{"id":33186,"date":"2018-10-17T09:30:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T08:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.highspeedtraining.co.uk\/hub\/?p=33186"},"modified":"2024-02-13T16:39:18","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T16:39:18","slug":"gym-health-and-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highspeedtraining.co.uk\/hub\/gym-health-and-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Gym Health and Safety Guidance for Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gyms are amazing places for individuals to strive for a healthy lifestyle. However, if you don’t invest in health and safety, your gym can also be dangerous. It\u2019s your duty to protect customers and colleagues alike and ensure that\u00a0clients can exercise safely on your premises.<\/p>\n

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Conduct a Risk Assessment<\/h2>\n

As an employer, you are legally required to carry out a risk assessment for your gym to help you directly address the hazards in your workplace. You can choose to carry it out yourself or you can nominate another ‘competent person’.<\/p>\n

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To carry out a thorough risk assessment, you must:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Identify the hazards. <\/strong>\u00a0To do this you should walk around your gym and thoroughly inspect all your facilities and equipment. For more information, you should review the manufacturer\u2019s guidance for all your equipment and machinery. You should also consult your employees, as they might have identified further hazards you have missed.<\/li>\n
  2. Determine who could be harmed and how. <\/strong>Some groups of people are at greater risk than others. This includes pregnant women, new or first-time gym members, young and elderly members, and users with disabilities.<\/li>\n
  3. Evaluate the risks and decide on control measures. <\/strong>You should prioritise the hazards with the greatest risk and select control methods that will eliminate, isolate or reduce the risks to an acceptable level. Examples of controls you could implement include warning signs and information notices on machines to prevent injury, supervision of the gym floor, staff training and detailed inductions to the gym equipment.<\/li>\n
  4. Record your findings. <\/strong>You are legally required to record the results of your risk assessment and the control measures you have implemented.<\/li>\n
  5. Periodically review and update your risk assessment<\/strong> to ensure that your control measures are still effective. Note that any changes to technology, facilities or equipment will require you to carry out a new risk assessment. Additionally, any near misses or serious accidents on the premises should be a push to your review your practices.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Remember that if you can eliminate a hazard, then you should take all reasonably practicable measures to do so. <\/strong><\/p>\n

    When carrying out your risk assessment, you are likely to decide on a range of control methods to implement in your gym. The rest of this article will explain some controls you could implement to ensure good gym safety.<\/em><\/p>\n

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    Staff Safety Training<\/h2>\n

    It\u2019s vital to provide your employees with adequate training so they have the knowledge they need to keep customers and colleagues safe. The training you provide should include:<\/p>\n