Planning Facilities for Safety and Risk Management

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Planning Facilities for Safety andRisk Management

• Chapter 12

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Negligence

• The failure to act as a reasonably prudent
  facility manager would act in the same or similar
  circumstances

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Duties to Ensure a Reasonably Safe Environment

• Keep the premises in safe repair
• Inspect the premises to discover obvious and
  hidden hazards
• Remove the hazards or warn of their presence
• Anticipate foreseeable uses and activities by
  invitees and take reasonable precautions to
  protect invitees from foreseeable dangers
• Conduct operations on the premises with
  reasonable care for the safety of the invitee

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Foreseeability

• Reasonable anticipation that harm or injury is a
  likely result from certain acts, omissions or
  conditions

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Two Primary Causes of Safety Problems in Sports
Facilities

• Poor Facility Planning and Design
• Poor Management

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Planning Safe Facilities

• Security and Access Control
• Safety Zones
• Pedestrian Traffic Flow
• Storage
• Proper Materials
• Supervision

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Planning Safe Facilities

• Security and Access Control

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Security and Access Control

• Controlling Access to the Facility
• How much control is needed?Entrances/Exits
• Controlling Access Within the Facility
• Horizontal vs. Vertical Circulation

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Planning Safe Facilities

• Safety Zones

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Safety Zones

• Based on the concept that some buffer around
  activity areas is needed for safety
• Separation of activities
• Free of obstructions

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Safety Zones

• If theres any doubt,
• Pad it!!

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Safety Zones - Basketball

• - From endline to wall or obstruction -
• 10 ft. preferred
• 6 ft. minimum with padding
• Space between adjacent courts
• 6 ft. minimum

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Safety Zones - Softball, Baseball

• - From sideline to fence or obstruction
• 15 ft. preferred
• No overlapping fields

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Examples

• Basketball / Volleyball Courts
• Baseball / Softball / Soccer Fields
• Walls / Fences / Trees
• Weight Equipment
• Playgrounds

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Planning Safe Facilities

• Pedestrian Traffic Flow

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Pedestrian Traffic Flow

• Requiring people to walk through activity areas
  in order to reach their desired destination

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Proper Storage

• 1 complaint from facility managers is a lack of
  adequate storage space

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Proper Materials

• Floors
• Walls
• Ceilings
• Glass
• Fixtures

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Supervision

• Design for ease of supervision
• CCTV

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Miscellaneous

• ADA, OSHA, Fire, Health codes
• Humidity control
• Lighting
• Signage

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A Safe Facility is

• Well planned, designed, constructed
• Built with minimal hazardous conditions
• Well managed
• Active risk management program