CRITERIA: Confirm the operation of a health and safety management process

HOW: Review facility NOPs relating to health and safety

ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS:

• Documented process whereby hazards are identified and recorded, they are then either isolated, minimised or eliminated
• Documented process for recording and investigating employee accidents not causing serious harm and those causing serious harm.
• Documented process for recording customer accidents that require first aid
• Documented process for recording customer accidents causing serious harm
• Documented process for recording pool rescues
• A record is kept of all customer accidents requiring further medical attention
• That there is some documented or verbal evidence that the information gathered from the above reporting procedures is scrutinised and used to make changes (if necessary) designed to improve safety
• A record is kept of all near misses (rescues)
• This review process is carried out monthly

NOTE: This section is not designed to supersede any more thorough HEALTH AND SAFETY PROCESS a pool may have.  It is not designed to fulfil legislative or contractual obligations under the HSE Act or OSH.  It is a few fundamental pointers to assist the pool manager in providing a safe environment for employees and customers.

CRITERIA: Confirmation that staff understand and apply the pools health and safety policy.

HOW: Visual check and questioning to verify that staff understand health and safety policy.

ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS:

•·          A visual check of records and interview with the poolside staff to confirm that the specified recording and review processes do operate effectively (i.e. that staff know what to report and when to report it).