4th October 2006, 01:45 AM
I have had to deal with this on a number of occassions. I suggest but accept no liability for the advice ....
1. Refer to organisation's safety officer straight away.
2. Do not work on said land until the matter has been dealt with.
3. In particular to not have contact with the ground ie kneeling etc unless it clear and obvious that no needles are present.
For the safety officer.
1. Refer to employer - the site has to be totally secured
2. The council will do a sweep of the site removing needles
In general do not assume that if a sweep has been done that the place will be needle free.
If you are doing building recording:
Proceed with caution but only in good light provided that you are wearing strong leather etc shoes.
Another hazard is that the needle users may be present.....
This should all be covered in the risk assessment and in fact is easy to deal with at least in theory.
This is the type of information we should share as an industry.
Dr Peter
1. Refer to organisation's safety officer straight away.
2. Do not work on said land until the matter has been dealt with.
3. In particular to not have contact with the ground ie kneeling etc unless it clear and obvious that no needles are present.
For the safety officer.
1. Refer to employer - the site has to be totally secured
2. The council will do a sweep of the site removing needles
In general do not assume that if a sweep has been done that the place will be needle free.
If you are doing building recording:
Proceed with caution but only in good light provided that you are wearing strong leather etc shoes.
Another hazard is that the needle users may be present.....
This should all be covered in the risk assessment and in fact is easy to deal with at least in theory.
This is the type of information we should share as an industry.
Dr Peter