Area or People at Risk |
Risk Identified |
Actions to Mitigate Risk |
Notes |
Exterior areas - car park, rear path |
- Failure to social distance on entering and leaving the hall
- Littering of potentially infected items
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- Warning notice on entrance
- Requirement to wear face coverings
- Warning on Hirers' suggested Risk Assessment proforma
- Hall manager to check when present
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- WVCA does not own carpark or footpaths so can't mark out 2 metre waiting area as Government advise.
- Purchase signs/tape
- Transitory encounters are less dangerous
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Entrance, lobby, corridor, staircase |
- Pinch points where social distancing may be difficult
- Door handles (including+ opening pad for entrance door), light switches
- Key safe
- Floors with carpet tiles less easily cleaned
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- Mark 2 metre gaps with tape
- Door handles, light switches, key safe to be cleaned regularly
- Hand sanitiser to be provided and checked daily
- Identify pinch points
- Create one-way systems
- Carpeted areas will be vacuumed
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- More bins to be provided in entrance area and rooms
- Purchase tape and signs
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Main hall |
- Door handles, light switches, window catches, window ledges, kitchen hatch, tables, chairs
- Curtains which cannot be readily cleaned between use
- Photo, pictures, wall hangings
- Sound equipment/screen
- Social distancing
- Ventilation/heating - air conditioning may spread the virus
- Upholstered seating - virus may remain on fabric which cannot readily be cleaned between groups
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- Door handles, light switches, window catches, window ledges, those tables and chairs used to be cleaned by hirers before and after each hire AND by cleaner once per day
- Curtains to be tied back
- Hand sanitiser to be provided and checked daily - stored in kitchen
- Hirers reminded to social distance, to limit group size and wash hands regularly - notice, risk assessment
- Cleaning materials to be placed in bucket in the kitchen for hirers
- One-way system, hall to be exited via emergency exit at end of corridor
- Hall to be ventilated by opening of windows and heated by old wall heaters - air conditioner to be decommissioned
- Metal parts of the chairs should be cleaned regularly and chairs rotated so that used ones are not reused for 72 hours
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- The Hall Manager will have prior knowledge of furniture used and be aware of what needs cleaning
- Padded chairs are safe because no arms, but professional advice being sought on cleaning
- Wall hangings not deemed a risk of being touched
- Dado rail will be cleaned in the usual way
- Ensure window keys are available
- The Hall Manager will need to identify chairs which can be used and those that are being quarantined for 72 hours
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