business and employment law‚ identify the key features relating to the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and will then evaluate the Acts’ significance in protecting the rights and interests of the workforce. The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HSWA) brought in a new approach to dealing with the risks to people at work. Prior to HSWA there were approximately 30 Acts and over 500 regulations dealing with health and safety in the work place. The situation was confusing and unfair in that it afforded
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solids control is important for the oilfeild drilling industry‚but less people knows the working principle of solids control equipment. Solids control is a technique that uses combined equipment for drilling rigs to separate the solids in the drilling fluids that are crushed by the drill bits and carried out of the well to the surface. The solids control equipment contains five stages‚which including mud tanks‚shale shakers‚vacuum degassers‚ desanders‚ desilters and centrifuge. Each of these
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Task 1 – Health & Safety Policy Booklet Health and safety at work act The Health and Safety at Work Act (HASAWA) 1974 secures the health and safety of people at work. This Act imposes a responsibility to the employer to provide a safe and healthy working environment for all their employees. The employee has a duty to work according to the legislation and provide systems of work that are safe and without risk to health. Control of Substances Hazardous To Health Regulations 1988
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Bibliography: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety‚ 2009. Hazard and Risk. [Online] Available at: http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/hsprograms/hazard_risk.html [Accessed 19 October 2012]. Howe‚ A.‚ 2011. Worker deaths haunt our big miners. [Online] Available at: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/deaths-haunt-our-big-miners/story-e6frfhqf-1226213572040 [Accessed 18 October 2012]. Mine Safety Training Inc‚ 2012. Training Programs. [Online] Available at: http://www.mine-safety
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Health and safety legislation Health and safety legislation Level 3health and social care 9/27/2012 Level 3health and social care 9/27/2012 Rebecca Austin This document will explain nine parts of this legislation in detail. Also it will explain the duties of each individual in a work place. Rebecca Austin This document will explain nine parts of this legislation in detail. Also it will explain the duties of each individual in
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Unit 4222-208 Contribute to health and safety in health and social care. Understand own responsibilities‚ and the responsibilities of others‚ relating to health and safety in the work setting. 1.1 Legislation that relates to general health and safety in a health and social care setting‚ • The health and Safety at Work Act 1974 • Manual Handling operations Regulations 1992 • Lifting operations and lifting equipment regulations 1998 • COSHH- Control of substances hazardous to health regulations
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Personal protective equipment or standard precautions plays a major role in the healthcare industry today. Personal Protective Equipment protects healthcare professionals from hazardous materials that can harm or produce any type of injury. Highly infectious disease produced by the virus‚ bacteria‚ and fungi could be easily spread by contact or body fluids‚ some of this infectious could also cause the death and increases the rate of nosocomial infections among healthcare providers and patients.
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Legislation that relates to general health and social care setting are the Health and Safety Act‚ The Management of Health and Safety Work Regulations‚ Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)‚ Manual Handling Operations Regulations‚ The Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)‚ Personal Protective Equipment Regulations (PPE). The main points of the health and safety policies and procedures identify significant risks in relations to the work place and
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crushing in a production line‚ if the raw material is less contained silicon. For example‚ in a common limestone production line‚ we can choose jaw crusher、impact crusher and vibrating screen to complete production line‚ due to the secondary crushing equipment is impact crusher‚ it has medium crush or fineness crush ability‚ also to shape material in the same time. If it is hard stone‚ like granite or basalt material with high silicon. We can use jaw crusher、 cone crusher、 impact crusher（or sand making
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NEBOSH Certificate Definitions – Common Words/Phrases ACCIDENTS - are undesired and unplanned events which may cause personal injury‚ damage to property or equipment‚ or loss of output‚ or all three. DANGEROUS OCCURRENCES - these are events or situations that could harm employees at work in such a way that there is a legal requirement to report them. If something happens which does not result in a major injury‚ but clearly could have done‚ it may be classed as a dangerous occurrence.
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