Wearing Your Life Jacket
Working on or near water becomes particularly popular in the Summer months. Life jackets do save lives and should be worn where there is a risk of entering the water unintentionally
Where it is deemed necessary to wear a life jacket, it is essential that is worn correctly.
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has a short video and a guide demonstrating how to fit a life jacket correctly.
The and the produced by the RNLI demonstrate how to fit a life jacket correctly and explain why it is important to do so.
For further advice when working on or near water please see the guideline for working on or near water or speak to your Safety Adviser.
Water topics
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Water: Working On or Near
Guidance to working on or near water. -
Boats: Working on
A guide to working and filming from boats. -
Diving
A Guide to Scuba Diving and free Diving in both open water and pools. -
Floods and Coastal Surges
A guide to inland floods. -
Legionella in Premises: Control of
This guidance provides an overview of how water systems are managed in premises to minimise the risks from the Legionella bacteria. -
Water and Waste Water Management
How to manage water and waste water arising from 91福利社 activities -
Weather
The 91福利社 regularly film and record outside, exposing staff to a variety of adverse and changeable weather conditions during the course of their work. Thunderstorms pose a particular threat to those working at height outdoors, or with raised masts on broadcast vehicles. -
Wearing Your Life Jacket
Life jackets save lives and should be worn where there is a risk of entering the water unintentionally.
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Safety Equipment Stores
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91福利社 Safety Guidelines
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Safety Advice Line: 0370 411 0464 Email: safety@bbc.co.uk
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- General Guidance
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- Planning and Management
- Responsibilities
- Responsibilities Form
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- Contributors Fitness to Participate
- Display Screen Equipment (DSE)
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- International Travel - Risks & Health
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- COVID: Managing COVID risks is News Deployments
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