Health and Safety is everybody's responsibility and we must all be continuously aware of our own safety and the safety of others in everything we do. The management of health, safety and welfare and the effective control of workplace hazards is an integral part of every manager’s job but everyone has a part to play in ensuring the health, safety and wellbeing of employees and the community.
Bath & North East Somerset has a good health and safety record. With continued best practice, sound health and safety management and cooperation we can maintain that good reputation. Information on the Bath & North East Somerset Council public website is available for all.
Information for Staff - Waste Services
There are a number of Health & Safety Risk assessments, Procedure & Process Maps, Safe Systems of Work and Safe Working Practices that are of more interest and relevance to staff than members of the public; these are available from this page so that all our waste staff can access this information more easily from external computers as well as at work. Members of the public can access this information here to.
Transfer Station Risk Assessments can to be seen through the following links;
- RA WD 01 - Recycling Centres
- RA WD 02 - Transfer Station
- RA WD 03 - Depot Safety
- RA WD 04 - Staff
- RA WD 05 - Driving
- RA WD 06 - Plant
- RA WD 07 - Containers
- RA WD 08 - Hazardous Waste
- RA WD 09 - Asbestos
- RA WD 10 - Bulky Waste
Safe Working with Bring Banks
- 360 Quick Hitch Operation 1
- 360 Quick Hitch Operation 2
- 360 Quick Hitch Operation 3
- SSOW WD01 - General Requirements - Waste Disposal
- SSOW WD02 - Transfer Station Operations
- SSOW WD02a - Routine Maintenance and Breakdown Procedures
- SSOW WD03 - HWRC Operations
- SSOW WD04 - Drivers
- SSOW WD05 - PPE
- SSOW WD06 - Household Hazardous Waste
- SSOW WD07 - Asbestos
- SSOW WD08 - Explosives
- SSOW WD09 - Neighbourhood Waste Loading
- SSOW WD10 - First Aid
- SSOW WD11 - Confrontational Situations
- SSOW WD12 - Electrical Equipment
- SSOW WD13 - LOLER
- SSOW WD14 - Greenary Loading
- SSOW WD15 - Container Inspection
- SSOW WD17 - Bulky Waste
- SSOW WD18 - Glass Deliveries
The following have been compiled for the Waste Services area and are specific to its operations and staff in Waste Collections and Waste Disposal & Recycling; and for office-based staff in Waste Strategy & Contracts.
Risk Assessments;
- Waste Collections
- Vehicle Washing
- Electrical Equipment
- Wheelie Bins
- Two Way Radio
- Reversing
- Induction
- Extremes of Weather
- Operations within the depots
- Lone working
- Flytipping
- Fire action points Midland Road depot
- Transwash - COSHH
Road Specific Risk Assessments;
- RC74 Bartlett Street
- RC75 Bailbrook Lane
- RC76 Bailbrook Lane, front
Office Risk Assessments;
- Depot Visits
- Events and Exhibitions
- Exhibition Vehicle
- Lone Working
- Changing Toner on Photocopier
- Waste Doctors
Procedures & Process Maps;
- P01 - Vehicle Hire Process
- P02 - Overload Process
- P04 - Traffic Management Plan
- P06 - Contracts Health and Safety Guidance
- P07 - Agency Staff PPE Issue
- P10 - Vehicle Defect Process
- P12 - Locker Agreement
- P13 - Vehicle Procurement Procedure
- P14 - Collections Monitoring Form
- P15 - Driver Checks and Assessments
- P17 - Appointed First Aiders
- P18 - Issue of PPE
- P19 - Occupational Road Risk Fleet Management System
- P20 - Pictorial Manual Handling SSOW
- P21 - Familiarity of Controls
- P22 - CCTV in Vehicles
- P22a - CCTV Code of Practice for Waste Ops Sites
- P23 - Minibus Scheme
- P24 - Midland Road Depot Site Rules
- P25 - RTC Response
- P26 - No Smoking Policy
- P29 - Wheel Torque
- P30 - Spilage Procedure Midland Road Depot
Safe Systems of Work and Safe Working Practices;
- SSOW 01 General Requirements - Waste Collection
- SSOW 02 Driving of Waste Collection Vehicles
- SSOW 03 Waste Collection
- SSOW 04 Personal Protective Equipment
- SSOW 05 Washing of Vehicles
- SSOW 06 Use of Two Way Radio System
- SSOW 07 Green Waste Bays
- SSOW 08 Refuelling Vehicles
- SSOW 10 Manual Handling
- SSOW 11 Dealing with Confrontational Situations
- SSOW 12 First Aid Arrangements
- SSOW 13 COSHH
- SSOW 14 Electrical Equipment
- SSOW 15 Avoidance of Needlestick Injuries
- SSOW 16 Air Compressor
- SSOW 17 Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment
- SSOW 18 Management of Contractors
- SSOW 19 Cardboard & Paper Baler
- SSOW 20 Collection of Evidence from Domestic Waste
Also, the Health & Safety responsibilities (Word document format) of the Managers and Supervisors for each work area are available for staff to access here:
- Waste Collections - Manager and Supervisor responsibilites
- Waste Disposal and Recycling - Manager and Site Manager responsibilities
- Waste Services – Senior Service Manager and Strategy and Contracts Manager
- Environmental Services - Divisional Director
Health, Safety and Wellbeing at Work - Staff Guidance and Information Pocketbooks
These pocketbooks (see links under Related Documents) are issued to staff in Waste Services to remind everyone about key points relating to Health and Safety and their own part in creating and maintaining safe working places and practices.