Team talk:Safety

Bikeshedding about the safety team here

• Naming: "Safety Team" - NOT "Health & Safety Team" or "H&S Nazis"
• Motto: "Safety 0th" (play on Rule Zero)
• Purpose: -
  • education
  • being observant
  • assessing and mitigating risks

After the meeting on the 27th February 2013 I have conducted research on the HSE website. It's obscure what we have to do legally because we have no employees. Guidance is being sort for volunteer industries but for now we present risks for our members and visitors and so this doesn't remove responsibility. I found these

and would like to list the following links with advise for related activities:

• Health & Safety in the Woodworking Industry
• Textiles Industry
• Engineering Industry

Things that I will do immediately (or nearly so)

• 1. Get permission to order lone worker dongles and telephone point plus signage
• 2. put up high visibility signs HOW TO CALL AN AMBULANCE TO HERE
• 3. Find out about plus order "H&S for Voluntary Organisations"
• 4. Order H&S at Work Act poster
• 5. Promote correct behaviour and use of PPE i.e. challenge those who don't use it. Have it widely available and dispel the myth of "getting it on the cheap".

--Dominic (talk) 18:19, 27 February 2013 (EST)