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Health and Safety

Health and Safety Policy

A health and safety policy sets out who is responsible for which aspects of ensuring safety in your space. It is a legal requirement for companies with more than 5 employees, but it's good practice to have one even if you aren't an employer. We recommend all spaces have a health and safety policy.

We provide an example health and safety policy for hackspaces. You should:

  • Copy this policy and edit it so it accurately reflects your situation
  • Publish it so it's accessible to users of your space
  • Periodically review the policy to ensure it's still accurate

Incident Reporting

The UK Hackspace Foundation operates an incident reporting system so we can identify trends, notify member spaces, and improve our guidance. We strongly encourage spaces to report incidents to us, to help us improve safety for all spaces.

This system does not replace your internal incident report system. Users of your space should report any incidents to your organisation first.

You can submit a report here.

Template Risk Assessments

We've produced a set of documents for common tools to act as templates for spaces when producing their own documentation and risk assessments.

These risk assessments are templates. You must copy them, edit them to make sure they accurately reflect your situation, and periodically review them.

If you have suggestions for improvements, please contact us via the forum.