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Legionella Risk Assessment – Who needs it?
Legionella risk assessments are a legal requirement for many businesses in the UK. If your business involves water systems that could create a risk of Legionella bacteria growth, you have a duty of care to ensure the safety of your employees, customers, and the general public.
For all businesses with 5 or more employees it is a statutory duty to carry out a legionella risk assessment.
The Legal Framework: Understanding Your Duties
Under UK law, the primary regulations concerning Legionella control are:
- The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002
- The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
- The Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) L8: Legionnaires’ disease: The control of Legionella bacteria in water systems.
ACOP L8 provides practical guidance on managing and controlling Legionella risks.
It applies to all employers, self-employed individuals, and anyone in control of premises (e.g., landlords or managing agents) where water systems could pose a Legionella risk.
All businesses with over 5 employees are affected by this code of practise.
Some of the industries we help:
- Schools, Colleges, and Universities
Educational institutions with extensive water systems and varied usage patterns are required to ensure safety through risk assessments, these often have large complex hot and cold water systems.
- Manufacturing and Industrial Sites
Factories and industrial units often use water in manufacturing processes, cooling systems, or for employee hygiene facilities. Small factories, often overlooked, may not realise their responsibility to conduct a Legionella risk assessment.
- Hospitality and Leisure Businesses
Hotels, holiday parks, gyms, and leisure centres that use water features such as showers, swimming pools, and decorative fountains need to comply. Even if systems are infrequently used, stagnant water can harbour Legionella bacteria.
- Landlords and Property Managers
Landlords must assess the Legionella risk in residential properties they let, especially houses of multiple occupancy (HMOs). While smaller properties may require a basic risk assessment, more complex setups, such as those with shared water tanks, will need detailed reviews.
- Healthcare and Care Providers
Hospitals, nursing homes, and care homes are particularly vulnerable to Legionella risks due to the presence of at-risk individuals. Special measures are required to ensure water systems are monitored and maintained to prevent outbreaks.
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What are the Consequences of non-compliance?
Failing to conduct a Legionella risk assessment can lead to severe consequences, including:
- Fines and Legal Action: Businesses found in breach of health and safety regulations can face significant fines.
- Operational shut downs: Non compliance could lead to your business being shut down.
- Reputational Damage: An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease can harm your business’s reputation and customer trust.
- Risk to Health: Most importantly, neglecting your duties could put lives at risk.
How does legionella risk assessments in the north east work?
Three easy steps:
1. Your risk assessment
Before we come out, we’ll lock in a price. The initial quote is completely FREE.
Once you’re happy with the price, we’ll come out and do the risk assessment.
2. Management document
You’ll get a ‘live’ document that you’ll tick and sign off as you review each action point highlighted in your management document.
This could be monthly, quarterly, six-monthly or yearly actions.
3. Ongoing management
Now you’ll know what you need to do to keep your building’s water supply safe.
Depending on how much time you have, you’ll either monitor each action point or we can do that for you.
“When I needed legionella testing, McAndrews helped me with my risk assessment, policies and what staff needed to be trained on. Claire was really helpful telling us what was what.”
“The reports are always very thorough.”
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How much does a legionella risk assessment cost in the north east?
your risk assessment
We’d love to give you a price now but lots of different factors affect your legionella risk assessment quote:
How many cold water storage tanks there are
How many hot water cylinders there are
How many outlets in the building, e.g. taps, showers, sinks
Typically, a risk assessment costs from £350, before we come out we will assess the time it will take to complete the assessment and give you a fixed price.
Don’t worry – before we come out and do your risk assessment, we’ll give you a fixed price.
Action points needed
If we discover anything that needs some attention, we’ll let you know what it is and what you need to do to fix it.
Ongoing management
The price of your ongoing maintenance depends on two things:
- How many things you need to check on a monthly, quarterly, six monthly and yearly basis
- How many of those things you’d like us to do
For example, you may need to check the temperature of your stored water once a month. This is easily something you could do yourself and so you wouldn’t have to pay us to do it.
Some other jobs, on the other hand, are more technical and so you may not want to have to worry about them.
How long does it take?
We’ll aim to do your risk assessment as quickly as possible with minimal impact to your operating hours.
You’ll receive your risk assessment report 7 to 14 days later.
Repair times vary depending on how many repairs you need and the availability of our plumbers to do the work.
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About McAndrew Plumbing – the North East’s legionella risk assessment specialists
We’ve helped northeast businesses with legionella risk assessments since 2016. And we’ve been plumbers for over thirty years.
Our approach is simple:
- Clear pricing
- Arrive on time
- Do a great job
Any repairs done by us come with a one-year guarantee! So if anything goes wrong, we’ll sort it.
Plus! We’re voluntarily associated with the LCA – they make sure we’re giving you the best service possible.
You’ve just found everything you need to get your northeast legionella risk assessment sorted – in one place.