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Health, safety and welfare in a fitness environment

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'Health and safety in the gym’ on the Rhino Safety website

Every leisure activity comes with its own set of hazards and risks, and these dangers are exacerbated when business owners are unable to implement adequate health and safety procedures.

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Click to read ‘Safety, health and welfare in hotels, restaurants, catering and bars: Part 5 – Leisure areas’ from the Health and Safety Authority in Ireland. Although their legislation is different to the UK, the potential hazards are the same.
In the place where you work go into one room, identify the potential health and safety hazards in that room, and do a formal risk assessment on each one.
This section of the Health and Safety Executive gives ‘Example risk assessments’.
This section of the NHS website covers the ‘Abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults’ and what to do if suspect you someone is being abused.
This section of the NSPCC website is on ‘What to do if you suspect child abuse’. The website also gives a link to ‘Signs of abuse’.
Click to open and fill in this Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR Q) with a friend or colleague.

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