HHSRS VERSION 2

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ELECTRICAL HAZARDS

Yes

Yes

No

No

Vulnerable age

Related hazards

Persons aged under 5 years

Fire

Consumer unit in hallway

Power socket in living room

DESCRIPTION OF HAZARDS

Multiple locations

Secondary hazards

Consumer Unit in Kitchen

Consumer Unit in Kitchen

Dwelling:

Pre 1920 ground floor flat

Background: A self contained ground floor flat within a 2 storey block converted into four flats during

the 1970’s. The original property dates back to 1882. The building was constructed on a natural sand

bed in a low lying area and remains subject to the rise and fall of incoming tides. The external wall

construction is of solid stone. The ground floor flat being considered comprises of a kitchen, bathroom,

living room and one bedroom.

A) Living Room: low level consumber unit with missing cover. Two broken double power socket outlets.

B) Kitchen: consumer unit at low level with mising cover and unsealed cable entry points.

LIST OF RELEVANT MATTERS

LIKELIHOOD & OUTCOMES

A

B

a

Out-dated installation

-

-

b

Number and siting of outlets

2

-

c

Fuses and meters

2

2

d

Earthing

-

-

e

Disrepair

3

1

f

Presence of water

-

-

g

Lightning protection

-

-

# Compounding matters

A

B

-

None

-

-

Key

3

Seriously defective

2

Defective

1

Not satisfactory

-

Satisfactory/NA

Likelihood to

1 in

Outcomes to

0.5 10.0 43.1 46.4

%

5600

A B C D E

F G H

I

Replace the broken sockets, resite the consumer units at a higher level (providing

covers or enclosing in boxing) and sealing the cable entry points would reduce

the likelihood of an occurrence to the average.

Av:2

IMPROVE

Justification

NEW RATING

Av: Nos

Average likelihood, outcomes and HHSRS score by persons aged under 5 years in all

dwellings,1997-99.

Score:

5

J

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HEALTH AND SAFETY RATING SYSTEM SCORES

LIKELIHOOD

Low

High

1 in

10

7.5

4

Av: All dwellings

< 4200 2400 1300 750 420 240 130

75

42

24

13

10

2.5

1.5 >

Justification

OUTCOMES

Class I

Class II

Class III

Class IV

Justification

RATING

Two low-level broken sockets in the living room the exposed wiring of which is

easily accessible to young children. In addition there are two low-level consumer

units with missing covers, the one in the kitchen also has unsealed cable entry

points, and the cables may be reached by children

%

Av all dwellings: 0.6

0.5

< 0.05 0.15 0.3

0.7

1.5

3

7

15

26

38 >

Av: 8.2

10

< 0.05 0.15 0.3

0.7

1.5

3

7

15

26

38 >

Av: 49.2

43.1

< 0.05 0.15 0.3

0.7

1.5

3

7

15

26

38 >

Av: 42.0

46.4

< 0.05 0.15 0.3

0.7

1.5

3

7

15

26

38 >

As the earthing is satisfactory, there are no other factors that would indicate the

harm outcomes would be different from the national average spread of harms

(Class III being the most probable).

Av. All dwellings: 2

C D E

F G H

I

J

A

B

Score:

2839

RATING SCORES AFTER IMPROVEMENT