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Posted By Steve Collinson
Hi All
I have arranged a visit to an allotment which is ran by a community service within our organisation, to offer some H&S guidance.
Can anyone call on their experience to offer me some advice on what issues/areas I should be looking at? The users of the facility are individuals suffering from mental ill-health to varying degrees.
Thanks.
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Posted By Andrew Cartridge
Hi Steve
If it is like any I have looked at in the past, you want to keep an eye out for what the sheds are made of, corrugated asbestos is a favorite! & just what is in all of those old tins?
You will also need to look at access & egress, is it flat & level? is it secure & will there ever be any lone working.
Just a few to get you going
Regards
Andy
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Posted By C.J.
I know nothing about allotments but i imagine weil's disease would be risk in that type of environment.
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Posted By CW
Broken greenhouse windows, tools and other objects hidden in long grass/ weeds, water butts, uneven ground, slippery when wet under foot, evidence of drug users - sharps etc.
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Posted By Richard Altoft
some allotments have chickens, ducks, goats and bees etc with obvious bio implications. Also various manures can cause tetanus to be a risk from contact with soil. Natural hazards incl wasps nests and some people are very susceptible to even a single sting (My wife carries an epipen at all times).
Usual manual handling incl repetitive work such as digging, slips trips and falls. Power and hand tools and occasional vehicle. Rotavators.Arson and vandalism. Just heard of someone who set his greenhouse alight with a heater.
Good exercise though and tremendous fun for all -- keep up teh good work
R
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Posted By jervis
Steve if you want to e-mail me i can let you no some bits that may help as i work with a Mental Health NHS Trust.
joecollinson40@yahoo.co.uk
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Posted By Steve Collinson
Thanks to everyone who has replied. As usual the IOSH boards have come up trumps! There's some good stuff here to get me thinking.
Steve
P.S. Jervis, thanks for the offer, I'll send you an e-mail.
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Posted By Merv Newman
Beware of being offered strange plants "just for the pot"
Merv
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