1. Health and Safety: The Financial Risk to Schools
22nd June 2017

2. HAZARDS Legionella Asbestos Fire Safety Working at Heights Electrical
D&T Equipment
Cleaning & Caretaker Duties
Catering

3. THREATS Civil Claims – Staff and public Fees For Intervention (FFI)
HSE Prosecution (Sentencing Guidelines)
Loss of Staff
Loss of Reputation
Increased Insurance

4. FEES FOR INTERVENTION (FFI)
Fee for Intervention (FFI) is HSE’s cost recovery regime
Imposed when the HSE believe there is a material breach of health and safety law.
The fee payable by dutyholders found to be in material breach of the law is £129 per hour

5. SENTENCING GUIDELINES
Culpability
Risk of harm created by the offence.
Annual turnover or equivalent
The court should examine the financial circumstances of the offender in the round to assess the economic realities of the organisation and the most efficacious way of giving effect to the purposes of sentencing.

6. CASE STUDY 1 - HEIGHTS Fall from Height - £900,000 fine, December 2016
Death of Teacher – September 2016
Brentwood School fall from height - £40,000 fine, August 2016

7. HEIGHTS – CONTROL MEASURES TO PREVENT A CLAIM OR PROSECUTION
Training
Ladder inspection records
Risk assessment

8. CASE STUDY 2 - ASBESTOS
Boswells School, Chelmsford fined £46,000 including costs.
Sherborne School in Dorset fined £73,000 including costs.
Buckinghamshire teacher dies from asbestos exposure.

9. ASBESTOS – CONTROL MEASURES TO PREVENT A CLAIM OR PROSECUTION
Survey in place and up to date
The correct survey in place
Communicate the survey
Ensure contractors have asbestos training

10. SUMMARY
Business Managers are rarely trained to manage health and safety, but they are expected by their employer, to manage this difficult subject. Speak to your nominated health and safety advisor and ensure that you get sufficient support to manage health and safety by design and not by luck.