Are you in charge of a nursery?
In search of a health and safety risk assessment tailored to your activity?
Do you need a pre-filled assessment to save you hours of work?
Want to be in compliance with safety regulations?
 
Our Health and Safety Risk Assessment is designed to meet your needs with:
→ A professional risk assessment totally specific to nurseries.
→ Risk prevention proposals dedicated to nurseries.
→ Integration of risks linked to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.
 
All this in an easily editable Excel format, allowing you to make personalized updates on your own.
 
FEATURES OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT 
 
This 5-page Excel file includes:
A Cover Page
A Company Information page
A presentation of the Risk Assessment Methodology used.
An occupational risks assessment tailored to your sector of activity.
A risk prevention schedule with all the different safety measures.

It contains 89 occupational risk situations classified into 6 work units:
Administrative services
Child care
Green space maintenance staff.
Maintenance staff (plumbing and electricity)
Cleaning staff
Work premises
 
☑ Complies with the employer's obligation to assess risks
(Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999)
☑ Adheres to the General Principles of Prevention
(Schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999)
☑ Takes into account good practice and pitfalls in risk assessment
(Report RR151 from the Health and Safety Executive)
 
EXCERPTS FROM THE HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT 
 
The danger of significant physical effort: Nursery staff in charge of children have to put in a lot of physical effort during their working day. Mainly when carrying children, caring for babies, moving objects such as cribs, carts, etc. Possible damage includes musculoskeletal disorders and periarticular affections: low back pain, intervertebral disc damage, ligament damage (tendonitis in the elbow and/or shoulder), sciatic nerve pain, chronic meniscus damage.
 
The danger of awkward postures: Nursery staff in charge of children frequently have to adopt awkward working postures, such as squatting or bending forward. This risk is present all day long, due to the size of the children and the size of the furniture and equipment available to them. Awkward postures contribute to the development of injuries caused by heavy physical effort: Musculoskeletal disorders and periarticular affections: lumbago, intervertebral disc injuries, ligament injuries (tendonitis in the elbow and/or shoulder), sciatic nerve pain, chronic meniscus injuries.
 
Noise hazard: Day nursery staff in charge of children can be subject to significant noise hazards due to children's cries and screams. The risk is present all day long. It is proportional to the number of children in the crèche. In the short term, it generates stress and fatigue. In the long term, exposure to noise leads to progressive occupational deafness, which most people are unaware of. This deafness is accompanied by numerous undesirable effects: tinnitus, whistling, buzzing, vertigo and migraines. The risks associated with noise are difficult to reduce at source, since most of them come from children. It also seems difficult to fit PPE against noise, as this creates a barrier between nursery staff and children. It is therefore preferable to seek to reduce noise pollution by technical means, such as acoustic treatment of rooms.
 
Postural hazards - prolonged standing: Day-care staff in charge of children spend most of their time in a standing position. This creates a risk of injury, which is reinforced by the fact that they are walking on the ground. The risk is present all year round among nursery staff. It increases in proportion to the time spent standing and the shorter the distance covered (trampling).
 
 
A GUARANTEE OF THE QUALITY OF OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT 
_ We're registered as Professional Risk Prevention Consultants.
_ Our team comprises graduate safety engineers.
_ Our documents are routinely checked by safety inspectors.
_ We frequently update our Occupational Risk Assessments.
 
RESOURCES 
_ "Health and Safety Guide for Nurseries" by CPD Online College.