What we are doing to keep safe

racing behind closed doors

The Jockey Club is committed to providing a safe environment for all team members, contractors and visitors.  To enable this any person visiting or working on a Jockey site will be asked to follow key control measures to protect everyone and control the spread of the virus.

We have appointed a Covid -19 Officer responsible for the management of the risk and mitigation planning, communicating information to everyone and ensuring the necessary standards are met which includes but not limited to:

• Training – all team members have received training in Coronavirus safety, all visitors will undertake an induction.
  
  
• Symptoms – no person with symptoms or living with a person who has symptoms attends site, screening of individuals prior to entry.
  
  

• Hand Hygiene – everyone has access to hand washing and hand sanitiser on entry and throughout the site.
  
  
• Social Distancing – maintaining a 2m separation distance between everyone using:
  
  
  • follow any one way systems in place at the site and 2m markers
  • using specific access times or access points
  • stagger arrival and exit times
  • reduce movement around site and any unnecessary activities
  • breaks or briefings taken in well ventilated rooms or outdoors, ensuring social distancing is followed.
    
    
• Where Social Distancing can not be achieved:
  
  
  • consider carrying out the activity in a different way to avoid close contact
  • keep the activity time involved as short as possible
  • use screens or barriers to separate people
  • use back to back or side to side working instead of face to face
  • reduce the number of people each person has contact with
    
    
• Cleaning – The Jockey Club will ensure regular and thorough cleaning and disinfection of the site, including the frequently touched objects and surfaces
  
  
• Cough Etiquette/Respiratory Hygiene – remind all members of the team to practice good respiratory hygiene, following the Catch it, Bin it, Kill it campaign.
  
  
• Travel – any persons returning from abroad (except Ireland and France) should not attend site and quarantine for 14 days.
  
  

COVID-19 & PPE Use

• PPE will not be used as a substitute for other controls measures when protecting people from risk of being exposed to Coronavirus.
  
  
• The BHA and Jockey Club require PPE to be worn for specific roles or where it is not possible to maintain social distancing
  
  
• PPE should be used together with hand hygiene and social distancing measures to be effective. 
  
  
• Training is given to all members of the team on how to use, put on and take off each specific item of PPE.