Are you a ready-to-wear 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 ready-to-wear stores.
→ Risk prevention proposals for ready-to-wear stores.
→ 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 33 occupational risk situations classified into 7 work units:
Shelf stocking
Customer contact
Collection
Store cleaning
Clothing alterations
Receiving goods
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 falling on the same level in the store: When stocking shelves, and more generally when moving around the store, ready-to-wear store employees can fall on the same level. The causes of these falls can be diverse: dampness and traces of water on the floor on bad weather days, wearing shoes with poor grip on the floor, floor coverings that wear out and become slippery over time, etc. It's possible to fall on the ground at any time of the year, but it happens more frequently on bad weather days, when it's raining or snowing outside and customers bring in water as they pass through the store, making the floors increasingly slippery. Not having a good water-holding mat at the store entrance then becomes an aggravating factor. The possible damage caused by falls on the same level is impact with the floor or with an object on the ground. This can result in bruising, hematomas, sprains (particularly of the ankles) and wounds. In rarer cases, such as a fall down steps or direct contact of the head with the ground or an object, it is possible for a person to suffer head trauma.
 
The danger of cleaning products when cleaning the store: When cleaning the ready-to-wear store, staff may be exposed to cleaning products 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), or even Carcinogenic and/or Mutagenic and/or Reprotoxic (GHS08 pictogram: bust of a person). The 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 drips on the can). Risks are present as soon as a product comes into contact with a person's skin. Not wearing Personal Protective Equipment (gloves) is therefore a factor that considerably increases exposure to risks. In the short term, possible damage resulting from skin exposure to cleaning products includes allergenic reactions, burns and skin irritation. Chronic exposure to harmful or CMR products is likely to result in a range of significant long-term health problems, including cancer and/or mutations and/or reproductive disorders.
 
The danger of emotional strain due to customer contact: The job of a clothing salesperson involves a certain amount of psychological strain, stemming from the need to mask one's feelings and sensitivities when dealing with customers on a daily basis. Indeed, in order to appear "commercial", customers often expect staff to be in a good mood and inclined to conversation, even though the customer himself is sometimes unpleasant, rude or even disrespectful. These risks are particularly present when employees are dealing with difficult customers. [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.