All your salon health & safety needs - in a box!

The National Hairdressers’ Federation released statistics in 2015 showing that nearly half of hairdressers and beauty therapists have been injured at work, making our industry one of the most accident-prone in the country. And when it comes to contact dermatitis, only florists have a higher rate than hairdressers or beauty therapists.  

To help you keep your team safe and healthy, the NHBF has launched a new health and safety “box”, which contains everything a hair salon or barbershop needs to comply with health and safety legislation.  It includes the NHBF’s new guide, Health and Safety for Hair Salons and Barber Shops, a template health and safety policy, risk assessments, guidelines for employees, a first aid kit, accident book, poster and fire and first aid notices as well as a guide to salon product safety.  

Managing Director of Mr Barbers, Karl Foster said,

At Mr Barbers it’s essential that all of our licensee’s shops comply with health & safety legislation. The NHBF health & safety tool kit puts our mind at ease knowing that the shops have everything they need and we don’t have to do the hard work in sourcing the individual items required.’’  

NHBF chief executive Hilary Hall said: “Paying attention to health and safety makes good business sense. If you have a member of staff who is absent from the workplace because of illness or injury which could have been prevented, this has a financial cost to your business as well as putting added pressure onto other team members.” 

“The NHBF is also running ‘emergency first aid at work’ training courses throughout the country in 2016.  Many salons and barbershops have experienced clients or team members having an accident or falling ill in the workplace, so sending a member of your team on this course is a no-brainer.”

The health and safety box is £65 for members and £99 for non-members (plus £4.50 P&P), available through the NHBF’s online shop or by ringing 01234 831965.  

Emergency First Aid at Work courses:

1 February - Leeds

7 March - Bristol

7 March - Newark

14 March - Wolverhampton

4 April - York

11 April - Exeter

18 April - Glasgow

18 April - Edinburgh

9 May - London

13 June - Sheffield

27 June - Stoke on Trent

11 July - Manchester