1.VISITING CLIENTS PREMISES

HAZARDS

PRECAUTIONS /PROCEDURES

Clients:

Work activities/processes

Location

Fill in the visitors book at reception

Comply with the clients procedures/rules for contractors:

Site induction

Access and egress requirements

Fire and evacuation

Personal protective equipment

Prohibited areas

2.PORTABLE APPLIANCE TESTING

HAZARDS

PRECAUTIONS /PROCEDURES

Contact with livecables/surfaces

Electrocution

Electric shock

Burns

Fire

Property damag

Equipment damage

All electrical work must be carried out by a trained and competent person.

Follow written electrical test procedures.

Use correct testing quipment.

Isolate and disconnect from mains.

3. LIGHTING

HAZARD

PRECAUTIONS/PROCEDURES

Low levels of lighting

Slips, trips and falls (resulting in serious injury)

No work is to be carried out without adequate lighting:

Ensure that the lighting levels are adequate to enable the inspection and test to be carried out safely.

Where necessary obtain and use110v portable task lighting.

Exposure to toxic, harmful, irritant or corrosive ubstances causing acute and/or chronic ill health

Fire and/explosion

Comply with the clients procedures/rules

for contractors

Adhere to information, mandatory and/or

warning signs

Keep out of all hazardous areas

5. CONFINEDSPACE/AREA

HAZARDS

PRECAUTIONS/PROCEDURES

Excess and/or lack of oxygen

Toxic gases/vapours

Fire and/explosion

Engulfment

Slips trips and falls

Avoid entry wherever possible. Do not enter a confined space unless trained to do so and then:

Comply with the clients procedures /rules for contractors

Devise a safe system of work

Comply with permit-to-work procedures where applicable

Use intrinsically safe equipment when required   and available

Adhere to information, mandatory and/or warning signs

6. MANUAL HANDLING

HAZARDS

PRECAUTIONS/PROCEDURES

Muscular skeletal disorders

Strains/pulled muscles and ligaments

Backinjuries

Cuts and bruises

Avoid, assess, reduce

Avoid, use mechanical means if at all possible

Assess,the weight, reduce into smaller packages/loads

Decide if one or two persons are required for the lift

Use kinetic handling techniques

Wear the correct personal protective equipment