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Immediate non-intrusive site visitsWhat are your responsibilities under Legionella legislation?
If you’re an employer or a landlord, then you’re responsible for your tenants or employees’ health and safety. Legionella assessment, testing and control is part of this – you need to manage, prevent, or control any risks of Legionella.
You also need to make sure a suitable Legionella Risk Assessment is carried out and accurate records of the findings are kept. Many employers and landlords choose to use risk assessment and water sampling companies – like us – to carry out a Legionella Risk Assessment without any fuss.
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Why choose Bison Assist?
At Bison Assist, we’ve been providing Legionella Risk Assessments for dental practices, offices, doctors surgeries, warehouses and residential properties for over a decade.
We’re trusted by companies all over the UK to take the hassle out of Legionella compliance, and to provide expert guidance in meeting health and safety regulations for every member of the Bison herd.
Our team have undergone all of the specialist training and external risk assessments required to tick every health and safety box. They are your friendly health and safety consultants available by phone at any time of the year, as well as providing expert risk assessments.
We do more than just Legionella Risk Assessments, too. As a full-service H&S partner we can carry out Health and Service Risk Assessments, Legionella Testing, Fire Risk Assessments, Disability Access Risk Assessments, and more – all in one visit, with a multi-service discount.
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What is legionella?
Legionella is the name of waterborne bacteria that cause the potentially lethal Legionnaires’ disease, a form of pneumonia. It can live in man-made systems such as water storage units, bathrooms, and kitchens. People catch the disease by breathing in aerosols in the air containing the bacteria.
The bacteria spread quickly in infected water systems, particularly when the water temperature is between 20 and 45°C – so a big part of Legionella management is making sure hot water storage stays hot, and cold water storage stays cold. Rust, biofilms, scale and sludge can also help Legionella bacteria grow and spread, so keeping water systems clean and well-maintained is also essential.
What happens in a Legionella Risk Assessment?
A Bison Assist expert tours your site unobtrusively to inspect and assess the water systems. Hot and cold water storage tanks are an important area to check, so the length of the Legionella assessment will depend on the size of your site or building and/ or the complexity of your water system and accessibility.
Our Legionella consultant will also take a look at your records to review previous assessments, support you on tackling the recommendations from previous reports, and help you identify areas that require improvement.
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Our goal is to give you practical solutions and recommendations in line with the current guidelines – we keep up with the changes to legislation, so you don’t have to worry about it.
Legionella risk assessments should be reviewed every year, or more often if there’s been a change to your water system, or a reported case of Legionnaires’ disease.
The report you’ll receive from Bison following a Legionella Risk Assessment will include:
The legislation you need to comply with:
The legislations and guidelines that that you must meet to ensure compliance are:
- Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
- Approved Code of Practice – The control of Legionella bacteria in water systems (L8 – Fourth edition 2013)
- RIDDOR 2013
- COSHH 2002
- The Water Act 2003 (Consequential and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2005
- HSG274 Parts 1, 2 & 3 published 2024
- Health Technical Memorandum 04-01 (HTM04-01)
- Health Technical Memorandum 01-05 (HTM01-05)
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Legionella Testing and Water Sampling
We can arrange for water samples to be taken, tested, and analysed in partnership with UKAS-accredited laboratories as part of a water risk assessment, or as a standalone service.
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Multi-Service Discount
Our highly qualified risk assessment specialists can carry out multiple services such as Health & Safety, Fire Risk Assessments, Legionella Risk Assessments, Legionella Testing, and more – all in one visit, with a multi-service discount.
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