Date: 24/07/2013 M3.23 Health and Safety at Work 1.1-The two pieces of legislation that apply to my workplace are Health and Safety at Work‚ etc Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations. The HASAW Act provides a guideline of rules to ensure the health and safety of all employees or anyone that may be affected by any work activity. The main requirement of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations is that employers must carry out risk assessments to eliminate
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What is an occupational health and safety (OH&S) program? A health and safety program is a definite plan of action designed to prevent accidents and occupational diseases. Some form of a program is required under occupational health and safety legislation in most Canadian jurisdictions. A health and safety program must include the elements required by the health and safety legislation as a minimum. Because organizations differ‚ a program developed for one organization cannot necessarily be
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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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071 679 6503 or (012) 355-1665 Fax: 086 211 7661Email: amecronje@gmail.com | The following questions relate to critical points covered in the material‚ content scope of practical activities covered by this Unit Standard:Unit Standard: “Apply safety‚ health and environmental principles and procedures in a workplace.” | | INSTRUCTIONS TO LEARNERS: 1. Complete all the course details and your personal details in the space provided above (page 2 of this document). 2. Enter your name and
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Introduction In this report I will be conducting a safety inspection on my study area at home. I have identified six hazards and filled out an inspection checklist aswell as a table explaining the hazard‚ the risk‚ any recommendations‚ timeframe‚ records‚ monitoring and measuring and training. I conducted this inspection on the seventh of June 2010. 2. Brief overview of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) is an important consideration for all Australians
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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH OF CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN SRI LANKA D.W.G.A.P.K. Sirirathna Advanced Certificate in Human Resource Management National Institute of Business Management March 2013 Acknowledgements First and foremost‚ I would like to thank my supervisor of this project‚ Ms. U K S M Uduwella for the valuable guidance and advice. She inspired me greatly to work in this project. I also would like to thank the management of Tudawe
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Health and Safety in the Workplace Bradley Whitaker Mid Continent University Human Resource Management DL17/M14 Professor J. Gordon February 13‚ 2013 Health and Safety in the Workplace Health and Safety play a very important role in the workplace today. Many organizations take the responsibility of their employees’ safety and health seriously due to the various affects that could stem from a lack of providing a safe work environment. During the 20th century our nation has become a world
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Introduction It has been suggested that any well designed safety program or system is only as effective as the day-to-day ability of everyone in the organisation to rigorously follow procedures correctly and safely every time This paper seeks to highlight the critical components of an OHSMS and demonstrate also how a well-designed OHSMS will address the day-to-day abilities of organisations personnel to follow safety procedures every day. Modern employments factors such as transient work forces
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Economic Area (EEA) are protected by European Union (EU) employment law‚ The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a federal agency which is responsible for enforcing employer’s compliance with the OSHA Act‚ or Occupational Safety and Health Act‚ OSHA strongly recommends employee to resolve safety and health issues first by reporting them to their supervisors‚ managers‚ or safety and health committee. Employee can complain to their local OSHA area or Regional Office to setup. :
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What is operational health and safety - The identification‚ evaluation and control of hazards associcated with the work environment. -The goal is to reduce occupational injuries and illnesses associated with employment * Injury = any cut‚ fracture‚ sprain or amputation * Illness= any abnormal condition or disorder caused by factors -Why only reduce and not eliminate? Because illness is unforeseeable. Accidents and the employer is not in full control of everything. Science is evolving
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