Introducing Health and Safety - Office Skills Series 2 1. What are an employer’s responsibilities when it comes to the health and safety of workers? They must provide a safe and healthy workplace by identifying the hazard‚ assessing the risk and controlling the risk 2. What are an employee’s responsibilities when it comes to health and safety in the workplace? Cooperate with employer and any safety plan that has been set by that workplace in a given situation 3. If a potential hazard is identified
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Maple Leaf Shoes Ltd. Case Study 13 – Safety at the Workplace Submitted by November – 9/2010 Submitted to Central Problem The central Problem is that the Snack Bar’s employee‚ Sam Johnson‚ is infected with the AIDS virus‚ because of that his co-worker‚ Catherine Reading‚ does not want to work with him. Background Maple Leaf Shoes Ltd. Is a medium sized manufacturer of leather and vinyl shoes with its main manufacturing facility and head office in Wilmington Ontario
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AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S HEALTH & SAFETY Check your knowledge 1. What does COSHH stand for? COSHH stands for control of substances hazardous to health 2. Name two other regulations that cover health and safety in children’s settings. Reporting of injuries‚ diseases and dangerous occurrences Regulation (RIDDOR) 1995 Food hygiene legislation 2006 – safe storage and preparation of food 3. List six routine daily checks you should make of the indoor and outdoor environments in your setting. indoor
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General Health and Safety Ontario workers experience about 200‚000 injuries p/year 100‚000 roughly are strains and sprains Strains/sprains are known as Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) Inspections are to identify hazards Hazardous agents are: Chemical‚ biological and physical Hazard pathway Source of hazard path to worker affect worker Example: Chemical use in unventilated room vapors in air toxic to worker Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) “Right to know” Global Harmonized
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1 HR interventions in the arena of Safety & Health 2 An unknown author once said‚ "Prepare and prevent‚ don’t repair and repent". Prevention is better than cure is something that we hear often. So why do we stress on safety & health? As a HR Manager why should we practice the ethics of care? How does it benefit the organization? But most of all that do I do to ensure safety & health? Organizations in all the industries have reached a certain stage where technology is available to everyone
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UNIT 16 1.1 As a support worker current legislation and codes of practice that relates to handling information in my work place are: Data Protection Act – Records keep on my service user has always been kept in a secure place for example his medication records which are store in a lock cupboard. The documents about my service user have only be used for the purpose they were collected. My service user care plan and other documents are normally only available to those who need to see them for
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The current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people includes the following. The Children Act 1989 (legislation) – this act focus on safeguarding children and the duties of local authorities. It identifies the responsibility of parents and anyone working with children to ensure the safety and welfare of the child is paramount. Local Authority has a ‘duty to investigate when there is a reasonable cause to suspect that a child is suffering or likely
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ASSIGNMENT 1: a) Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAWA) An Act to make further provision for securing the health‚ safety and welfare of persons at work‚ for protecting others against risks to health or safety in connection with the activities of persons at work‚ for controlling the keeping and use and preventing the unlawful acquisition‚ possession and use of dangerous substances‚ and for controlling certain emissions into the atmosphere; to make further provision with respect to the employment
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Unit 50118195.CU1531- Engage in personal development in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings. 1.1 Describe the duties and responsibilities of own work role. I work with clients with Autism and/or a learning disability‚ within a supported housing setting. My current job role is as a ‘care assistant’. I am responsible for providing support to the service user’s‚ which includes: personal care‚ assisting with meal preparation‚ assisting with medication‚ organising service
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Importance of Health and safety in early childhood When opening a centre one of the most important things is Health and Safety. Making sure that the children‚ families and teachers are in a safe and healthy environment is paramount. The centre should ensure that all teachers and management have the same expectations regarding health and safety‚ that’s why it is important that everyone reads the Licensing Criteria for Early Childhood and Care Centres 2008 which clearly states the high standard
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