Hi all

does anybody have a template/form that I could use for risk assessing disabled visitors to the workplace

many thanks

Dave

Am I looking at this the wrong way? Are you saying you need to undertake a risk assessment for each disabled person who visits your premises or are you looking for a risk assessment process to prepare for any disabled persons who may visit your premises? There is a very big difference, you should in my view undertake a risk assessment on the premises and look at how those premises can effect your disabled visitors and identfy what you need to have in place to prevent those risks. Forgive me if I am reading this the wrong way but why risk assess every visitor as I'm afraid this could be very patronising.

Yes I understand that, but to do a risk assessment for every disabled visitor or employee is going well over the top. There needs to be individual PEEPs for each visitor or employee designed to meet thier specific requirements and problems, but not a risk assessment. The risk assessment done for the work[place should take into account all types of risk and disabilities that affect that level of risk. Disabled people take the over use of the term disbaled very much to heart, they want to be treated as normal but do understand that some variation needs to be catered for that is the purpose of PEEPs.

Chris, I think you make be partialy right but there is a risk in your approach, the PEEP is the personal bit. Each PEEP should be compiled for the individual concerned as many are able to manage the evacuatuion process themselves in different wats. To simply have general evacuation plans may not fit so won't meet the legal requirement. Have general templates but they must be adapted to fit the person concerned. The question of this posting topic was not directly to do with the need for PEEPs, but asked for a template for risk assessing disabled people, nasty things disabled people and should be avaoided at all costs. What the original poster meant I'm sure is is there a specific risk assessment process for assessing the risks that can affect disbled people and my view is the 'ordinary risk assessment' should be done and include the risks the process can have on disabled people, not a specific one for anyone with a disability. Your don't need to do one for a deaf person and then one for a blind person and another for a mobility impaired person etc.

What does PEEP mean?

Rich

Rich a PEEP is a Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan.

Rich a PEEP is a Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan.

Jane - Bob is correct.

In the HM Government book fire safrty risk assessment residential care premises peeps personal emergency evacuation plans and yes this job is never dull

Ron you are probable right about Dave enjoying the debate but it is not helped by the negative comments like yours.

Why doesn't it work in public buildings? Surely anyone receiving a visitor should be taking on some responsibility for them? If it doesn't work then something positive needs to be actioned to make it work - or come up with another solution.

(If you are not part of the solution you are part of the problem).

Your further negative comments about "showing" and "explaining" just show that you do not wish to be very helpful.

Its Dave

peaking out from the parapet!

Wow! What have I done

cheers all for a really interesting debate...But was just looking for a proforma to at least start me off an aide de memoir.

The assessment I had in mind was geared towards a visitors workplace experience, behind the scenes type of thing.

Thanks all

Dave