The Health & Safety Handbook: A Practical Guide to Health and Safety Law, Management Policies and Procedures

Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Abbreviations......Page 9
INTRODUCTION......Page 12
CIVIL LAW......Page 13
CRIMINAL LAW......Page 14
COURTS AND TRIBUNALS......Page 15
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS......Page 18
STATUTES, REGULATIONS, APPROVED CODES OF PRACTICE AND HSE GUIDANCE NOTES......Page 19
HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK ETC ACT 1974......Page 20
ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES......Page 23
STATEMENTS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY......Page 29
MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK REGULATIONS (MHSWR) 1999......Page 30
EMPLOYERS’ LIABILITY INSURANCE......Page 35
HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT......Page 38
ACCIDENT PREVENTION......Page 46
SAFETY MONITORING......Page 50
HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT......Page 53
SAFE SYSTEMS OF WORK......Page 58
EMERGENCY PROCEDURES......Page 61
VULNERABLE GROUPS......Page 62
ACCIDENT AND ILL-HEALTH REPORTING AND RECORDING REQUIREMENTS......Page 63
THE INVESTIGATION OF ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS......Page 71
THE COSTS OF ACCIDENTS, INCIDENTS AND ILL HEALTH......Page 72
THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING......Page 74
JOINT CONSULTATION AND HEALTH AND SAFETY......Page 75
SAFETY PROPAGANDA......Page 77
THE WORKPLACE REQUIREMENTS......Page 79
SAFETY SIGNS AND SIGNALS IN THE WORKPLACE......Page 83
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS......Page 85
MACHINERY HAZARDS......Page 91
PROVISION AND USE OF WORK EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS 1998......Page 94
MACHINERY GUARDING......Page 104
SAFETY DEVICES......Page 107
SECOND-HAND, HIRED AND LEASED WORK EQUIPMENT......Page 109
MOBILE HANDLING EQUIPMENT......Page 110
MECHANICAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT......Page 111
LIFTING OPERATIONS AND LIFTING EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS (LOLER) 1998......Page 113
SCHEDULE 1: INFORMATION TO BE CONTAINED IN A REPORT OF A THOROUGH EXAMINATION......Page 116
SAFE LIFTING OPERATIONS......Page 117
PRESSURE VESSELS......Page 118
SIMPLE PRESSURE VESSELS (SAFETY) REGULATIONS 1991......Page 119
PRESSURE SYSTEMS......Page 122
INTERNAL TRANSPORT......Page 123
INTRODUCTION......Page 125
SOURCES OF IGNITION......Page 126
FIRE SPREAD CONTROL......Page 127
CLASSIFICATION OF FIRES......Page 128
FIRE EXTINCTION......Page 129
FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS......Page 131
FLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES......Page 132
FIRE SAFETY LAW......Page 133
FIRE RISK ASSESSMENT......Page 140
ELECTRIC SHOCK......Page 143
FIRST AID......Page 144
LEGAL REQUIREMENTS......Page 145
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST ELECTRIC SHOCK......Page 149
PORTABLE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES......Page 151
ELECTRIC STORAGE BATTERIES......Page 153
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES – THE PRINCIPAL HAZARDS......Page 155
CLIENTS AND CONTRACTORS – CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LIABILITY......Page 159
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY LAW......Page 161
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES – THE PRINCIPAL PRECAUTIONS......Page 169
WHAT IS OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH?......Page 176
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS......Page 177
CLASSIFICATION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RISKS......Page 179
PRESCRIBED DISEASES......Page 180
THE PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES AND CONDITIONS......Page 181
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PRACTICE......Page 184
FIRST AID......Page 186
NOISE......Page 187
DISPLAY SCREEN EQUIPMENT......Page 188
STRESS AT WORK......Page 189
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-RELATED LEGISLATION......Page 191
CLASSIFICATION OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT......Page 199
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK REGULATIONS 1992......Page 200
PEOPLE AT WORK......Page 203
THE PERCEPTUAL, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPABILITIES OF PEOPLE......Page 204
HUMAN ERROR......Page 206
THE INFLUENCE OF EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEM DESIGN ON HUMAN PERFORMANCE......Page 208
ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS WHICH INFLUENCE SAFETY-RELATED BEHAVIOUR......Page 209
COMMUNICATION......Page 210
HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING......Page 211
ERGONOMICS......Page 212
THE TOTAL WORKING SYSTEM......Page 213
THE RIGHT SAFETY CULTURE......Page 215
ATYPICAL WORKERS......Page 217
LONE WORKING......Page 219
VULNERABLE GROUPS AT WORK......Page 220
CLASSIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES......Page 223
THE PHYSICAL STATE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES......Page 224
PRINCIPLES OF TOXICOLOGY......Page 227
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS......Page 229
CONTROL OF SUBSTANCES HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH (COSHH) REGULATIONS 2002......Page 231
HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENTS......Page 233
Index......Page 237