The Role of Health and Safety in Sport

Health and safety plays a big part in any work organisation,

especially in a sports organisation with all the extra equipment and

chemicals that are used for sport. The health and safety act work 1974

was replaced in 1992 and again in 1999 by the management of health and

safety at work regulations. The Management of Health and Safety at

Work Regulations 1999 outline how employers should achieve the

requirements defined under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

The main requirement of these Regulations is for sports organizations

such as Gateshead stadium and St James Park to carry out an assessment

of the risks associated with their activities before the activities

take place.

Sport plays a major part in the personal, social and physical

development of young people. All young people should have the

opportunity to develop those skills and be able to participate in

sport and leisure activities in an environment free from

discrimination an without risk to there personal health and safety.

Gateshead stadium and St James Park are sports grounds and are under a

another act the safety of sports act 1975 and also the Fire Safety

and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 are concerned with addressing

risks to spectators at sports grounds but not with the risks to

participants, who are normally covered by the general requirements of

the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

The legislations of health and safety in sports organisations:-

Ø Secure the health and safety welfare of people at work.

Ø Control the emission into the atmosphere of noxious or offensive

substances from premises.

Ø Control handling and storage of dang...

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...orts centers. These substances include chemical

for cleaning disinfecting, for treating water i.e. chlorine and P.H

indicator or for making out grass pitches. Risk may arise through

inhalation through nose, ingestion through mouth or absorption via

skin

Although the individual club or society organising an activity or

event is

responsible for preparing the risk assessment, National Governing

Bodies should

produce a range of procedures and guidance documents on control

measures to

assist this process.Overall if the employers pass on their knowledge

and understanding of the procedures and guidance documents that the

NGB produce to them onto their employees the work place should be a

much safer place to be and should help remove or control the health

risks by use of approval, personnel and procedures.