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Ken Slack  
#1 Posted : 15 January 2013 15:41:59(UTC)
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Ken Slack

Hi All, At one of my locations there is some equipment that employees have bought in from work (dumbells, weights etc.) The location manager has asked whether this is allowable under H&S, and does it need risk assessing. As this is not a work activity, I don't feel a risk assessment is appropriate. I don't want to turn around and be the 'elf n safety' bloke and just say no out of hand. I am thinking of turning this around on the location manager to ensure that the activity does not impact any other employee's (storage, noise, disruption etc)..... Does anyone have any other advice before I crack on? Cheers... K
james fleming  
#2 Posted : 15 January 2013 16:08:54(UTC)
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james fleming

I would say before you go down the route of ‘elf n safety, why not look at it from a common sense point of view. People are bringing into work stuff from their own homes to use. Now, out with the common sense approach likes bags, lunch, papers and the like; bringing weights or other gym equipment into work, frankly isn’t the done thing. Well, not where I work. People are there to work. It’s not a social event. It’s not Golds Gym. I would go back to your location manager and tell him to manage the area and people properly and get rid of the stuff back to where it came from. The next thing will be a sun bed.
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