Do you run an industrial cleaning business?
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 cleaning companies.
→ A professional risk assessment specific to the cleaning profession.
→ Risk prevention proposals for cleaning professionals.
→ 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 27 occupational risk situations classified into 4 work units:
Maintenance / Cleaning worker
Road transport
Administrative / Secretarial
Working environment
 
☑ 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 
 
Danger due to skin contact with chemicals: Cleaners can be exposed to the cleaning products they use through skin contact. Most cleaning products are irritating and harmful to health (GHS07 pictogram: exclamation mark on the bottle). In addition to being irritating and harmful, some may also be toxic (GHS06 pictogram: skull and crossbones on the bottle), or even carcinogenic and/or mutagenic and/or reprotoxic (GHS08 pictogram: bust of a person on the bottle). Risks associated with skin contact with chemical products are mainly present during use, but also during packaging (e.g. dilution in water before use) and storage (e.g. in the event of dripping onto the can). Risks are present as soon as a product comes into contact with a person's skin. Failure to wear personal protective equipment (gloves) is therefore a factor which considerably increases exposure to risks. In the short term, possible damage resulting from cutaneous exposure to cleaning products includes allergic reactions, burns and skin irritation. Chronic exposure to harmful or CMR products is likely to lead to a range of significant long-term health problems, including cancers and/or mutations and/or reproductive disorders.
 
The danger of repetitive movements: The use of most cleaning tools requires maintenance operatives to make repetitive gestures, over long periods of time. This is particularly true of brooms, mops, cloths, sponges and microfibres, which have to be rubbed over the surface to be cleaned. As well as causing short-term pain, repetitive movements can also lead to musculoskeletal disorders over the long term. Risks linked to repetitive and prolonged movements are likely to be present when cleaners use mechanical tools if they don't have a machine to do an equivalent job (e.g. a broom if they don't have a vacuum cleaner). The risks induced by repetitive movements can be greater or lesser depending on the working atmosphere, as cold, heat and humidity increase damage. Possible damage caused by repetitive movements during cleaning operations by cleaners includes joint pain in the hands, wrists and shoulders, as well as circulatory disorders and muscular pain. Over the long term, repetitive movements lead to Musculoskeletal Disorders of the upper limbs, particularly in the shoulders, arms and wrists.
 
The danger of awkward postures: Cleaners have to adopt a variety of awkward postures during cleaning operations. The most common awkward postures adopted by cleaners are: back bent forward (e.g. shoveling), arms stretched forward or upwards (e.g. dusting shelves). The twisting of the torso required to clean certain hard-to-reach areas is also an awkward posture. The adoption of awkward postures is mainly caused by cleaning hard-to-reach areas. However, some of these awkward postures can be avoided by investing in more ergonomic equipment (e.g. a sweeper with a long-handled shovel avoids the need to kneel or bend over). The longer a person is required to adopt awkward postures, the greater the risks involved. In the short term, the adoption of awkward postures is likely to generate pain, mainly in the muscles and/or joints. Over the long term, restrictive postures can lead to various musculoskeletal disorders, notably tendinopathy (in the tendons) and arthropathy (in the joints).
 
 
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 
_ "Risks and Hazards for Cleaners" by AXA.