Health and Safety Pocket Book

Front cover......Page 1
Title page......Page 4
Copyright page......Page 5
Table of contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 14
List of abbreviations......Page 15
Part 1 Health and Safety Law......Page 18
All reasonable precautions and all due diligence ('due diligence' defence)......Page 20
Breach of statutory duty......Page 21
Burden of proof......Page 22
Child......Page 23
Civil and criminal liability......Page 24
Common law and statute law......Page 25
Contributory negligence......Page 26
Corporate liability......Page 27
Courts and tribunals......Page 28
Damages......Page 31
Defences......Page 32
Disclosure of information......Page 33
Duties (hierarchy of)......Page 34
Duty of care......Page 36
Employers' liability......Page 37
Enforcement arrangements – powers of inspectors......Page 38
Guidance notes (HSE)......Page 41
Judicial precedent......Page 42
Negligence......Page 43
No-fault liability......Page 44
Occupiers' liability......Page 45
Principles of prevention......Page 46
Prosecution......Page 47
Res ipsa loquitur......Page 48
Statement of health and safety policy......Page 49
Temporary employment......Page 50
Vicarious liability......Page 51
Volente non fit injuria......Page 52
Disability Discrimination Act 1995......Page 53
Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969......Page 54
Employment Rights Act 1996......Page 55
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974......Page 57
Occupiers' Liability Act 1957......Page 58
Social Security Act 1975......Page 59
Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977......Page 60
Building Regulations 2000......Page 61
Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2002......Page 64
Confined Spaces Regulations 1997......Page 65
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994......Page 66
Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996......Page 70
Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002......Page 73
Control of Lead at Work Regulations 2002......Page 76
Control of Major Accident Hazard Regulations 1999......Page 78
Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005......Page 80
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002......Page 86
Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005......Page 89
Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002......Page 94
Electricity at Work Regulations 1989......Page 96
Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992......Page 98
Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981......Page 99
Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996......Page 100
Highly Flammable Liquids and Liquefied Petroleum Gases Regulations 1972......Page 101
Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999......Page 104
Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998......Page 109
Lifts Regulations 1997......Page 112
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999......Page 115
Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992......Page 118
Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992......Page 119
Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000......Page 121
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998......Page 123
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005......Page 130
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995......Page 142
Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1977......Page 145
Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) Regulations 1991......Page 147
Work at Height Regulations 2005......Page 148
Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992......Page 154
1(d) Approved codes of practice......Page 158
1(e) HSE guidance notes......Page 164
Part 2 Health and Safety Management......Page 170
Accident costs......Page 172
Accident investigation procedures......Page 174
Benchmarking......Page 175
BS 8800: Guide to occupational health and safety management systems......Page 178
Cleaning schedules......Page 180
Competent persons......Page 181
Consequence analysis......Page 183
Failure mode and effect analysis......Page 184
Health and safety file......Page 185
Health and safety training......Page 186
Health records......Page 187
Health surveillance......Page 188
International Loss Control Institute loss causation model......Page 190
ISO 14001: Environmental Management Systems......Page 193
Joint consultation......Page 195
Local rules......Page 196
Major incidents......Page 197
Method statements......Page 198
Management oversight and risk tree (MORT)......Page 200
Planned preventive maintenance......Page 202
Quality systems audit (QSA)......Page 205
Risk assessment......Page 206
Risk management......Page 208
Safety monitoring systems......Page 210
Safety signs......Page 212
Statements of health and safety policy......Page 214
Successful health and safety management [HS(G)65]......Page 216
Total loss control......Page 218
Construction activities......Page 222
Display screen equipment workstations......Page 231
Electrical equipment......Page 235
Fire safety......Page 237
Flammable substances......Page 240
Floors and traffic routes......Page 242
Hazardous substances......Page 243
Maintenance work......Page 245
Manual handling operations......Page 246
Mobile mechanical handling equipment (lift trucks, etc.)......Page 248
Noise......Page 250
Offices and commercial premises......Page 253
Personal protective equipment......Page 259
Radiation hazards......Page 261
Violence at work – personal risk checklist......Page 263
Work equipment......Page 264
Workplaces......Page 265
Part 3 Health and Safety Information......Page 270
Accident indices......Page 272
Accident ratios......Page 273
Airborne contaminants: comparison of particle size ranges......Page 274
Average illuminances and minimum measured illuminances......Page 275
Categories of danger – Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2002......Page 276
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 – How to decide when the exceptions to the CDM Regulations apply......Page 279
Decibels (addition of)......Page 280
Demolition methods......Page 281
Fire instruction notice......Page 283
(a) Display screen equipment workstation – design and layout......Page 284
(b) Seating and posture for typical office tasks......Page 285
Key elements of successful health and safety management......Page 286
Legal routes following an accident at work......Page 287
Local exhaust ventilation (LEV) systems......Page 288
Manual handling – lifting and lowering......Page 289
Manual handling operations regulations – flow chart......Page 290
Maximum ratios of illuminance for adjacent areas......Page 291
Noise control methods......Page 292
Noise control programme – typical structure......Page 293
Optimum working temperatures......Page 294
Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 – Specimen risk survey table for the use of personal protective equipment......Page 295
Places of work requiring inspection by a competent person under Regulation 29(1) of the Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996......Page 296
Probability index......Page 297
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 – reporting requirements......Page 298
Safety data sheets – obligatory headings (CHIP Regulations)......Page 300
Safety signs......Page 301
The total working system – areas of study......Page 302
Water closets and wash station provision (ACOP to Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992)......Page 303
Accident book entry......Page 304
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 – Notification of Project (Form 10)......Page 305
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 – Health Risk Assessment......Page 307
Hazard report form......Page 310
Improvement notice......Page 311
Job safety analysis record......Page 312
Manual handling of loads – example of an assessment checklist......Page 313
Noise exposure record......Page 315
(a) Pre-employment health questionnaire......Page 316
(b) Health questionnaire......Page 319
(c) Food handler's clearance certificate......Page 320
(d) Fitness certificate......Page 321
Prohibition notice......Page 322
(a) Report of an injury or dangerous occurrence (Form 2508)......Page 323
(b) Report of a case of disease (Form 2508A)......Page 325
Part 4 Health and Safety Glossary......Page 328
Part 5 Appendices......Page 416
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)......Page 418
Royal Society of Health (RSH)......Page 419
Appendix B: Documentation and record keeping requirements......Page 420
Appendix C: Useful publications and information sources......Page 424
Appendix D: Professional organisations......Page 434
Appendix E: Industries – principal legal requirements......Page 438
Index......Page 446