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work health and safety
waveydavey:
This should cover it:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg174.pdf
That is from the people who enforce it; show that document to your employers and you will probably have boots the same day.
MudLifeCrisis:
Im supplied with safety shoes and I sell caravans. The company say there is a risk so they provide them.
muddyoffroader:
have a look on this site. http://www.arco.co.uk/textsearch/General_Purpose_Safety_Wellingtons/?catid=-8268
safety wellies from 11.50.
Bush Tucker Man:
It's a slight 'hotch-potch' at our place too in the name of 'H&S' too, for example;
Two, 3, or ideally 4, staff to slide a patient into bed from a trolley.
Use a hoist (not always practical) to lift a patient off the floor, if they slip off an Ambulance crews wheelchair
Staff who have to walk around the grounds; Security, Porters, 'Works Yard engineering crew', really ought to have hi-viz jackets, as it can be as busy as a warehouse/transport yard situation, as we have;
Lost/distracted out-patients looking for parking
Relatives arriving hurriedly, & distracted by bad-news
Suppliers driving round in anything from a Transit Connect van, up to 24 ton trucks
Stopping traffic when the Air-Ambulance is landing.
Yet, all they seem to get black (or dark blue) jackets/fleeces :roll:
Etc, etc....
But..... come Friday/Saturday night, when you've got a drunken 6foot, 21year old rugby player who's intent on carrying on the fight that saw him brought to you.
Then it's; Carry on regardless, just try not to hurt his hands if he tries to punch you :doh:
Plus, it's not that long since a Nurse ended up with someones hands around her neck & him squeezing!
Thankfully, she had presence of mind to knee him in the 'nads :clap: :clap: :clap:
Don't see the 'H&S' management around at that point
Yes, we do have security staff, but only 2 at a time, they've also got all the ward patients to deal with, the grounds, & go out to check our clinics in local areas
Andy 300tdi:
An employee is entitled,under H&S legislation to view any risk assessments relevent to their work, these should detail what, if any PPE , is required for a particular task. If the risk assessment has identified the need for PPE then the employer is duly bound to provide that equipment free of charge.
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