A Quick Guide to Health and Safety

Klappentext Health and safety issues now impose upon almost every part of business life. The system of enforcement is managed and implemented in the UK by The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) but at times it can be difficult to know exactly which bits of this elaborate spider's web should be applied in a given instance! and which are most important. This Quick Guide puts the subject into context! providing a rational overview and a valid starting point to applying health and safety in the workplace! and offering a concise and readily accessible interpretation of what health and safety legislation means in practice. Zusammenfassung This Quick Guide puts the subject into context! providing a rational overview and a valid starting point to applying health and safety in the workplace! and offering a concise and readily accessible interpretation of what health and safety legislation means in practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Quick Guide Series Invitation to New Authors Introduction Your 10 Minute A-Z Guide to Health and Safety Chapter 1: Health and Safety Legislation - How Much is There? Publisher Summary 1.1 Some of the other legislation 1.2 Other sources of information Chapter 2: Enforcement and the Legal Situation Publisher Summary 2.1 Who enforces the laws and regulations? 2.2 What is the purpose of enforcement and how is it done? 2.3 Provision of information and advice 2.4 Proportionality (action proportional to the risk) 2.5 Improvement notices and prohibition notices - what are they? 2.6 Reasonably practicable - what does this mean? 2.7 Who will receive the most attention from enforcing authorities? Chapter 3: Health and Safety ... so What Business are You in? Publisher Summary 3.1 Business survival 3.2 Good H&S should be good business 3.3 As well as hurting people, accidents and injuries cost the business 3.4 If you think training is expensive - try ignorance 3.5 What are the most common accidents and causes of injury? Chapter 4: The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HSW Act) and What it Means Publisher Summary 4.1 Basic concepts and duties 4.2 Duties of employers to employees 4.3 Duties of employers (and self-employed) to others 4.4 Duties of employees 4.5 Consultation with employees 4.6 Duties to provide safety equipment or PPE 4.7 Duties of manufacturers 4.8 Powers given to the enforcing authorities 4.9 What does 'at work' mean? 4.10 Management of H&S regulations - what are they? Chapter 5: Risks and Risk Assessments - What are They? Publisher Summary 5.1 Everyday risks 5.2 Risk - what do we mean? 5.3 Risk assessments - what are they? Chapter 6: Health, Safety and Welfare Requirements in the Workplace Publisher Summary 6.1 What are the applicable regulations? 6.2 What is a workplace? 6.3 The regulations and what they require you to do 6.4 Brief summary of the Construction Workplace Regulations 6.5 Enforcement 6.6 Regular tours of the workplace Chapter 7: Machinery and Other Work Equipment Publisher Summary 7.1 What are the main regulations with which you have to comply? 7.2 What equipment is covered by these regulations? 7.3 How do you know that machines and equipment you buy are safe? 7.4 What do I have to maintain and inspect? 7.5 Instruction and training for use and safety 7.6 Stopping equipment and emergency stops 7.7 Guards and guarding 7.8 What to do about cleaning and maintenance Chapter 8: Pressure Plant and Equipment Publisher Summary 8.1 What is pressure plant and equipment? 8.2 What is a relevant fluid? 8.3 Do the PSSR (Pressure Systems Safety Regulations) apply to me? 8.4 What do I have to do to comply with the regulations? 8.5 What is meant by safe operating limits? 8.6 What is a written scheme of examination? 8.7 Who is a competent person? Chapter 9: Lifting and Handling Publisher Summary 9.1 Manual handling regulations 9.2 General guidelines for lifting, pushing and pulling 9.3 What to consider in a risk assessment and who does it? 9.4...

Zusammenfassung
This Quick Guide puts the subject into context, providing a rational overview and a valid starting point to applying health and safety in the workplace, and offering a concise and readily accessible interpretation of what health and safety legislation means in practice.

Inhalt

The Quick Guide Series Invitation to New Authors Introduction Your 10 Minute A-Z Guide to Health and Safety Chapter 1: Health and Safety Legislation - How Much is There?

• Publisher Summary
• 1.1 Some of the other legislation

• 1.2 Other sources of information Chapter 2: Enforcement and the Legal Situation

• Publisher Summary
• 2.1 Who enforces the laws and regulations?
• 2.2 What is the purpose of enforcement and how is it done?
• 2.3 Provision of information and advice
• 2.4 Proportionality (action proportional to the risk)
• 2.5 Improvement notices and prohibition notices - what are they?
• 2.6 Reasonably practicable - what does this mean?

• 2.7 Who will receive the most attention from enforcing authorities? Chapter 3: Health and Safety ... so What Business are You in?

• Publisher Summary
• 3.1 Business survival
• 3.2 Good H&S should be good business
• 3.3 As well as hurting people, accidents and injuries cost the business
• 3.4 If you think training is expensive - try ignorance

• 3.5 What are the most common accidents and causes of injury? Chapter 4: The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HSW Act) and What it Means

• Publisher Summary
• 4.1 Basic concepts and duties
• 4.2 Duties of employers to employees
• 4.3 Duties of employers (and self-employed) to others
• 4.4 Duties of employees
• 4.5 Consultation with employees
• 4.6 Duties to provide safety equipment or PPE
• 4.7 Duties of manufacturers
• 4.8 Powers given to the enforcing authorities
• 4.9 What does 'at work' mean?

• 4.10 Management of H&S regulations - what are they? Chapter 5: Risks and Risk Assessments - What are They?

• Publisher Summary
• 5.1 Everyday risks
• 5.2 Risk - what do we mean?

• 5.3 Risk assessments - what are they? Chapter 6: Health, Safety and Welfare Requirements in the Workplace

• Publisher Summary
• 6.1 What are the applicable regulations?
• 6.2 What is a workplace?
• 6.3 The regulations and what they require you to do
• 6.4 Brief summary of the Construction Workplace Regulations
• 6.5 Enforcement

• 6.6 Regular tours of the workplace Chapter 7: Machinery and Other Work Equipment

• Publisher Summary
• 7.1 What are the main regulations with which you have to comply?
• 7.2 What equipment is covered by these regulations?
• 7.3 How do you know that machines and equipment you buy are safe?
• 7.4 What do I have to maintain and inspect?
• 7.5 Instruction and training for use and safety
• 7.6 Stopping equipment and emergency stops
• 7.7 Guards and guarding

• 7.8 What to do about cleaning and maintenance Chapter 8: Pressure Plant and Equipment

• Publisher Summary
• 8.1 What is pressure plant and equipment?
• 8.2 What is a relevant fluid?
• 8.3 Do the PSSR (Pressure Systems Safety Regulations) apply to me?
• 8.4 What do I have to do to comply with the regulations?
• 8.5 What is meant by safe operating limits?
• 8.6 What is a written scheme of examination?

• 8.7 Who is a competent person? Chapter 9: Lifting and Handling

• Publisher Summary
• 9.1 Manual handling regulations
• 9.2 General guidelines for lifting, pushing and pulling
• 9.3 What to consider in a risk assessment and who does it?
• 9.4 Manual handling training and instruction

• 9.5 What about lifting equipment? Chapter 10: Noise

• Publisher Summary
• 10.1 Noise at work
• 10.2 The regulations (the law) and what you have to do
• 10.3 Assessment of risk from noise and reduction of noise levels
• 10.4 Hearing protection and warning signs
• 10.5 Information and training

• 10.6 Health surveillance Chapter 11: Hazardous Substances

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