Safety Alert
Pop-up toilets: Risk of crushing
Pop-up toilets: Risk of crushing
- HSE
- Safety Alert
- FOD01-2023
- Line of FireMachinery and Equipment
- Crushing and pinch pointsRisk management
- Inspection and maintenance
- Machine guardingPreventive maintenanceRisk assessment
Summary
This safety notice describes a fatal crushing incident beneath a raised telescopic pop-up toilet. It addresses chamber access, cleaning, inspection and maintenance risks, prioritising risk assessment and suitably rated engineering safeguards against lowering. It also calls for maintained controls and adequate safety information, with written instructions where appropriate.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Machine guarding; machinery guards; machine guards.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Summary
This alert highlights crushing hazards associated with pop-up toilet units.
FOD01-2023. Themes: line of fire, machinery and equipment.