Assessment Subject/Area: Assault to Police officers and police staff with a third parties Saliva URN (LPU/001) etc): Force/PH/001 Assessment 27th August Assessed By: Paul Hall Force Health and Safety Adviser Review Date: November 2013 Date: 2013 Risk Assessor Responsibility Managerial Responsibility Who may Risk Risk Significant Action by Completion be Foreseeable Outcome Existing Controls Rating Additional Controls Rating Hazards Who/When Date & Initials harmed? L/M/H L/M/H Assault with blood All Public Exposure to blood borne PST training Uniform and Equipment Chair person or blood facing viruses such as HIV Committee to consider the of the Uniform contaminated officers Hepatitis B,C or D Personal positional provision of a physical and spittle and staff Tuberculosis and management barrier as personal Equipment Bacterial Meningitis. protective equipment to all Committee Ingestion of third Training in Subject operational officers. Officer anxieties as a parties projectile profile behaviour and All officers and result of having to saliva or contact body language as in Officers and staff to ensure staff, undergo a series of tests contamination. PST training systems are updated and over a number of months markers are applied where Contact RAD to determine whether a Previous Markers an offender has spat or Operators virus or diseases had attempted to spit at them. been contracted resulting Application of make in an element of stress as barrier between Control staff to ensure all well as having to be officer and offender relevant information Medium Low forced to make a number such as offenders relating to assault is of life changes in order to shirt pulled up to his furnished to officers and safeguard family face etc staff as soon as it becomes members until results realised. were known. Please Note the issuing Damage to police of spit hoods will not be Uniform. Resulting in a complete guard against clean up costs persons spitting as they Potential breach of the are only effective once forces Duty of Care to its applied employees Renders police vehicle out of service whilst being deep cleaned.
Assessment Subject/Area: Assault to Police officers and police staff with a third parties Saliva URN (LPU/001) etc): Force/PH/001 Assessed By: Paul Hall Force Health and Safety Adviser Assessment Date: 27th August 2013 Review Date: November 2013 Risk Assessor Responsibility Managerial Responsibility Significant Hazards Who may be harmed? Foreseeable Outcome Existing Controls Risk Rating L/M/H Additional Controls Risk Rating L/M/H Action by Who/When Completion Date & Initials Assault with blood or blood contaminated spittle Ingestion of third parties projectile saliva or contact contamination. All Public facing officers and staff Exposure to blood borne viruses such as HIV Hepatitis B,C or D Tuberculosis and Bacterial Meningitis. Officer anxieties as a result of having to undergo a series of tests over a number of months to determine whether a virus or diseases had been contracted resulting in an element of stress as well as having to be forced to make a number of life changes in order to safeguard family members until results were known. Damage to police Uniform. Resulting in clean up costs Potential breach of the forces Duty of Care to its employees Renders police vehicle out of service whilst being deep cleaned. PST training Personal positional management Training in Subject profile behaviour and body language as in PST training Previous Markers Application of make barrier between officer and offender such as offenders shirt pulled up to his face etc Medium Uniform and Equipment Committee to consider the provision of a physical barrier as personal protective equipment to all operational officers. Officers and staff to ensure systems are updated and markers are applied where an offender has spat or attempted to spit at them. Control staff to ensure all relevant information relating to assault is furnished to officers and staff as soon as it becomes realised. Please Note the issuing of spit hoods will not be a complete guard against persons spitting as they are only effective once applied Low Chair person of the Uniform and Equipment Committee All officers and staff, Contact RAD Operators
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