Short presentation on Health and

Safety Spot the Hazards in the Salon

Carry out your own mini Risk Assessment
Carry out your own mini inspection
within your designated workplace
Question and Answer Session
Evaluation and Close





-To ensure the Health, Safety and Welfare at
Work of employees

- Provide and maintain plant and safe systems
of work

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

- To provide information, instruction, training and
supervision







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

- To provide a health and safety policy

- Safety Committees and consultation with employees

- To take reasonable care of their own health and
safety and other persons who may be affected by
their actions at work

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

- Not to interfere with or misuse anything provided for
health, safety or welfare
Practice Local Laws/

Health and Safety
Policy



Risk
Assessment



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


Manual Handling

Dermatitis/Asthma

Slips, trips and falls

Fire/ Electricity

Use of Aerosols

Any other Hazards in your workplace
RISK factors

- Manual Handling
- Electricity
- Clippers/scissors/razors
- Travelling outside normal hours
- Dealing with money i.e. banking
- Chemicals Dermatitis and Asthma
Work-Related Illnesses


- Products can irritate or sensitise the skin
- Hairdressers more frequently in contact
- Hands often wet

Control
of
Substances
Hazardous to Health






1. Read the instructions on the label
2. Refer to manufacturers safety data sheet
3. List each chemical/product/substance
used and their hazards
4. Decide who could be at risk
5. Decide on the degree of risk involved
- 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)



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 of
chemicals change

Reporting of Injuries,
Diseases and Dangerous
Occurrences
Manual Handling
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, arms
and feet


How can these injuries be prevented?


Think about

Task - awkward movements, long
distance carrying, repetitive
movements
Individual - physical capability, training and
footwear etc
Load - heavy, hard to grasp, awkward
Environment - obstructions, lighting, steps

Safe Lifting Technique



Workplace
Health and Safety










Temperature

Lighting

Ventilation



Waste

Walls/Floors/Ceiling

Surfaces/Furnishings

Toilets and washing
facilities

Drinking Water

Smoking

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

Examples include:
- disinfectants
- Cabinets
- Hot wash cycles for fabrics




Electricity
at
Work









Dangers of Electricity:

- Electrocution
- Burns
- Fires/Structural damage
- Loss of business
- Death







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




Clearly marked

Plugs should be
removed

Manager/Owner
notified
immediately


First Aid at
Work



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
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/ 1
extra large)
1 pair of disposable gloves


NB: No tablets or
medicines




Provision
and Use of Work
Equipment




The Provision and Use of Work Equipment
Regulations

Suitable for use
Properly maintained
Staff trained
Apply to new and second hand
Personal Protective
Equipment
The Personal Protective Equipment at Work
Regulations
Employers are required to:
- Provide suitable PPE

Employees are required to:
- Wear the PPE provided

Gloves (beware of Latex allergies)

Skin Creams/barrier creams

Eye Protection (if mixing strong bleach
solutions)

Aprons (when mixing chemicals)