splinters, cuts and eye injuries

Cuts to hands and fingers
Slip and trip accidents
Crush injuries
Wasted time
Fires
Serious injury or death
Poor quality work

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Benefits of good housekeeping

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Well organised workplace

Uncluttered work areas
Everything has a place
Less risk of accidents
More pleasant workplace
Less time wasted trying to find things

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Floors and access ways

Only keep frequently used
tools in the work area, store
other tools away
Use storage racks and
shelves
Keep floor clear around
benches and machinery
Keep doorways and exits
clear
Keep floors free of POL,
liquids and loose objects

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Tools

Never leave tools

Sitting on top of benches
Overhanging edges of bench
tops or rails
On top of vehicles or
machinery
Lying on the floor

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Materials storage

Store sheet materials in racks

Store round bar etc to prevent rolling
Store small items in trays
Avoid storing materials:
On top of shelf units
Underneath work benches
On window sills

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Flammable liquid containers

Store flammable liquids in metal,

flame proof cabinets,
Including paints, oils in plastic containers,
aerosol packs of paint and degreaser

Dont store flammable liquid

containers on benches, edge of
shelves or where they can be
punctured or heated

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Rubbish and waste hazards

Include
Metal Filings cuts and eye injuries
Food scraps and wrappers vermin
and disease
Oily rags fire
Sharp metal cuts to hands and fingers
Paper, cardboard, shavings - fire

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Waste and rubbish disposal

Clean bench tops and equipment

Metal waste into metal waste bins
Paper and cardboard into bin
Food scraps and wrappers into a bin with a lid
firmly on
Oily rags and waste disposed of separately
Clean up as you go

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Slips and Trips

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The Cost

A third of ALL major injuries reported result from a slip or fall.

They are the single BIGGEST cause of injuries at work
The COST to Employers is estimated at over US$1Bn per
year
Actions brought as a result can be damaging to the business
with Insurance only covering a small proportion of the total
cost
Effective Solutions are often simple, cheap and lead to other
benefits.

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The Dangers - Possible Causes

Problems:
Everyone should be on the Common lookout for :
Poor Flooring
Unsuitable footwear
Slippery surfaces
Obstructions in walkways
Inappropriate lighting or restricted vision
Unnecessary haste.
Bad housekeeping (cleanliness)
Look out for hazards all around you
Deal with the hazards in an appropriate manner

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Poor Flooring:

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Whether you work in an office, factory or the Shop

floor, a major cause of slips and trips is poor flooring.
Look out for the following
Loose floorboards
Cracked floor surfaces or damaged / missing tiles etc.
Old linoleum and carpets, in poor condition
Loose and worn out mats
Accidental spills onto a good floor surface
Report any problems to an appropriate person

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Footwear:

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Where the Risk Assessment identifies the risk, an

employer may be required to provide staff with
Protective Equipment. This could include footwear.
Where this is NOT the case, avoid wearing footwear
which increases your risk of slipping / tripping
Open toed sandals
excessive high heeled shoes
smooth soled shoes

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Tripping Hazards
Objects dropped or placed in the gangway
often go unnoticed and may cause a fall.
Implement effective cable management
systems
Keep passages clear
Do not obstruct high risk places, i.e. stair
landings, outside office doors, changes in
floor level, changes in direction etc.

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Undue Care:
rushing to get something done
forgetting to take due care
not paying attention
Stairs
Stair treads that are slippery, worn or
broken
Inadequate lighting
Missing / damaged fixtures
Obstruction of vision when ascending or
descending

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Prevention and Health & Safety Management

A good Health & Safety management system
will:
help in identifying problem areas,
help in deciding what to do,
impact on the actions taken
monitor the effectiveness of those decisions

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A good management system will

involve 4 stages

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PLANNING
ORGANISATION
CONTROL
MONITORING & REVIEWING

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PLANNING
Identify Key Areas of Risk
Set Goals for Improvement
Carefully select Equipment and
work practices which Prevent or
Contain Slip or Trip hazards

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ORGANISATION
Staff need to be Involved and
Committed to reducing risks
Give people responsibilities to
ensure that areas are kept safe
Maintain a Record of who is
responsible for which arrangements
Make these details Clear to
everyone

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CONTROL
Check to ensure that practices are being carried out
correctly
Ensure a mechanism is in place by which problems
can be reported to the appropriate person
Keep records of cleaning and maintenance work etc.
Encourage good health and safety.

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MONITOR & REVIEW

Re-examine your approach in the light of experience
Examine Accident Investigation / Inspection Reports
Ask yourself, can improvements be measured
Talk to Safety Reps. / Staff about Slips, Trips & Falls

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