harsh and hazardous working spaces with little medical treatment provided when needed. There are many reports that employees do not have gloves‚ masks or any other protective gear when dealing with harsh chemicals in Nike factories. Along with health hazards‚ there are also many counts of verbal and physical abuse that are stowed upon lesser employees from those in higher positions. One worker at the Taiwanese-operated Pou Chen plant in Sukabumi said a supervisor kicked her last year after making a mistake
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[pic] Figure 1. Three phases of disaster management cycle 1. Pre Disaster Phase Before a disaster (pre-disaster). Pre-disaster activities those which are taken to reduce human and property losses caused by a potential hazard. For example‚ carrying out awareness campaigns‚ strengthening the existing weak structures‚ preparation of the disaster management plans at household and community level‚ etc. Such risk reduction measures taken under this stage are termed
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safety 1. Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services 2. Explain how health and safety is monitored and maintained and how people in work setting are made aware of risks and hazards and encouraged to work safely 3. Identify sources of current guidance for planning healthy and safe environments and services 4. Explain how current health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures are implemented in own work setting or service
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attention to the child‚ as this may make them feel uncomfortable and different. Blind.The setting should be provided with brail and extra guidance materials for children who are blind. The practioners should also try to keep the classroom tidy and hazard free as this will reduce the risk of injuries. Down syndrome. Settings should offer one to one support to children with Down syndrome and other disabilities‚ they should use gestures and signs and other forms of communication in order to include
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material‚ or environmental losses which exceed the ability of the affected society to cope using its own resources." A disaster is the product of a hazard such as earthquake or flood with a vulnerable situation which might include communities‚ cities or villages. Without vulnerability or hazard there is no disaster. A disaster occurs when hazards and vulnerability meet. Disaster Management "Disaster Management" is a continuous and integrated process of planning‚ organizing‚ coordinating
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carried out for a wide range of situations in your | |workplace. Prior to any work activities‚ you should carry out your own risk assessment. | Employers must: 1. assess the risks identify workplace hazards – consider what or how things could go wrong identify people who are at risk – who uses the equipment or is working in that area evaluate the risks – the likelihood of an accident‚ injury or damage to health. How serious this could be? 2
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Catastrophic Hazard Control 1. Background Transfield Services is a highly diverse organisation in the work we do‚ geographically and culturally. With this diversity comes an extreme variation in hazards faced on each of our contracts. In recognition of this we are mandating a global process for the identification and control of catastrophic hazards on all our contracts. This initiative is fully supported by the Transfield Services Executive Team‚ has been incorporated into the global business
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risks to safety and health and take action to improve the protection for everyone. Is the process of identifying hazards and assessing the associated risk. A risk assessment is a careful examination of what at work could cause harm to people‚ so it can be reduced and taking precautions to prevent harm. The aim of it is to reduce the hazards and no one gets hurt and injured. Mainly hazards around work will be examined and taken away for no future incident. The result of a risk assessment should help
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Understand potential hazards in Health and Social Care Assignment Introduction In this unit I will explain six potential hazards in a Health and Social Care setting. These hazards in the Health and Social Care setting can all affect the people working in that environment; there are a lot of hazards which can be found in every surface of the setting. In a residential or day care setting‚ much is done to ensure that service users‚ and therefore staff as well‚ are protected from harm. The group of users
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reduce injuries while youth are in my care. This is an important facet of my job for the safety of children. Older youth often think they are invincible and tend to ignore hazards in the environment and many do not take into consideration behaviors that could cause injury. I promote safety by making the youth aware of the hazard and supervising them at all times. Because it is normal for youth to try new things I support them by planning safe structured risk-taking activities that challenge their
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