Personal Essay: Health And Safety At Work

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Health and Safety at Work

We all have duties under the health and safety at work etc 1974 and we are all informed of our personal responsibilities. We must take due care for the health and safety of ourselves and to ensure that we do not endanger other persons by our acts or omissions. We are also informed that we must co-operate with the company in order that it can comply with the legal requirements.

· We must always follow the safety rules and follow the health and safety policy.

· Only perform work which are qualified to under take.

· Always store materials, equipment and tools in safe manner.

· Never block emergency escape routes. (fire exits)

· Always practise safe working procedures, …show more content…

All injury records will be kept o file for a minium of three years.

Food and safety / hygiene - does not occur to me.

Cosh / chemicals - does not occur to me.

All the first aid kits are kept all around the gym. The kitchen, administrator and the general manager have first aid kits on the first floor, then we have another one in the gym, they are all fully stocked. They are not stocked with anything that the first aid officer has not been trained to use therefore it will not contain any medication such as creams, lotions and drugs, again the first aid officers are Kate Collins, Steph Hallett, Cerys John, and Ruth Tucker. There is always a first aid officer on duty.

If medical treatment is required and if I was on shift my role would be to diall 999 and ask the emergency service to send an ambulance giving the address and nature of the injury. The nearest hospital is the:

Royal Gwent Hospital

Cardiff road

Newport

Gwent

NP20 2UB

Fire action

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