operations a. Explain the legal responsibilities in relation to health and safety for the following: Employers responsibilities Employees responsibilities Safety for all employees‚ risk assessments continually assessed. Local and national legislation that directly affects your work. Industry codes of practice‚ regulations and requirements for practice and codes of ethics should be known and observed. Personal Safety‚ necessary safety checks and procedures‚ to remain safe. Actions to minimise
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Health and Safety Legislation 1. Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences (RIDDOR) 1995 RIDDOR came into force on the 1st of April 1996 and requires you to report some work-related accidents‚ disease and dangerous occurrences to the Health and Safety Executive. Major injuries include: * Fracture / break other than to fingers‚ thumbs or toes * Amputation * Dislocation of the shoulder‚ hip‚ knee or spine * Loss of sight Dangerous occurrences include:
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Environmental factors are one of the emphasized causes of ASD. It is important to understand that the study of environmental risk factors includes much more than exposure to chemicals. Scientists use the term "environmental" to refer to influences other than changes in a gene’s DNA. Autism risk factors‚ for example‚ appear to include such influences as parental age at conception‚ maternal nutrition‚ infection during pregnancy and prematurity (“Environmental Factors in Autism Initiative”). If a child
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develop in. We wish to develop and promote a strong health and safety provision within the nursery for the benefit of all staff‚ children‚ parents and visitors. The policy will be kept up to date‚ particularly as the business changes in nature and size‚ and will be revised annually‚ or as and when necessary. Aims and objectives The aim of this policy statement is to ensure that all reasonably practical steps are taken to ensure the health‚ safety and welfare of all persons using the premises.
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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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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 interfere with or misuse anything provided for health and safety. These principles are generally embodied in health and safety legislation in the industrialized world and this means that everyone has statutory obligations (legal requirements) under the various Health and Safety at Work acts in place in the federal
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Task 3 HIERARCHY OF CONTROL Hierarchy of Control is a combination of preventive and corrective control measures to control Safety and Health issues at site. Elimination > Substitution > Isolation > Engineering controls > Administrative control > Personal Protective Equipment. Elimination is the most effective way to control hazards at work site. Substitution is replacing something that produces a hazard (similar to elimination) with something that does not produce a hazard Isolation is to perform
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SHP 3433 SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK DISCUSSION CASE 1 – EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT “Forget it! We are not going to train our employees in first aid. Emergencies notwithstanding‚ I don’t want a bunch of amateur doctors running around the company doing more harm than good.” Mary‚ safety director for Gulf Coast manufacturing‚ was getting nowhere trying to convince her boss that the company should have employees trained in first aid in the event of an emergency. “But John‚ we have had three hurricanes
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Reflection on health and safety Introduction This reflection will be about moving and handling skill‚ which took place during my introduction to health care assistant programme where I was supposed to learn and practice health care assistant skills. For the purpose of confidentiality the name of the patient will be changed. Description I was on one of my long day shift work when the registered nurse asked me to transfer John from his bed to the chair. John is a 75 year old man who suffers from
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The health and safety representative is responsible for addressing workplace health and safety issues. The employees of the workplace who do not exercise managerial functions select‚ from among those employees‚ the person to be appointed health and safety representative. If the employees are represented by a trade union‚ then the union selects the person to be appointed after consulting any employees who are not in the union. The health and safety representative’s duties include: * to consider
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