Health and Safety

Health and Safety

by: Nutty Nurse - 25-11-06 10:20

Hi. It's a Saturday morning and i can't stop thinking about work! I took photo's yesterday of significant mould growth on the walls of the nursery where i work. We have just had our staff room treated for dry rot as our employer didn't repair the leak in the ceiling. I have left a note for the owner to do something about it but doubt he will. When he was asked to repair holes in the playground path he said he was waiting until they got worse because otherwise he would have to repair them again! The hoover that we use has duct tape on it so that it works. The on off button has broken and has been stuck with tape so that it is on all the time it is plugged in. Prior to this someone had to push it on so that we could hoover. At a loss as to what to do. Should i contact the HSE?

by: Tess

Hi Nutty Nurse,
I spoke to the HSE on Thursday with some concerns. The advice was that you should put your concerns in writing to the manager/owner in the first instance. If this fails you should contact the H&S officer at your local authority. If this also fails then you contact your local HSE. This all sounds very long winded and it sounds like something should be done quickly.
I know someone who did contact the HSE and they informed the nursery they were going to do an inspection !! So of course the management fixed everything before they came, and then within weeks of course everything went back to how it was before. The HSE website is very informative though and has a confidentional phone number for people to ring for advice. Please be careful how you do things though as I was ultimatley sacked for my constant complaints about H&S. Of course they didn't give this reason they instead accused me of mishandling a child!
Good luck