25th November 2009, 02:28 PM
I did a risk assessemnt and an H&S policy - the risk assessment should be a stand alone document, it should lead to a policy - for the society in which I was active a few years ago, and also for the semi-commercial fieldschool I was involved in. It doesn't take long. I don't know if the society still uses the docs but the fieldschool held an induction for ecery intake of vols/students/customers.
Having said that, it is not clear how many accidents or injuries actually do occur on non-pro excavations, and as was alluded ot above, it's just as important not to let it all get out of hand as it is to do it at all, otherwise people switch off and dismiss it as elfin safety gone mad. Balance and common sense!
Having said that, it is not clear how many accidents or injuries actually do occur on non-pro excavations, and as was alluded ot above, it's just as important not to let it all get out of hand as it is to do it at all, otherwise people switch off and dismiss it as elfin safety gone mad. Balance and common sense!