Space Only Exhibitor Open Days Risk Assessment and Health & Safety Declaration
Deadline: 17 April 2009
Exhibitor Name / Stand No
Stand Name, if different
Completed by
(CAPITALS)
/
Telephone
E-mail
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Fax

Complete this form to confirm that you have read and understood your commitment to health and safety as outlined in the NEC Safe Exhibition Process/Self-Regulating Process Handbook/NEC Rules and Regulations, and to confirm you will ensure implementation of the policy within the confines of your company/ies and contractor(s)/agent(s) on site.

EXHIBITOR HEALTH & SAFETY OFFICER

BUILD-UP/BREAKDOWN (if appropriate)
/
OPEN DAYS
Name:
/
Name:
Position: / Position:
Mobile No: / Mobile No:

OPEN DAYS RISK ASSESSMENT/METHOD STATEMENT

Your contractor/s will submit a Risk Assessment/Method Statement to cover the build-up and breakdown periods of the exhibition. The Stand Manager or Exhibition Health & Safety Officer has a responsibility to consider any risks/suitable risk control tactics for the dressing of your stand and for its operation the open days. Items of Special Risk, as defined by the NEC, can be viewed here – you must comply with the instructions given within the specific Guidance Notes and ensure details are included within your Risk Assessment. A separate document can be submitted or complete the following:

TICK AS RELEVANT

1. /
Identify potential hazards on your stand
 / Slips, trips and falls /  / Services, e.g. electrical or water supplies
 / Machinery /  / Hazardous substances, e.g. chemicals, biological
 / Manual handling and lifting /  / Noise and/or vibration
 / Vehicles /  / Working at height
 / Other (please state): ______
2. /
Identify persons that could potentially be harmed
 / Exhibitors /  / Contractors
 / Visitors /  / Staff
3. / Identify control methods to reduce the risks
 / Slips, trips and falls eliminated by:
 / Carpet taped down securely
 / No trailing cables across the stand or gangways
 / All display items safely attached/secured to the stand
 / Good housekeeping employed – general cleanliness, tidiness, non slip surfaces
 / Clear access and egress to stand and gangways
 / Other (please state): ______
 / All regulations will be complied with and services will be used for the purposes for which they were intended
 / Electrical sockets not overloaded
 / Correct fittings used to connect to any services
 / Other (please state): ______
 / Machinery
 / Fitted with suitable guarding to prevent access to moving parts, hot surfaces, sharp edges etc
 / Products and waste materials: storage and handling processes in place
 / Any necessary protective clothing and equipment supplied
 / Any necessary permits/licences acquired
 / Other (please state): ______
 / Manual handling and lifting
 / Equipment used suitable for purpose
 / Manual handling processes known and understood
 / Any necessary permits/licences acquired
 / Other (please state): ______
 / Hazardous substances
 / COSHH Risk Assessment completed and submitted to the organisers/data sheets available on site
 / Suitable handling, waste and storage procedures and processes
 / Any necessary protective clothing and equipment supplied
 / Other (please state): ______
 / Working at height
 / Suitable/fit for purpose equipment and protective clothing supplied
 / Trained personnel operating equipment and completing task
 / Other (please state): ______
4. / Additional comments
______
______

DOCUMENTATION (TICK AS RELEVANT)

 / I will make available at the exhibition a copy of our company’s Health & Safety Policy and COSHH-related data sheets. Our stand staff will be sufficiently instructed and trained in relevant matters in order to carry out their tasks competently
 / The company has purchased space only. The principal contractor has undertaken a specific Risk
Assessment and prepared a Method Statement for the construction/dismantling of our stand in accordance with HASAWA74 etc and he has trained and notified his staff and sub-contractors in all such areas identified as being a risk. A Risk Assessment/Method Statement to cover the open days of the Exhibition has also been undertaken taking account of all the activities taking place on our stand. Exhibitor Risk Assessment:
is submitted now  will follow

Keep a copy for your records and submit to:

Lynn Williams, AVEX 2009, E-mail: , Fax: +44 (0) 20 8661 1763