followed by the preparation and recovery of the disaster. Furthermore we look at how we could vastly improve the countries preparedness and ability to cope with this cataclysm. Nature of the natural hazard: On Tuesday‚ 12th January 2010‚ a powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck southern Haiti. An estimated 3 million people were affected by the quake‚ approximately 222‚570 people were killed‚ and more than 300‚000 people were injured from the disaster. (Borenstein‚ 2010) The epicentre was near the
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objectives of the Health And Safety Act 1974 are: * To secure the health‚ safety and welfare of employees at work. * To protect people other than employees at work against risks to their health and safety arising from work activities. * The control of release into the atmosphere of noxious or offensive substances from premises which may also come under the scope of the Environmental Protection Legislation. * To identify hazards in the workplace and carry out risk assessments and to introduce
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Patient Safety Initiatives in the Hospital Setting Introduction Patient safety is described by the US Institute of Medicine as “the freedom from accidental injury due to medical care or from medical error” (Mansour‚ 2012). With that being said‚ patient safety has long been a major issue for hospitals. In the past many patients have been injured during hospital stays‚ some being injured severely with death being the result. With the growing trend of lawsuits‚ hospitals were becoming
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What is the Health and safety at work Act 1974‚ and who does it relate Describe the roles and responsibilities employers have within an engineering environment (provide examples) What is the Health and safety Executive (HSE) The health and safety work act is basically a duty that all employers must ensue that its taken place amongst the employees. For example the employers must make sure machines/equipment is protected for use and maintained well. Adequate training of staff to ensure safe use‚ handling
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Describe how your own work must be influenced ..’ is to do with the duty of care that professionals agree to recognise and comply with when undertaking a role in children’s care‚ learning & development sector. Maybe look at how the special educational needs code of practice impacts on what you do or who you contact in your setting. What does your job contract list as its minimium standards for duties and responsibilities that you’re expected to work with‚ perform to & where wanted beyond in your
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OHS HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT REVIEW OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES GENERAL POLICY This policy recognizes that Conference and Banqueting Venue is responsible for the health and safety of all employees‚ clients‚ visitors and contractors in the workplace. In fulfilling this responsibility‚ as a General Manager of the venue‚ I have a duty to provide and maintain a working environment that is safe and without risks to health. The purpose of this procedure is to provide a process that is
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Children and Young People’s Health and Safety Outcome 1 Know the health and safety policies and procedures of the work setting 1. Outline the health and safety policies and procedures of the work setting. All businesses are required to comply with health and safety laws. All businesses with 5 or more employees must have a written health and safety policy. Those with fewer than 5 employees do not need a written policy but general health and safety laws need to be adhered to and understood
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Explain how the procedures of the work setting protect both children and young people and practitioners. Not only do Gap Club’s procedures protect the children who attend the club but they also protect the staff too. An example of this would be the policies and procedures relating to the receipt‚ storage and administration of medicine. All staff at Gap know that this should be strictly adhered to as the aim of the policy is to protect us and the children against medication errors. The dose and
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affects and how we can effectively manage them‚ we must understand the concepts of hazard‚ risk and vulnerability. Risk in regard to disaster is the likelihood or probability of harmful consequences happening; awareness of risk gives us the ability to define what could happen in the future‚ based on a range of possible outcomes. The ability to understand and assess risk depends on many factors including the amount and reliability of available information‚ and the perceived perception of risk (UN/ISDR
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following appeared in the editorial section of a monthly business news magazine: "Most companies would agree that as the risk of physical injury occurring on the job increases‚ the wages paid to employees should also increase. Hence it makes financial sense for employers to make the workplace safer: they could thus reduce their payroll expenses and save money." Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. In your discussion‚ be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and the use of evidence
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