01766 549795 or 01766 890595 Email usNo pre-booking necessary for our self guided tours...
Just turn up and pay on arrival.
Download our latest Risk Assessment as a pdf
| NO. | ACTIVITY | HAZARD | ACTIONS TO REDUCE RISK | RISK ASSESSMENT (after actions to reduce risk) LOW/MED/HIGH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Before arrival at Sygun Copper Mine | Customers unaware of Sygun Covid Policy | Company Covid 19 safety measures to be present on website. | LOW |
| 2 | Staff | Manage Visitors safely | Staff to ensure that all procedures are adhered to. Before, during and after tour. | LOW |
| 2a | Competency of staff | Staff to be made aware of up to date government guidelines and enforce where necessary. | LOW | |
| 2c | Safety of staff | Staff to wear appropriate PPE– face visor and mask. Staff to be equipped with hand sanitiser and cleaning materials | LOW | |
| 3 | Participating on tour | Surface contact/ Contact with other persons contracting Covid-19 | Follow latest government advice relating to 2m social distancing and hand cleaning. All customers to be asked before booking on tour and before going underground if they, or anyone they have been living with, has symptoms of Covid 19. If so they are not permitted to go on tour and must remain at home or return home to self isolate. | LOW |
| 4 | Visitor Safety | Surface contact/ Contact with other persons contracting Covid-19 | One way system to be maintained throughout tour. Signage displayed reminding of social distancing between visitors. All customers and staff to use hand sanitiser at entry and at the exit of the mine. | LOW |
| 4a | All hand rails to be sanitised periodically. Hand sanitising stations in place at the entrance and exit of the mine. | LOW | ||
| 5 | General | Visitors to be issued with and advised how to use safety helmet | LOW | |
| 5a | Surface contact/ Contact with other persons contracting Covid-19 | Helmets to be sanitised in between use. | LOW |
| NO. | ACTIVITY | HAZARD | ACTIONS TO REDUCE RISK | RISK ASSESSMENT (after actions to reduce risk) LOW/MED/HIGH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Tunnels or passages underground | Darkness | Lighting system illuminates all areas Lighting system is checked on a daily basis | LOW |
| 6a | Disorientation | Directional signs indicate route | LOW | |
| 6b | Straying from route | Directional signs indicate route and barriers placed to unauthorized areas | LOW | |
| 6c | Overcrowding | Visitors access to underground is regulated to prevent overcrowding | LOW | |
| 6d | Claustrophobia | Visitors are informed of size of tunnels and length of route | LOW | |
| 7 | Floor surface | Slipping on surface | Non skid (grooved) concrete surfaces, non skid steel grilles and handrails are provided | LOW |
| 8 | Ceiling | Low ceiling hitting head | Helmets provided and must be worn | LOW |
| 9 | Lighting | Failure | Emergency lighting system operates if failure of main power | LOW |
| 10 | Ventilation | Lack of ventilation | Good ventilation is maintained by having a number of connections to surface air | LOW |
| 11 | Radon | Exposure to radon gas | Radon gas monitoring has been completed and concentrations are below action level. Good ventilation throughout the mine minimises risk of exposure | LOW |
| 12 | Physical accident | Tending to casualty | There are first aid supplies and list of emergency phone numbers located at ticket desk | LOW |
| 13 | Surface Walkways | Slipping on gravel surface | Maintaining surface and advise visitors of terrain | LOW |
| 14 | Rock exposures | Failing rock | All walk ways are situated away from these areas | LOW |
| 15 | Spoil material | Loose or failing soil | All walk ways are situated away from these areas | LOW |
| 16 | Physical accident | Tending to casualty | There are first aid supplies and list of emergency phone numbers located at the ticket desk | LOW |
| NO. | ACTIVITY | HAZARD | ACTIONS TO REDUCE RISK | RISK ASSESSMENT (after actions to reduce risk) LOW/MED/HIGH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Playground | Maintenance | Playground equipment is checked on a weekly basis | LOW |
| 17a | Failing off equipment | All relevant areas have appropriate surfaces/ground coverings There are first aid supplies and list of emergency phone numbers located at the ticket desk | LOW | |
| Parents to supervise and be responsible for their own children | LOW | |||
| 17b | Surface contact/ Contact with other persons contracting Covid-19 | Hand sanitiser available at the entrance to the play area | LOW | |
| Touch areas to be regularly sanitised | LOW |
We are open:
10th February - 10th November
27th December - 2nd January
Phone: 01766 549795 or 01766 890595
Email: sygunmine@hotmail.com
Address: Sygun Copper Mine Beddgelert, Gwynedd LL55 4NE UK.