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