I too have had previous experience of this, high temp turnover etc. We did
exactly as you propose and put sanitisation into place for temp wellingtons
-thereafter never had a problem with fungal infections!
Jo Jenkins
Specialist Practitioner,Occupational Health
King's Lynn Office
Tel: 01553 615152 Mobile 0771 2120 003
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I practise in a food production environment.
A new manager in one of our factories has said that "it is accepted and
current practice for two people to share one pair of Wellington boots in
the food industry".
I find this disgusting, unbelievable and unacceptable.
The problem is that we employ a large number of agency workers. Regular
staff store their boots on racks with their names attached. There is
however no-where for the agency workers to store their boots except on the
floor in something of a jumble, they tend to grab any boots from the racks
that they fancy and it is deemed uneconomic to supply each new person with
a new pair of boots.
This I accept. However I cannot accept that regular staff should allow
their footwear to be shared for a variety of reasons. Apart from the
matter of cross infection - athletes foot, verucas, scabies, etc., I always
understood that personal protective equipment had to be specific to the
person for whom it was issued. My contention is that you cannot adjust a
regulation to suit circumstances.
I have suggested a special spray be used to disinfect the 'agency boots'
and that the company will just have to go to the trouble of devising a
system whereby the staff boots remain secure and the agency workers are
issued individually with boots just as they are issued with overalls on a
daily basis as they arrive.
My name is mud but that's a mere detail and far from unusual.
I should be interested to learn the opinion of anyone with similar
experience or who has thoughts on the subject.
Jay
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