On a slightly similar question....
Has anyone noticed H & S is started to go a bit crazy at schools?
With outreach we have noticed more and more schools want to see insurance policy's, DBS certificates, risk assessments for sessions where I can't think of any risk! As well as getting us to sign agreements that we will behave at the school and follow their rules.
It's now taking even longer to do bookings!
Sally
Chertsey Museum
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> On 17 Jan 2017, at 16:45, Holly Jarrett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hello Gem,
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> We run school handling sessions with Victorian - 1960s toys ie before the safety standards came into play. Decoration on these may include lead paint, or the object might even be made of lead, such as a lead soldier.
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> I feel that the risk assessment that I inherited, calling any object that may have some lead paint to be an 'obvious risk' and not to be handled at all is a little over the top. I certainly wouldn't want anyone to put them in their mouths, but how much risk is there really from handling an object with some lead content? I wouldn't include anything flaking lead paint, but what is everyone else's policy on such objects and can anyone send any authoritative references to the safety or otherwise of handling such objects?
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> Thanks,
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> Holly
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