After determining the differences between a Hazard (things that can cause injury) and a Risk (the likelihood of the hazard causing the injury) and an overview of a Risk assessment, we wandered down the way to the Pottager Garden to do a real life analysis of the Pottager's new shed and it's rooftop herb garden.
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| The group assessing the Pottager Garden shed. |
The most obvious risk to anyone working on the rooftop garden is that of falling, but after a lot of group discussion quite a few other concerns come to light.
Others hazards we identified included: working at heights and the management of scaffolding (securing it safely, being correctly constructed, adequate training/confidence to work at heights), injury from objects falling off the roof onto someone (tools etc..), lifting of heavy materials up and down off the roof (mulch, compost, harvested material etc), twisting and being in an awkward positions maintaining the plants on the roof, the effect of wind in the elevated position (loss of balance, inhalation of spreading mulch, fertiliser etc)
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| Side view of the Pottager shed. |
I thought about also enclosing off the bottom of one side as it had a gap a small child/animal could fit under. Also to note is that the door can be secured shut so visitors don't enter and find themselves amongst tools or the current building scraps (it usually would but has swelled due to the recent rain since construction.)
We will be following up with our risk assessment of the Pottager shed next time and look at how to rate the hazards and risks we have identified.
Josie, has just completed the first version of a JSA for the shed, I will email out to everyone for review. Thanks EM.
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