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Short presentation on Health and

SafetySpot the Hazards in the Salon

Carry out your own mini Risk Assessment

Carry out your own mini inspectionwithin your designated workplace

Question and Answer Session

Evaluation and Close

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-To ensure the Health, Safety and Welfare atWork of employees

- Provide and maintain plant and safe systemsof work

- To ensure the safe use, handling, storage andtransport of articles and substances

- To provide information, instruction, training andsupervision

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- To provide a safe working environment andadequate facilities for welfare at work

- To provide a health and safety policy

- Safety Committees and consultation with employees

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- To take reasonable care of their own health andsafety and other persons who may be affected by

their actions at work

- To co-operate with the employer to enable him/herto comply with the law

- Not to interfere with or misuse anything provided forhealth, safety or welfare

Practice Local Laws/

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Health and Safety

Policy

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Risk

Assessment

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Management of Health and Safety at Work

1. Divide your work into manageable categories

2. Identify the Hazards

3. Evaluate the Risks

4. Prepare a plan for controlling the risks

5. Review and revise the assessment

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Manual Handling

Dermatitis/Asthma

Slips, trips and falls

Fire/ Electricity

Use of Aerosols

Any other Hazards in your workplace

RISK factors

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- Manual Handling

- Electricity- Clippers/scissors/razors

- Travelling outside normal hours

- Dealing with money i.e. banking- ChemicalsDermatitis and Asthma

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Work-Related Illnesses

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- Products can irritate or sensitise the skin

- Hairdressers more frequently in contact- Hands often wet

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1. Read the instructions on the label

2. Refer to manufacturers safety data sheet

3. List each chemical/product/substanceused and their hazards

4. Decide who could be at risk

5. Decide on the degree of risk involved

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- Trying to prevent exposure altogether

- Providing local exhaust ventilation

- Using products at recommended concentration

- Clearing up spillages/splashes immediately

- Storing chemicals safely

- Using PPE (as a last resort)

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7. Discuss your findings with your staff and ensure

they are trained accordingly (Safety Rules)

8. Review your assessment i.e. if any new

chemicals are introduced or if ingredients ofchemicals change

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Manual Handling

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The Manual Handling Operation Regulations

What is it?

- Lifting / pushing- Pulling / carrying- Reaching, stooping and twisting

How can it affect me?

- Injuries to the back, shoulders, neck, hands, armsand feet

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How can these injuries be prevented?

Think about

Task - awkward movements, longdistance carrying, repetitive

movementsIndividual - physical capability, training and

footwear etcLoad - heavy, hard to grasp, awkward

Environment - obstructions, lighting, steps

Safe Lifting Technique

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Workplace

Health and Safety

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Temperature

Lighting

Ventilation

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Waste

Walls/Floors/Ceiling

Surfaces/Furnishings

Toilets and washingfacilities

Drinking Water

Smoking

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Ensure that all items/equipment areadequately cleaned before they are sterilised

Examples include:

- disinfectants

- Cabinets

- Hot wash cycles for fabrics

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Electricity

at

Work

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Dangers of Electricity:

- Electrocution

- Burns

- Fires/Structural damage

- Loss of business

- Death

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Electricity at Work Regulations

- Maintenance by a competent person:

- Regular in-house visual inspections by a competent member

of staff should include:

- Damaged plugs

- Coloured wires showing

- Cable frayed

- Signs of overheating

- Damage to equipment

Records of testing/inspections should be kept

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Clearly marked

Plugs should be

removed

Manager/Ownernotified

immediately

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Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations

Appointed person:

- Take control of first aid arrangements

- Be on site at all times

- Do not have to be a trained First Aider

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Guidance leaflet 20 Individually wrapped

sterile plasters 1 sterile eye pad 1 triangular bandage

6 safety pins Sterile dressings of various

sizes (1 medium/1large/ 1extra large)

1 pair of disposable gloves

NB:No tablets ormedicines

P i i

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Provision

and Use of Work

Equipment

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The Provision and Use of Work Equipment

Regulations

Suitable for use Properly maintained

Staff trained

Apply to new and second hand

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Personal Protective

Equipment

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The Personal Protective Equipment at WorkRegulations

Employers are required to:

- Provide suitable PPE

Employees are required to:

- Wear the PPE provided

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