Are you a computer store manager?
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 computer stores.
→ A professional risk assessment for sales and repair.
→ Risk prevention proposals for sales and repair.
→ The 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 34 occupational risk situations classified into 9 work units:
Computer repair / Assembly / Upgrade
Receiving deliveries
Store traffic
Customer contact
Collection
Store cleaning
Road travel
Working environment
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 working on a computer screen for long periods: When repairing a computer with software problems, or installing software on a customer's new computer, computer repairers have to work on a screen for long periods. In fact, only the assembly of PC components "à la carte", and the upgrading of PC components are carried out without using a screen. The risks associated with working on a computer depend on a number of factors: the distance between the user and the screen, the brightness of the screen and the brightness of the work area, the type of screen used (LCD, OLED, cathode-ray, etc.). If you don't take a break to rest your eyes during the working day, staring into the distance increases the risk of visual fatigue, discomfort and loss of concentration. The main possible risks associated with prolonged computer screen use in the short term are fatigue, irritability, headaches, blurred vision, eyestrain and dry eyes. The use of close-up vision when working on a computer could potentially favour certain vision disorders, but this has not yet been demonstrated.
 
The danger of sharp metal parts: When assembling new PCs (e.g. PCs for gamers or video editing), dismantling broken-down computers to change parts (e.g. end-of-life platter hard drives) or just to upgrade performance (e.g. RAM memory additions), computer repairers can injure themselves when dismantling or reassembling equipment. These injuries are linked to the presence of parts with protruding or sharp edges. It's impossible to draw up an exhaustive list of all the components on which repairers are likely to injure themselves. Generally speaking, however, the risks are present when working in a confined space and accidentally rubbing hands or forearms against metal components (e.g. certain computer towers). Failure to wear gloves and long sleeves increases the risk of injury to hands and forearms. In most cases, contact with materials with sharp edges results in superficial cuts (affecting only the skin, or causing small haematomas). In much rarer cases, it can also cause deep cuts that can damage a vein, aorta, nerve, muscle or tendon. In most cases, these cuts are accompanied by small haemorrhages (bleeding).
 
The danger of manual handling when stocking the store: Stocking the computer store means that employees have to do a lot of manual handling. This is because the various items on display have to be set up one by one in the store, by hand. Computer peripherals and components are sold individually, and often weigh relatively little. They therefore do not represent a major source of risk. For employees, the risks associated with manual handling are most likely to arise when handling heavy, bulky single products. Most often, these will be desktop computers (towers) or monitors. Several criteria contribute to the difficulty of handling: distance, difficulty in moving around the store (cluttered, slippery floors, etc.), and above all, the way in which the loads are carried (good/bad posture). [End of extract]
 
 
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 
_ "Retail shop risks and hazards" by AXA.
_ "Safety in electrical testing: Servicing and repair of audio, TV and computer equipment" by Health and Safety Executive.