The Health and Safety Act
The Health and Safety at Work etc Act was made in 1974 where the act is enforcements of Health and safety within a workplace in the United Kingdom. This act has duties for employers, employees, contractors, self-employed, person in charge of the premises, suppliers of substances/goods etc:
- Employers; they are responsible to give their employees risk assessments to make sure they know all the risks that could harm them, training as they might need to get their employees to gain skills to what they need to do.
- Employees; they are responsible for co-operating with their employer to get proper training and assessments, taking responsibility for your own health and safety.
- Self- Employed; have the responsibility to make sure they work safely and to reduce the risk of injuries within activities, they should also know their legal status with the Health and Safety Law.
- Person in charge of the premises; they have the responsibility to make sure that entering and leaving are safe, the equipment and building is safe to use e.g. gas and water supplies.
To show this act, workplaces have provided posters around to make the workers aware of the Health and Safety rules and regulations. To also make employees aware, they provide them a risk assessment to show the Health and Safety rules within the workplace they are in
The Health and Safety in Theatre
Health and Safety regulations also apply in Theatre where everyone has the responsibility when they are on the site of the Theatre, for example; actors- employee, managers- employers. However the stage crew would always be responsible for making the stage a safe place. But the most injuries in Theatres are associated to 'Work at Height' and 'Manual Handling'.
Working At Height
Working at Height is one of the man causes of injuries/accidents within a workplace. About 1.5 million working days were lost due to falls e.g. falling off a ladder. Here are a few ideas of solutions to avoid injuries with working at height:
- Use the right equipment e.g. harnesses and nets, for support and control when using height.
- Use Tallescopes, Ladders, Zargees etc, when preparing the stage or in a performance.
- Bring setting props to ground level to avoid the height.
- Be supervised, properly planned or skilled, do not let anyone just do it without anyone else knowing.
Manual Handling
Manual Handling involves any support or transporting items including lifting, pushing, pulling, putting down, carrying or moving by body force or hands. This is also one of the main causes of accidents within a workplace. As more than a third of injuries reported are connected to Manual Handling. Here are a few ideas to avoid injuries with manual handling:
- Training needs to be carried out as part of handling with equipment.
- Employers would need a risk assessment by seeing their new environment to minimise their risks.
- Being supervised to make sure you would be doing the job properly
- To not handle on your own and work as a team to lighten the weight of equipment for the individual.
Dead Dog In A Suitcase
There were many issues that would have needed risk assessing in the production 'Dead Dog In A Suitcase':
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