Legilation-powetpoint. by katie butler

1. Red
Red is a safety colour and must be used for any:
- prohibition sign concerning dangerous behaviour. Prohibition signs must be round, with a black pictogram on a white background with red edging and a red diagonal line. The red part must take up at least 35% of the area of the sign.
- danger alarm concerning stop, shut down, emergency cut out devices, evacuate
- fire fighting equipment
Red and white alternating stripes may be used for marking surface areas to show obstacles or dangerous locations.

2. Yellow
Yellow (or amber) is a safety colour and must be used for any warning sign concerning the need to be careful, take precautions, examine or the like (eg. The safety colour on hazard signs, such as for flammable material, electrical danger, etc.) Warning signs must be triangular with a pictogram on a yellow (or amber) background with black edging. The yellow part must take up at least 50% of the area of the sign.
Yellow and black alternating stripes may be used for marking surface areas to show obstacles or dangerous locations

3. Blue
Blue is a safety colour and must be used for any mandatory signs requiring specific behaviour or action (eg. Safety helmets must be worn sign) Mandatory signs must be round, with a white pictogram on a blue background. The blue part must take up at least 50% of the area of the sign.

4. Green
Green is a safety colour and must be used for: emergency escape signs (eg. Showing emergency doors, exits and routes) and first aid signs (eg. Location of first aid equipment). Escape and first aid signs must be rectangular or square, with a white pictogram on a green background. The green part must take up at least 50% of the area of the sign. So long as the green takes up at least 50% of the area, it is sometimes permitted to use a green pictogram on a white background, for example where there is a green wall and the reversal provides a more effective sign than one with a green background and white border; no danger (eg. For ‘return to normal)

These

These are called clipsafe locks. They simply operate by attempts to open a cupboard or drawer and having to fiddle around with the catch. This is a useful safety apperatur to use because its programmed so the children won’t know what to do, because their little minds aren’t developed as much as adults. This will prevent any smashing plates or hazardous chemicals and objects in the cupboards being used by your children. Which may cause accidents.

This is fire guard. Its used to block out any loose fires that are accessable to children, babies or toddlers yet it still lets out heat. its reasonably handy because, it will stop your children from being directly hurt from a fire.

This is a baby gate. It will block any passage way so your child isn’t able to access certain places of a nursery or any room. This will prevent your children from having any nasty accidents on the stairs, landing or even just in dangerous rooms such as the kitchen and dining room.

This is my leaflet for a special nursery. Hope you enjoy!!

Identify hazards: 1) In the kitchen there are many hazards but one of them can cause a lot of destruction. This is the oven. 2) Another can be in the toddler bathroom, where there is a sink and the splashes of the water go on the floor, so they can slip. 3) Next there is a hazard in the stockroom for example the hazardous chemicals i.e the bleach which is severely harmful. 4) Another is the staffroom where there is boiling kettles quite frequently. 5) Next there is the craft room which has a cupboard with hazardous chemicals. But the worst object that is more accessible to, is scissors. 6) Lastly there is garden where there are many apparatus i.e the jungle jim where the child can fall off and hurt their head on the way down.

Predicting hazards: 1) The oven has many features by which will cause a hazard. An example of this can be burning yourself on the hot glass, which would most likely be 2nd degree burns. Trapping your hands in the open/close door and the heat from above the oven door when opened can burn your face, but this will only give you a short shock to your face but for a youth it can be more severe especially if not dealt with. 2) The toddler bathroom can cause a hazard. This can involve the water splashing on the floor and a child simply attempting to walk accross it which will resolve in them slipping over and injuring themselves in some way. 3) Next there is the stock room which holds many hazardous chemicals. So what can happen say if the door is left open is the child can harmlessly wanders in there any maybe drink the chemicals not knowing what they are doing or what it would do to them. 4) Next is the staff room were there is constant boiling kettles. This can harm the children say if they go in there and tug at the wire or pull the kettle down not knowing that it will probably give them severe burns which really depends on how long the kettle has been boiling for. 5) The craft room has a lot of cupboards which hold the chemicals i.e glue, glitter, and tools and objects i.e scissors. If the youths get hold of any of these things then they will have cuts caused by the scissors. Or swallowed the glitter and done something with the glue which will definatly cause a hazard of some sort because it could block their arteries and the chemicals would turn their stomach bad. 6) Finally there is the garden which has many enjoyable apperatus that the children costantly play on so an accident like them falling of the jungle jim (climbing frame) may be quite often. It all resolving into them injuring their head which may even kill them it really depends on what part of the head and the height of the climbing frame. 

Reduce the risk: 1) To reduce the risk of being burnt on the oven is to put a baby gate on the entrance of the door, so the child won’t even be able to go in the room in the first place. 2) The toddler bathroom incident can be reduced by having a member of staff in the bathroom at all times when the children go to the toilet, this will mean that the staff can guide the children in and out of the bathroom. 3) The stock room chemicals can be reduced by having the stock room door locked at all times, having a high door handle and finally making sure all of the chemicals are in high reach so the children arent even able to reach them. 4) As for the risk of the boiling kettles they can be prevented by making sure the wire and kettle itself is pushed back as far as it can possibly go so its out of reach by the children. 5) The craft room cupboard should be locked at all times and only opened by the adults with permission. 6) Lastly the climbing frame. It would be best for the frame itself isn’t high so if a child was to fall of it that they had a safe landing, and it would be good if there was a soft, cushiony flooring for them to land on.

Keeping information on risks: To basically keep an information book on all of the inncidents and to make sure that things like the climbing frame, bolts on the water pipes and cupboard doors are kept closely monitered by a professional or someone who knows how to keep things safe.

Keeping recordsof all risk assessments: This can be handled  by makinng sure that all of the staff know skills like first aid and to be trained in risk assessments.