RA029 - Hot Equipment and Burns Risk Assessment

Hot Equipment and Burns Risk Assessment

This risk assessment is for salon owners whose teams use heated tools and hot water every day. That covers hair salons and barbershops with tongs, straighteners, hairdryers and hood dryers, and beauty and nail salons with wax heaters, paraffin baths, facial steamers, towel warmers and hot stones. It works for a one-chair barber or a busy multi-room salon. Use it to check how burns could happen, decide what to do about them and keep a written record.

What you'll get

• Which hot equipment in your salon could burn or scald staff and clients
• What the law expects you to do about hot work equipment
• How to use HSE's five steps to assess the risk
• A filled-in salon example you can adapt, plus a blank copy to complete
• What to do straight away if someone is burned

Part of the SOU Health & Safety Toolkit

Written for UK hair, beauty, nail and barbering businesses and branded ready to download. Free for SOU PRO and CEO members.

This resource is general guidance in line with UK health and safety law. It does not replace your own risk assessments or professional advice, and you remain responsible for health and safety in your salon. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Salon Owners United and its partners accept no liability for any loss arising from its use.