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title: "Risk Assessment - Risks"
description: "Parish of St. Thomas, Werneth, A Church of England Church in Coppice, Werneth, Oldham.  As well as white English, we have many members from Iran and Afghanistan - and with Nigerian and Pakistani roots.  Risk Assessment. Risks."
canonical_url: "https://stthomaswerneth.org.uk/administration/risk-assessment/risks/"
---

> Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://stthomaswerneth.org.uk/llms.txt)

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# The Risks

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## Trips

• Worn or unfixed carpet edges, rugs or doormats

• Trailing wires, cables or leads

• Worn, damaged or uneven steps or stairs

• Poor lighting

• Missing or defective handrails

• Variations in the level of floors (for example, ramps)

• Restricted access including doorway widths

• Other.

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## Slips

• Smooth floor surfaces

• Cleaning activity making floors slippery (for example, wet mopping, use of polishes, etc.)

• Wet or contaminated floors from poor maintenance (for example, leaking roofs)

• Spillages of food or drink (particularly in kitchen areas)

• Walk-in contaminant from adverse weather (for example, mud, rainwater, etc.)

• Other.

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## Falls from height

• When changing lightbulbs

• When cleaning or decorating

• When putting up decorations or displays

• Inadequately guarded balconies or other areas at height

• Fragile ceiling material where work or access is required

• Trap doors in bell-ringing chambers

• Damaged ladders, stepladders or other access equipment

• Other.

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## Fire

• Accumulations of combustible waste

• Accumulations of flammable materials

• Blocked or obstructed exit routes

• Locked escape doors

• Portable heaters

• Votive candles

• Other.

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## Electricity:

• Faulty or damaged fixed wiring

• Faulty, damaged or unauthorised portable electrical equipment

• Faulty or damaged extension cables or adaptors

• Other.

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## Gas

• Defective or poorly maintained gas boilers or pipework

• Other.

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## Lifting Equipment

(for example, ropes, chains, pulleys and counterweights, etc.):

• For font covers, candelabras, or sanctuary lamps

• Other.

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## Work Equipment:

• Defective or poorly maintained power tools (for example, vacuum cleaners, floor polishers etc.)

• Defective or poorly maintained hand tools (for example, garden shears, hammers, etc.)

• Other.

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## Manual Handling (lifting or carrying):

• Bulky or unwieldy furniture

• Heavy audio visual or computer equipment

• General rubbish that may include breakages (for example, glass)

• Other.

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## Asbestos:

• In insulation, lagging or fire protection

• In wall and roof linings

• In organ blowers

• In motor housings

• Other.

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## Glazing:

• Non-safety glass in doors, partitions or floors

• Other.

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## Hazardous Substances:

• Cleaning products (for example polish, drain cleaner, etc.)

• Other.

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We used the [Methodology](https://stthomaswerneth.org.uk/administration/risk-assessment/methodology/) to consider the [Risks](https://stthomaswerneth.org.uk/administration/risk-assessment/risks/) and produce the [Risk Assessment](https://stthomaswerneth.org.uk/administration/risk-assessment/risk-assessment/)

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