Unhappy council staff being forced to attend work clean shaven

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council has informed some of its staff that unless they turn up to work clean shaven from now on, they will face disciplinary action.

The reason? Those employees in the repairs department, so including such tasks as carpentry and plumbing, are required to wear face-fit masks when working in dusty locations and situations. If a face is not clean shaven, there's a chance that the mask may not seal properly and dust could leak in and into that person's lungs, potentially creating a health risk.

As you'd expect, those who enjoy having facial hair and who work at the council in the repairs department are not too pleased about this demand. But health and safety comes first, and if they don't comply the disciplinary action could include losing pay. So a supervised face fit test is carried out, after which the employees must remain clean shaven to ensure the mask fits correctly.

We suspect more than a few people working at Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council will be sporting a new, cleaner look in the coming days and week, whether they like it or not.

C&D Consultancy can face fit all operatives if your organization or company requires the same health and safety precautions be adhered to. Please contact stuart@demolishdismantle.co.uk for more details.

Source: Coventry Telegraph

Face fitting on site

Are any of your workforce exposed to dust of any kind on your sites?

The wearing of a suitable mask is a requirement if the risk assessment identifies that the operatives may inhale dust hazardous to their health such as asbestos fibres, silica dust, wood shavings and fibreglass.



All masks issued to the workforce must be face fitted to the worker by a trained and competent person and if you do not have such a person in house then why not contact C&D and we will visit site and do the face fits for you at a cost from £25 per person depending on the number of people to be face fitted and the site location.

To book a face fit session please contact Stuart Carter at stuart@demolishdismantle.co.uk