Health & Safety Acceptance TLC6 (logged in)

  • Health & Safety Guidelines

    Please agree to health and safety guidelines
    Please advise all participants in your group of the following points:
  • • What to do in the event of an emergency
    • They should not put themselves or any other person at risk during any Team Limerick Clean-Up event
    • If they think a littered area is too dangerous for them, it is, and they should not clean in that area
    • Not to work alone. Always work in a group of minimum 2 volunteers
    • That there is a minimum number of 2 charged mobile phones available per group
    • Not to climb and not use ladders
    • To keep gates closed and avoid cleaning up natural materials such as logs, stones and weeds
  • • To use the safety equipment provided - gloves and high vis jackets
    • To use the TLC warning signage – store this signage for future use
    • To wear hi-visibility clothing and place warning signs at either end of the stretch of road while work is in progress
    • To return any excess litter pickers, supplies signage to their group leader for future use.
  • • Children involved in all TLC events are the responsibility of their parents or guardians or a 'responsible adult’ nominated by parent/guardian
    • A minimum of 2 ‘responsible adults’ should always be present with any group of children (max 10 children per group)
    • That children under 16 should not pick up litter by the roadside
  • • The location of the first aid for their group
    • To wash hands before and after handling litter
    • Cuts or grazes should be carefully covered up before the clean-up event with waterproof plasters
    • Once the clean-up is completed, gloves should be removed and hands should be washed thoroughly in hot water before eating or drinking
  • • Not to plan their clean-up near deep mud, steep, slippery or crumbling banks, or polluted water
  • • That all relevant/appropriate rules of the road must be followed at all times and to work in the direction of traffic
    • That motorways and all access slip roads to motorways are out of bounds
    • Not to go on roundabouts
    • To work on footpaths and verges with a 60 KM per hour speed limit or below
  • I consent to be contacted via text about the TLC Campaign. I consent to my name being listed as a volunteer on the TLC Campaign. I consent to the use of my groups’ photo in TLC related social media, broadcast and print material. I consent that I am fully responsible for the volunteers in my group.