Legionella A recap Example Risk Systems The Regulator Good Control Measurers What happens when it goes wrong Legionnaires Disease Why all the fuss Remember to take care when dealing with VoidVacant Properties ID: 1009489
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1. Thursday 21st SeptemberLegionella – A re-capExample Risk SystemsThe Regulator.Good Control MeasurersWhat happens when it goes wrongLegionnaires’ Disease - Why all the fuss?
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4. Remember to take care when dealing with Void/Vacant Properties
5. Legionnaires’ Disease isn’t going awayPHE statistic – annual summary reports
6. Water in ProductionAqueous tunnel washerCooling Towers & Evaporating CondensersSpa Pools HSG282 Jan 2017Foreseeable & Preventable
7. Hot Water CylindersCold Water Storage TanksHot & Cold Water SystemsForeseeable & Preventable
8. Heavy Mould Spotting & SedimentHot & Cold Water SystemsFree Floating Biofilm/BacteriaForeseeable & Preventable
9. The Regulator
10. DutyholderAs an employer, or a person in control of the premises, you are responsible forhealth and safety and need to take the right precautions to reduce the risks of exposureto legionella.You must understand how to:• identify and assess sources of risks• prevent or control any risks• keep and maintain the correct records• carry out any other duties you may haveTake ownership of the riskSustained ComplianceThe Regulator
11. Regulator Intervention programme 2013/14 – Evaporative cooling systemsHSE carried out 1,906 inspections– found material breaches identified at 625 sites (~ 33%)HSE served, in total,– 500 Improvement Notices– 19 Prohibition NoticesHSE visited a further 500 cooling tower sites in 2016 and plan to go back to a further 100 poor performers in late 2017.Overview of failings
12. •HSE commissioned enforcement and outbreak cause analysis over 10year period• 2012 – published HEX/12/07 report• Highlighted high percentage of outbreaks had root causes in contributoryfactors:Regulators Intervention Programme 2013/14Failure to;– Identify risk– Put in place effective schemes of control– Implement scheme of control– Keep adequate records and Poor communication.Contributory factors to outbreaks
13. Outbreak Data HEX/12/07 report
14. Outbreak Data HEX/12/07 report
15. What do Good Control Measures Look Like?Key procedures in place to; – Design, Implement, Monitor & Maintain Effective Control Measures Site surveySet of standard operating proceduresSite visit reports, site log book – Inspection, monitoring, recording/ signed & datedNon conformances recorded, communicatedFollow up actions taken until closure & recordedAudit trail in placeRegular undertake internal audits to provide level of confidence in your procedures and processes.
16. The Legionella Control AssociationThe LCA has close links with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and other public health authorities and regularly participates in consultations, task groups and conferences concerned with minimising the risk of Legionnaires'disease.
17. What happens if it goes wrong. 21 People Affected.Van driver Richard Griffin, 56, from Clayton, William Hammersley, 79, from Chesterton, died following the outbreak in the summer of 2012. Harry Cadman, 71, from SoT (who had an underlying condition) did not die as a result of Legionnaires'’ disease but his end of life was severely impaired. Although initially charged with corporate manslaughter JTF were then prosecuted under the HSWA. Fine £1m
18. What happens if it goes wrong. Following a report a worker had contracted the serious lung infection which causes flu-like symptoms. Harlow's environmental health officers could not prove the Harlow worker had contracted the disease through the site. However, searches uncovered a serious lack of compliance in maintaining water systems at the workplace.“The environmental health officers found monitoring and testing of systems was erratic. Staff had received inadequate training and there were no up to date policies or suitable and sufficient risk assessments in place to safely operate or manage the building’s water systems.”“G4S did not take steps required to reduce the risk of Legionnaires’ disease from its water systems. This was despite a long-standing duty, extensive guidance, advice from their own consultants and advice from Harlow Council.”Fined £1.8m (since appealed and upheld)
19. What happens if it goes wrong. The Feathers Hotel in LudlowOne person has died after an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at a hotel. Two guests of the hotel contracted the disease. The first case was diagnosed in April 2017 and has recovered but another individual, who stayed at the hotel in July, has died.The Feathers Hotel in Ludlow has closed temporarily after advice from health professionals from Public Health England Not the kind of publicity you want to appear on ITN News when running a business like this.
20. Could it happen on yours or your clients premises?
21. Question and Answers
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