April 2010 Revised 15 July 2010 Accepted 15 July 2010 Safety capital: the management of organizational knowledge on occupational health and safety ˜ Imanol Nunez and Mikel Villanueva ´ Departamento de Gestion de Empresas‚ Universidad Publica de Navarra‚ Pamplona‚ Spain Abstract Purpose – The concept of Safety Capital was developed by analyzing the creation and composition of the Intellectual Capital embedded in Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) systems. The paper aims to address this relationship
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Conforming to General Health‚ Safety and Welfare in the Workplace Level 1 Credit Value 2 Learning outcomes The learner will be able to: Assessment criteria The learner can: 1 Comply with all workplace health‚ safety and welfare legislation requirements. 1.1 Comply with information from workplace inductions and any health‚ safety and welfare briefings attended relevant to the occupational area. 1.2 Use health and safety control equipment
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As a teaching assistant it is really important to follow health and safety procedures at all times. Our responsibilities in terms of health and safety hold a very important role as we are always direct in contact with the classrooms and playgrounds therefore we should always ensure that there are no hazards left being unattended and unreported. Our role includes routine walk around checks where we ensure items are stored safely in cupboards after using them and the floor is kept clear at all times
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Are cell Phones a Health Hazard? With the increasing of mobile phones’ functions‚ people rely more and more on them. The lower price also enables the mobile phone to become people’s daily necessity. Now even many students have their own mobile phone. People began to worry about the cell phone which will do harm to our health. But why people become worried about that? There are some speculates that cell phone might potentially threaten human being’s health. Mobile phones can emit radiofrequency
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Lab 4 – SD3043 Risk management - security 1. What is risk management? Answer: Risk management is the process of discovering and assessing the risks to an organization’s operations and determining how those risks can be controlled or mitigated. 2. List and describe the key areas of concern for risk management. Answer: Risk identification‚ risk assessment‚ and risk control. 3. Which community of interest usually provides the resources used when undertaking information asset risk management? Answer:
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• Differentiate between hazard and a risk. Hazard- makes us sick and makes our life expectancy shorter. - Is something that can cause you to become injured or get a disease and could eventually kill you. (Ex: people working with asbestos for a certain amount of time can develop cancer) - Anything that can cause damage to your personal property or public property (ex a flood damaging your home) - Things that would cause the environment to become polluted‚ anything that would be mistreatment
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Health Security for All Americans Speech By: William Jefferson Clinton Date: September 22‚ 1993 Source: Clinton‚ William Jefferson. "Health Security for All Americans." September 22‚ 1993. Available at <http://www.ibiblio.org/nhs/supporting/remarks.htm l> (accessed June 10‚ 2006). About the Author: William Jefferson Clinton (1946–) was the forty-second president of the United States. He held office from 1993 to 2001. Early in his first term as president‚ he proposed the Health Security
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For the assessment of risk In order to work safely in a welding environment‚ it is necessary to be able to identify hazards and assess risks. To do that‚ one needs information‚ education‚ training and experience in the appropriate field of work. Legislation Employers have a duty to provide information‚ instruction‚ training and supervision to ensure health and safety at work. Employees have a duty to take care of their own health and safety and those of others‚ and must not intentionally or recklessly
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based on the age range and ability of the user and this would be taken into account when planning. Risk to toddlers would be different to older children and children with a disability would be different to a child without. If a new child entered this environment that was blind or in a wheelchair a risk assessment would be carried out to ensure they would be able to fully utilise this environment without risk of danger. Lighting and Heating. There should be sufficient lighting for all users to be able
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Contribute to Children and Young People’s Health and Safety Outcome 1 Know the health and safety policies and procedures of the work setting. Outline the health and safety policies and procedures of the work setting. Policies and procedures are in place to help protect children and adults within the setting. In the UK early year’s settings must comply with the statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation stage (EYFS). This covers all aspects of the welfare of children in early
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