MARK DANIELS - Adviser on visitor and occupational health and safety at historic buildings, parks, gardens, coast and countryside
Welcome to this website on visitor and occupational safety issues in the historic built environment and countryside
- Do you own or manage historic buildings, parks, gardens or
- Are you confident that you have adequately assessed the risks to your
- Do you think you have the right balance between safety and other important objectives, such as conservation or public access?
- Do you think you have the right balance between the responsibility of the land owner/manager and the personal responsibility of the visitor?
- Are all your assessments and safety arrangements in place for 2016?
- Is your system for managing safety robust and fit for purpose? How do
countryside sites that you open to the public?
employees and your visitors and have safety measures in place that are
reasonable and proportionate?
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Lundy Island, Devon,
17th August 2016
Recent visits
08 Jun Auckland Castle, Co. Durham
16 Jun Shottesbrooke (Landmark Trust HO) meeting
21-23 Jun Auckland Castle, Co Durham
09 Jul Killerton, Devon
12-13 Jul Auckland Castle, Co Durham
15 Jul Knowle Hill and Swarkestone Pavilion,
Landmark Trust properties, Derbyshire
20 Jul RHS Tatton Park Flower Show
04 Aug Woolsthorpe Manor, Lincolnshire
05 Aug RHS Hyde Hall
06 Aug King's College Chapel, Cambridge
06 Aug Audley End, Essex
12 Aug Knowle Hill, Derbyshire (Landmark Trust)
16-18 Aug Lundy Island (Landmark Trust)
26 Aug - 02 Sep Lofoten Islands, Norway
29 Aug Lofotr Vikingmuseum, Lofoten, Norway
02 Sep Akershus Fortress, Oslo
03 Sep Viking Ship Museum and Fram Museum, Oslo
I work as an independent safety adviser specialising in visitor safety management in countryside and coastal environments and at parks, gardens, historic buildings and structures. I also cover occupational safety and health in these settings, and in the rural, conservation and charitable sectors. Complying with your legal duties under health and safety legislation whilst at the same time ensuring that the historic or special qualities of your land and buildings are not adversely affected by safety measures is not easy - it requires careful consideration and judgements to find the right balance. I can draw on over 25 years' experience as a qualified safety practitioner and manager, most of which was spent leading the health and safety function in the National Trust, one of the country’s largest conservation charities. I hope I can work with you to find practical solutions and help give you the confidence to make the right decisions.
Please explore the links on this page to see different sections of this website, and get in touch if you think my expertise could be of help or interest to you - please e-mail me at:
markdaniels@visitorsafety-touchofgrey.co.uk
Linn of Tummel, Perthshire
Latest visitor and rural safety news
VSCG launches new publication - "Managing visitor safety in the historic built environment" - more details here ...
Recent places
Major fire at National Trust stately home - more detail here ...
RHS Show, Tatton Park, Cheshire
Chessington World of Adventures prosecuted following serious accident to young girl - read more here ...
Yorkshire Mining Museum and two contractors fined after fatal accident underground in 2011 - more details here ...
Inquest held into fatality when visitor killed by falling branch at Kew Gardens in 2012 - more information here ...
Knowle Hill, Derbyshire (Landmark Trust)
Swarkestone Pavilion, Derbyshire (Landmark Trust)
Auckland Castle, Co Durham
Pitlochry Dam and Fish Ladder, Perthshire
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