HHSRS VERSION 2
HHSRS VERSION 2
SEPTEMBER 2004
FALLS ON THE LEVEL
Persons aged 60 years or over
None
Vulnerable group
Related hazards
Multiple locations
Yes
Secondary hazards
Yes
A)
Front yard
A/B/C)
in
Plan
b
c f
g
No
No
rear
v d
ii
iv
bath
front
yard
i
^ up
iii
living
^
in
B)
Rear door
C)
Rear yard
DESCRIPTION OF HAZARD/S
Dwelling: c.1880, Mid-terraced, former almshouse
A)
B)
C)
Front yard: Access to the front door is via a gate and step, and across the common yard. This has no artificial
lighting despite being located on a poorly lit road. The yard surface is uneven stone slabs and brick paving. The
spiked iron railings and spiked front gate are about 600 mm high.
Rear door: The rear access door has a threshold, which rises about 160mm above the kitchen floor and 200mm
above the rear yard surface. A cooker and folding worktop are under a metre away.
Rear yard: Access to the rear door is via a side gate and along the common rear yard, which is lit only by
individual outside lights to each dwelling. The yard surface is tarmac. It has a central drainage channel and is
cracked and distorted and tends to hold water in places.
C
-
1
2
-
2
1
1
-
2
3
A
B
C
2
1
2
3
3
1
-
1
1
2
1
3
OUTCOMES
a
Hard surfaces
b
Projections etc #
c
Nature of area
d
Thermal efficiency
# Secondary hazards
I
Cooker
A
-
B
3
2
C
-
-
LIST OF RELEVANT MATTERS
LIKELIHOOD
A
B
a
Lack of floor surface
-
-
b
Excessive slope
-
-
c
Uneven surface
3
-
d
Trip steps/threshold
-
3
e
Disrepair
2
1
f
Poor slip resistance
3
-
g
Inadequate drainage
-
-
h
Inadequate space
-
3
I
Poor lighting or glare
3
-
j
Thermal efficiency
2
-
ii
Folding worktop
-
Key
3
Seriously defective
2
Defective
1
Not satisfactory
- Satisfactory/NA
d
c
f
i
d
yard
bedrm
A B C D
F G H
I
J
E-
Average likelihood, outcomes and HHSRS score for falls on level by persons aged 60
years or more in and around pre-1920 houses, 1997-99.
209
Score
HHSRS VERSION 2
SEPTEMBER 2004
HEALTH AND SAFETY RATING SYSTEM SCORES
Pre 1920 House
LIKELIHOOD
Low
High
1 in
18
Example
18
24
13
7.5
4
2.5
1.5 >
Average: 124
< 4200 2400 1300 750 420 240 130
75
42
Justification
OUTCOMES
Class I
Class II
Class III
Class IV
Justification
RATING
The small rooms and provision of grabrails reduce the likelihood of a fall inside this
dwelling to better than average for its age. However, the largely unlit access to both the
front and rear doors - the uneven stone and brick paved courtyard at the front, which is
likely to be slippery in wet or icy weather, and the unexpected theshold at the rear door
and the uneven, cracked and, in places, poorly drained rear yard - is likely to increase
this risk substantially.
%
Average: 0.2
0.5
< 0.05 0.15 0.3
0.7
1.5
3
7
15
26
38 >
Av: 13.8
21.5
< 0.05 0.15 0.3
0.7
1.5
3
7
15
26
38 >
Av: 27.3
46.4
< 0.05 0.15 0.3
0.7
1.5
3
7
15
26
38 >
Av: 58.7
31.6
< 0.05 0.15 0.3
0.7
1.5
3
7
15
26
38 >
0.5
21.5
46.4
31.6
The chance of suffering a fatal, severe or serious accident is significantly higher than
average because of the hard surfaces, secondary hazards and other compounding
matters. These are the low spiked iron railings and gate in the front access courtyard.
The cooker and folding worktop in the very small kitchen, which are hazards in their
own right, are less than one metre away from the back door trip step and so in the
possible line of a fall.
Average: 198
E F G H
I
J
Example
A B C D
Score:
2263
RATING SCORES AFTER IMPROVEMENT
IMPROVE
Justification
NEW RATING
Av: Nos
Likelihood to
1 in
180
Outcomes to
0.2 21.5 46.4 31.9 %
Relaying the front and rear yards and replacing the front railings and gate with higher,
less dangerous ones, while also providing a normal theshold to the rear door could, with
better lighting, substantially reduce the likelihood of a fall. However, the kitchen is too
small to change and even after improvement, the spread of harms will remain high.
Improved Av: 198