Health & Safety
All artists who earn income from their work are required to:- Take all reasonable steps to ensure their own safety
- Take all reasonable steps to ensure the safety of others
- Provide training in the safe use of materials or processes
- Assess the risks of any materials they are using and take steps to store and use materials safely
- Report particular accidents or near misses
- Seek professional advice where appropriate
- Control or prevent environmental damage arising from work
Risk assessments
It is good practice to undertake a risk assessment of any work you may be doing. Risk assessment is exactly what it says: identifying and assessing any possible problems that may reasonably arise. A risk assessment:
- Identifies any potential problem areas
- Says whether the risk is of a high, medium or low nature
- Identifies what steps you could take to avoid the problem happening
- Gives a plan for what will happen if a problem does arise
- Says who is responsible for making sure the risk is minimized
- If anything happens, remember that you may be personally liable
