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Has anyone introduced a policy as mandatory or as guidance on long hair being an entanglement hazard and how to control this hazard?
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Yes mandatory for our employees working on spinners, drills, lathes etc. Identiifed in the risk assessments, so tying back hair is the control - cant really aks them to cut it off!!!.
As an HSE inspector I investigated a couple of scalpings to both men and women and the effect was horrendous because where the scalp is torn away the hair will not regrow. Psycologically very tough for both sexes.
Now I am in industry I have remembered these cases and am very insistent. It is a requirement in our standard ops, induction sheet along with loose clothing and dangly jewellery and team leaders are very good. We have a lot of Asian ladies who have long hair and were intially a little reluctant to tie it up but 3 years or so , on, it is not an issue at all and just requires as all these things do - repeated communication and gentle persuasion!!!!!.
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I think that any work environment that presents any possibility of entanglement/drawing-in should have a policy and enforced procedure for covering or tying back hair. I have thankfully never witnessed a scalping but I have a vivid imagination.
I'm pretty sure a quick internet search will reveal some horrific photos if persuasion is needed.
I also think that a tie has no place on a factory floor and dangly jewellery should be left in the locker-room.
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Have you stipulated how the hair should be tied back? ie above shoulder length as a "Pony" tail can still provde to be an issue?
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We haven't - it is a good point but common sense seems to have prevailed in all these years.
The other issue is the scarves that come with saris - they have to either be removed totally or contained under overalls or tabbards. We liaised with the union and their ethnic representative at the Union HO to advise how best to deal with such matters as some have religous significance and we did not want at all to upset people.
I saw a lady nearly strangled in a callender in a laundry when her sari scarf got caught.
Diplomacy, firmness and fairness is how we have approached it and it does seem to have worked but agree with other postings - some things need to be left in the changing rooms.
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