HHSRS VERSION 2
SEPTEMBER 2004
DOMESTIC HYGIENE (REFUSE)
HHSRS V. 2
Vulnerable age
Related hazards
All ages
Sanitation, Food Safety
A) Refuse tower
DESCRIPTION OF HAZARDS
Multiple locations
Yes
No
Secondary hazards
Yes
No
A) Entrance to bin store
Dwelling: Maisonette on 3rd and 4th floors of 1970s block
Background: The dwelling is an end maisonette on the third and fourth floor of a nine storey slab
block of purpose built flats on a large estate, constructed in the mid 1970s using large panel
prefabricated concrete.
A)
Refuse provision: Refuse disposal points are sited at the end of the block on every other (odd)
floor. These consist of a hopper giving access to a chute which discharges into palladins in the
refuse store on the ground floor (see photograph). The hopper on the third floor (used by this
maisonette) is broken and has fallen out of the access point. The chute is blocked which has led to
refuse building-up inside the chute and refuse being left around the disposal point. The doors to the
refuse store on the ground floor are missing and the refuse has accumulated on the floor. Dogs,
cats, rats, cockroaches and birds have been seen in the refuse store and around the refuse disposal
points. The accumulations are also attracting flies during the warm weather.
LIST OF RELEVANT MATTERS
LIKELIHOOD & OUTCOMES
A
a
Internal walls and ceilings
-
b
External walls and roof
-
c
Ventilators
-
d
Solid floors
-
e
Suspended floors
-
f
Under floor space
-
g
Roof space
-
h
Skirting and architraves
-
I
Windows and doors
-
j
Window and door frames
-
k
Ducts and pipework
2
l
Access to ducts
2
Key
m Service entry points
1
A
n
Water seals
-
o
Disrepair to drains
-
p
Open vent pipes
-
q
Design deficiencies
3
r
Internal refuse areas
-
s
External refuse areas
3
t
refuse chutes
3
# Secondary hazards
None
-
3
Seriously defective
1 Not satisfactory
2
Defective
- Satisfactory/NA
Likelihood to
1 in 100
Outcomes to
0
100
0
0
%
The chute should be cleared and thoroughly cleansed. The accumulations removed
from the refuse disposal point and store. The hopper and access point repaired or
renewed. The doors to the refuse store renewed so they can be effectively locked.
There should be proper pest control treatment and, although a management issue, there
should also be more frequent refuse collection.
Improved Av: <1
IMPROVE
Justification
NEW RATING
Av: Nos
A B C D E F G H
I
J
Average likelihood, outcomes and HHSRS score for hazards associated with the storage
and disposal of household waste for all persons in all dwellings, 1995-96
Score
13
HHSRS VERSION 2
SEPTEMBER 2004
HEALTH AND SAFETY RATING SYSTEM SCORES
1946-79 Purpose-built Flat
LIKELIHOOD
1 in
2
Example
2
2.5
1.5 >
Low
High
Average: 5,585
< 4200 2400 1300 750 420 240 130
75
42
24
13
7.5
4
Justification
OUTCOMES
Class I
Class II
Class III
Class IV
Justification
RATING
The rotting refuse is attracting pests and providing a breeding gound for flies,
cockroaches and rats. Children can easily gain access to the refuse disposal points and
store. Also the design of the block with many ducts and voids will allow the infestation to
spread easily. This all means that the likelihood, over the next twelve months, of an
occurrence associated with this dwelling (and other dwellings on this and other floors) is
substantially higher than the average.
%
Average: 0.0
0.0
< 0.05 0.15 0.3
0.7
1.5
3
7
15
26
38 >
Av: 0.1
0.1
< 0.05 0.15 0.3
0.7
1.5
3
7
15
26
38 >
Av: 1.0
1.0
< 0.05 0.15 0.3
0.7
1.5
3
7
15
26
38 >
Av: 98.9
98.9
< 0.05 0.15 0.3
0.7
1.5
3
7
15
26
38 >
0.0
0.1
1.0
98.9
There is nothing to indicate that the outcomes from an occurrence will be other than the
average.
Example
Average: <1
A B C
D
E F G H
I
J
694
Score
RATING SCORES AFTER IMPROVEMENT