WAT 9203 LTL Facilities Landscape 2024 FV - Flipbook - Page 7
HEALTH & SAFETY | 07
Facilities managers bear responsibility for safety within
their facilities, not only to protect people and assets, but
also to avoid signi昀椀cant legal, 昀椀nancial, and reputational
implications for the organisation.
Yet, effectively identifying, documenting, and
Part one of our ‘Lifting the Lid’ research revealed
mitigating risks requires adequate budget and
working at height, damaged 昀氀oors and surfaces
resource - something our research shows FM
and incorrect installations to pose the greatest
professionals are increasingly lacking.
threat to health and safety with their facilities. For
our second round of research, we assessed these
concerns and their causes in even greater detail.
The biggest health and safety risk factors were
identi昀椀ed as:
TIME CONSTRAINTS
DAMAGED FLOORS
AND SURFACES
HAVING TO
MEET CHANGING
STANDARDS AND
REGULATIONS
FIRE SAFETY
INCORRECT
INSTALLATIONS
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