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All,
We have a new building which will be occupied next month and I am in the throes of preparing all the procedures, polices, risk assessments etc.
There is going to be a proposed gym put into the building. It's not there yet, but will not be far behind. I am going to prepare risk assessment and the like but I have a few questions I'm sure you good folks will be able to help with.
1. If the provider of the gym equipment (trained person), trained one of our people to induct new people to the gym, will this cover us legally?
2. We want to make sure that if people use the gym, they are healthy enough to use said equipment. Now I know we can't ask them directly if they have any specific conditions etc that may be affected by the equipment, but can we some sort of health questionnaire which they sign which will cover our duty of care, and theirs? If so, anyone know of any out there I could use?
3. We will need to put a maintenance plan in place to cater for the equipment and probably some general safety rules. Has anyone had to set this up and have any advice on what we should be putting in there for people to read and look at?
Any help gratefully received as I've not tackled an on site gym before and really want to make sure we cover everything we need to.
Angela
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Many commercial gyms use a PAR-Q form (physical activity readiness questionnaire).
Alternatively, the Health Commitment Statement has been gaining some ground and is supported by UKActive.
To be perfectly honest, the PARQ is little more than a compliance document to ease insurers minds - at least true for a commercial setting. No user honestly completes them if they know that 'negative' answer results in barred entry to the gym before they get a doctors note.
A number of (most?) commercial gyms also don't insist upon induction. Most of the newer commercial equipment is relatively straightforward and user friendly - particularly if sufficient instruction is provided at point of use. They do, generally, have supervision within the gym though - PT's etc. on gym floor.
That doesn't mean that induction is bad thing - it can only improve your legal standing and potentially help reduce misuse but I would still suggest that most gym equipment misuse comes from purposeful decisions rather than from accidental ones!
Maintenance - look to the manufacturer. They'll likely offer a contracted service in the first instance which is arguably the simplest way but don't underestimate how that can supplemented through simple visual inspection by a trained person on site.
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