45. Event organisers should ensure that they and/or their contractors have assessed any risk to workers. Consider workplace transport, lifting operations and manual handling risks when moving temporary units.

46. Contractors and others involved in working with sanitary facilities should carry out an assessment of the risks to the health of their employees and others from exposure to hazardous chemicals and sewage under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 2002

47. Assessments should be made available to employees and should identify the measures in place to prevent, or where this is not reasonably practicable, control these risks. Control measures may include:

  • substitution with safer products
  • properly selected and maintained equipment
  • safe methods of work
  • provision of protective equipment
  • training
  • suitable information and warnings