WA Guidelines on the Application of the Health (Public Buildings) Regulations 1992
Wed, 20 Feb 2008, 01:47 pmDon Allen21 posts in thread
WA Guidelines on the Application of the Health (Public Buildings) Regulations 1992
Wed, 20 Feb 2008, 01:47 pmThe Environmental Health Directorate has produced a pdf document that covers the REGULATIONS covering theatre in Western Australia.
This document is applicable to every public building in WA so it covers you!
Do you meet the requirements ?
The document can be purchased from the State law Publishers or downloaded for free from here http://www.population.health.wa.gov.au/environmental/resources/Public%20Buildings%20Guidelines%20Final.pdf
If you are looking to have the capacity of your venue increased or want to know the requirements for house lights, work lights, exit lights, safety chains etc it is in this document.
Enjoy
Don
Once you start a scheduled
Sat, 1 Mar 2008, 02:46 pmOnce you start a scheduled maintenance program, which incorporates testing, tagging and visual inspections before any use as well as people always looking at portable electrical equipment, there is less risk of an electrical accident occurring with a five yearly test, tag and inspection cycle, than a twelve monthly cycle of testing and tagging, done by a contractor who is not familiar with theatre electrical equipment, and the equipment being used by people who believe they are not in any risk from an electrical accident as the equipment has a tag on it. They will not even bother to look to see if the tag is current, they will just see a test tag.
So my risk analysis takes into account the age of the equipment, the user environment and the external influences you usually have no control over. The responsible people need to enforce the visual inspection as a club directive that is monitored.
Hope that is a valid risk assessment.
regard
Don
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