| Management of Health & Safety at Work regulations 1999 (MHSWR)The aim is mainly to improve health and safety management at all places of work. Employers must assess the risk to employees and anyone else who may be affected by their work activity, ensure that the principles of prevention are applied and hence controlling risk(HSE website – www.hse.gov.uk/legistaltion/hswa.htm)…
Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - An Act to provide comprehensively for work health and safety 3 (GCIT 2014)…
2.3 It is important to assess health and safety hazards posed by the work setting or by particular activities in order to prevent risk of injury to colleagues, other residents and myself. I would report any potential health and safety risks that have been identified immediately to my manager or senior on duty verbally and by written report if necessary. Risk assessment can help address dilemmas between rights and health and safety concerns as the risk assessment will highlight a risk, therefore if there is any dilemma as to whether the resident could carry out an activity, as they may be legally entitled to, there will be legal documentation to state that an employee has notified the client of the risks involved in that activity.…
With America's constant need for new clothing at cheap prices, it leads companies to use their last resort to finish orders and make a profit. Sweatshops are factories where people who live in developing countries work. Sweatshops are famous for overworking and abusing their employees, having small, cramped work spaces where there is little to no ventilation. American companies use sweatshops to get their products quickly manufactured and selling for the cheapest price possible. American Companies should not be allowed to use sweatshops and American consumers should stop buying products made by sweatshops in order to keep people in economically developing countries safe. Many people are against sweatshops because they are unsafe and harmful…
Everybody is entitled to a work environment that are safe for them to do so, and that customers, visitors and contractors can be protected from any risk to health and safety whilst they are on the premises. Your employer’s basic responsibility is to provide safe and healthy conditions and processes for you to work in, while your responsibility is to act in a safe and responsible way to protect yourself, your colleagues, customers and visitors from any harm.…
* Practise safe systems of work across the range of tasks and in particular moving and handling of loads, by assessing risk and having due regard for personal safety and the safety of residents, visitors and staff…
in the work setting are made aware of risks and hazards and encouraged to work…
A written health and safety policy - this includes how procedures will be carried out, give notice of any revisions and procedures for any risks that are identified.…
The trans-atlantic systems from from 1600 to 173 maintained continuity in need for heavy labor due to an agricultural economy, but hunger for profits changed in the race and origins of the laborers. Planters needed subservient labor to maintain plantations, but over time they increasingly relied on black slaves. This racial shift due to transatlantic slavery would in the long term spark dramatic changes that are still felt in Southern society.…
1.1 As a health care support worker I have a responsibility to make sure my own actions don’t affect the health and safety of others.I need to think, prevent and control infection. The health and safety at work act 1974 states we must take care of our own safety and others, follow employers instructions regarding health and safety, not damage health and safety equipment and materials, attend regular training. I do this by disposing of waste correctly, washing hands, cleaning equipment correctly, maintaining a clean working environment, decontaminating equipment after use, maintaining personal hygiene, washing hands between patients, clean PPE for each patient, I am to be vigilant and aware of potential hazards and inform staff or ward sister of any suspected risks. I am also to attend regular infection prevention and control training and keep it up to date also embed the importance of infection prevention and control and promote good practice. Policies and procedures are in place relating to infection prevention and control and must be followed and adhered to.…
As an employee within the health sector it is my responsibility to conform to the health and safety policy. By adhering to this, I feel that it has enabled me to observe all the safety rules and regulations that are required by law for me to follow. Wearing of gloves, aprons and footwear at all times are standard precaution to take for infection control. Infection control practices are adopted to minimise the spread of infection from one person to another. I feel that it is also my responsibility to report all potential hazards, accidents or incidents to my line…
The employer has a duty to protect, so far as reasonably practicable, those at work who may be affected by work activities. This involves your employer carrying out a risk assessment to identify and assess the risk. Your employer is responsible for planning safety, providing information and updating systems and procedures. The employers responsibility with regards the prevention and control of infection is to supply PPE if the risk to health & safety cannot be adequately controlled in other ways. You must receive proper training on how to use any PPE provided and your employer should carry out regular checks to ensure it is being used correctly. They should ensure the correct storage of PPE such as gloves. Waste can be a source of infection and needs to be dealt with safely. Employers must have procedures in place to deal with waste materials and spillage to ensure it is dealt with correctly. Your employer is also responsible in reporting any outbreaks of infection within your workplace, to the Health Protection team and the Care Quality Commission.…
By following all of these guidelines, as an employee you will be maintaining an accurate understanding of health and safety within a work setting. Providing that you are made aware of all the health and safety risks within your work setting you can become extra vigilant when either operating, maintaining or commencing with any situation that may pose a risk to either yourself or others. To effectively continue good practice you must…
1.2 Explain how health and safety is monitored and maintained and how people in the work setting are made aware of risks…
“it shall be the duty of every employee while at work to take reasonable care of health and safety of themselves and other persons who may be effected by there acts or omissions at work. This may include: their willingness to receive training, to work safety, to use equipment or to exercise the right to refuse to carry out a task if there is no “safe system of work in place”…