General Workplace Safety
Health and safety should be managed where ever
you are, whatever you are doing and whenever you are doing it.
General Workplace information covers topics which may affect you
while you carry out your day to day job regardless of whether you
are making a radio programme, sweeping the car park or managing a
department.
The broad range of general topics included in
this section can all be managed in the same way:
- Look for the hazards.
- Decide who might be harmed.
- Decide what to do in order to keep people safe.
- Record your findings.
- Implement your decisions.
Key Points
- Where ever you are, whatever you are doing, evaluate the risk.
- Ensure that team members are appropriately trained and experienced when operating in a cold environment.
- Wear the correct clothes for cold weather.
- If you have any concerns about the quality of drinking water, inform facilities management.
- Corridors, walkways, stairs and doorways around a workplace must be clean and clear of obstructions.
- Managers must ensure suitable staff are identified and nominated to train as First Aiders as required.
- Don't use mobile phones where they may interfere with other equipment, e.g., hospitals, aeroplanes, petrol stations, quarries and where explosive gases may be present.
- Rest areas should provide sufficient chairs, and if the facility is used for eating, tables should be provided.
- Smoking is not permitted anywhere in BBC buildings with the exception of a small number of controlled designated smoking areas.
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