Health and Safety in social care setting You have been asked to contribute to an induction day for new staff. You have been asked to prepare a presentation about Health and Safety. It must include the following Task a presentation A list of the key of key legislation relating to Health and Safety in a social care setting * The equality act 2010 * Health and Safety work act 1974 * The reporting of injuries‚ disease and dangerous occurrences regulations 1995 * Health and Safety (first
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Understand health and safety in social care settings 1.1 Identify legislation relating to health and safety in a social care setting Health and Safety at work Act 1974 - 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 Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 - any transporting or supporting of a load (including the lifting‚ putting down
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Fiber Optic Safety Rules 1) Keep all food and beverages out of the work area. If fiber particles are ingested they can cause internal hemorrhaging 2) Do not smoke while working with fiber optic systems. 3) Always wear safety glasses with side shields. Treat fiber optic splinters the same as you would glass splinters. 4) Never look directly into the end of fiber cables until you are positive that there is no light source at the other end. Use a fiber optic power meter to make certain the
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A “Perishable Food” chain Industry facing energy and distribution challenges Kunal Bajaj Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Kunal Bajaj is M.B.A student at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 208016 India (e-mail: kbajaj@iitk.ac.in‚ (M-9198433257)). Specific Conference – Bangkok‚ 2013 Paper Category- Case studies Track-Business Abstract: - There have multiple warehouses (Distribution Centers) located in India and there exist common suppliers for each product. Also‚ these
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Health and Safety Always place your baby on his or her back to sleep‚ even for naps. This is the safest sleep position for a healthy baby to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Babies placed on their stomachs to sleep are much more likely to die of SIDS than babies placed on their backs to sleep. Beat the heat and sun Heat-related illness occurs when the body’s temperature control system is overloaded. Those at greatest risk for heat-related illness include infants and children
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Unit 208: Support children and young people’s health and safety Outcome 1: Know the legislative and policy framework for health and safety. 1.1 Describe how current health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures are implemented in your setting At the start of the day the children are made to line up in the school playground. When the whistle is blown at 8.55a.m the teachers will come onto the yard to collect their classes. The children are then in turn taken into the building. Some
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Forklift Safety 1 Forklift Safety Many industries and operations (manufacturing‚ agricultural and warehousing) use powered industrial trucks (including forklift trucks or lift trucks) routinely in the workplace. Forklift trucks are used to move‚ raise or lower objects that are stored in containers or on pallets to other areas of the workplace. Their use helps to improve workplace productivity and reduces the need for excessive manual handling of goods and objects by employees. However‚ according
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Effect of food adulteration on the health of people Abstract of the report: Introduction to Food Adulteration: Adulteration – is a term legally used to define any kind of food product that does not meet the standards set by the centre or the state. The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act states that any substance that may be used for adulteration can be called as an adulterant. • Adulteration could mean any of the below: • Substitution with a cheaper or inferior quality substance – in part
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Safety Issues for Women Traveling Solo Stay Safe But Don’t Stay Home By Zahara Heckscher Zaraha Heckscher(left) with a Musonda friend in Zambia from Safety Issues for Women Traveling Solo: Stay Safe But Don’t Stay Home. Women are frequently warned about independent international travel. Unfortunately‚ it is true that women are much more likely than men to be the victims of sexual harassment and sexual assault. In virtually every country I have visited I heard from female travelers and volunteers
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HOW TO DEVELOP ROAD SAFETY CULTURE Road safety is a major concern today as road accidents kill more than 1.2 million people and between 20 and 50 million suffer serious injuries worldwide every year. This situation is getting worse day by day. A report entitled "Global status report on road safety" predicts that road traffic injuries will rise to become the fifth leading cause of death by 2030. Road safety means to safely drive on road to ensure that there is no harm or the driver of vehicle do
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