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[steve p]

Does BRC 8 allow hanging lanyard from neck

[Scampi]

I'm not very familiar with BRC, but like any other scheme you need to have a plan in place for when (not if) an employee notices at end of day it's gone.  Everywhere I've worked it's been unacceptable, between foreign material risk and a health and safety one too

 

Employees have been allowed to keep pass card in pants pockets........... you can also get fingerprint friendly time clocks

[pHruit]

Does BRC 8 allow hanging lanyard from neck

Nothing is explicitly mentioned in the standard/guidance, but given the usual prohibition of jewellery (7.2.1), non-use of pockets above the waist (7.4.2) etc., I really can't imagine it being at all popular with an auditor.  

Why do you specifically want lanyards?

 

Scampi's point about H&S considerations is also very valid - even if BRC explicitly said it was fine there I can guarantee that our Health & Safety Manager would strangle me with my own lanyard if I proposed people wore something dangling from their neck in a manufacturing environment 

[zanorias]

Hmm not sure if this would come under clause 7.4.2 requirement for PPE to be a "suitable design to prevent contamination". In any case, it sounds a H&S no-no as highlighted above.

 

Could lanyards be hung but beneath clothing so it is not exposed? What are they for and when would they need to be accessed by the wearers?

[Timwoodbag]

Putting employee safety aside for a minute, are they on a cleaning schedule?