...HNHS 103 Health and Safety in the Health and Social Care Workplace | Task 1.3 In this essay I will be reviewing systems, policies and procedure that the new directors need to implement to ensure that health and safety information is properly communicated in health and social care setting according to the legislative requirements. I will also be assessing the responsibilities for managing the health and safety of individuals. Health and safety communication is essential when working in health and social care as a health care provider because it is your job to make your service users feel safe and comfortable, when working in a health and social care environment it is the employers job to make sure all the employees are well trained, most health care settings provide a training course at the beginning of the employment. Health as safety is often communicated through signs and posters; there are many different types of health and safety signs that can be located on doors and walls all over the building. A main example of health and safety signs is an ‘Exit’ or an ‘Emergency Exit’ sign that is usually located above a door; this sign shows us where we can exit from in case of an emergency of fire, another word for this door is a ‘Fire Escape’. Having an emergency exit sign is very important because if there happens to ever be a fire or another form of emergency it will make it quick and easy for individuals to find the quickest exit and leave safely. In a health and social...
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...* Safety is like a thread that joins the fabric of life. Don’t let a loose thread damage the view. * Pull in your head when low beams are near, or your head could be forced into your rear. * If you’re not safety conscious, you could end up unconscious.SO THINK ABOUT IT! * Alert today, alive tomorrow – Be alert, accidents hurt” * A spill and slip leads to a hospital trip. * OUR STRENGTH IS THE SUM OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK HERE PRACTICE SAFETY ALWAYS * Safety is about doing the right thing, even if no one is looking, because safety starts with me! * Plan ahead, always put safety first. Because when it comes to accidents, Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, * Never ASSUME in safety because it makes an ASS out of U and ME… * Working safely may get old, but so do those who practice it * Job first – safety always, Safety Is Key, It Is Up To You And Me! * Accident prevention – Your No. 1 intention * Your Safety is the minimum promise to your family * Better to have two on the job than one in the hospital. * Did you work safety today – or were you just lucky? * Report unsafe behavior. You are your brother’s keeper – * There’s no place like home. Let’s get there safely – * “Safety at home, Safety at work. Two simple ways, NOT to get hurt” * Safety can distinguish you. Lack of safety can extinguish you * Think Safety: Arms work best when attached to the body * To avoid a scene, keep your workplace...
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...In 1970 congress created the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Unfortunately before this act was enabled there were merely 15,000 work-related deaths occurring each year. Once this act was passed the federal government required all employers to have set occupational safety and health standards for every level of employment. OSHA is responsible for making sure all companies are abiding to these set of rules. OSHA has all rights to random inspection in any workplace. They may also fine any company who is not keeping up with all the safety standards regardless of how new they may be. All employers are required to obtain records of any work-related casualties that occur. Every workplace with no exceptions, must post a summary of all injuries recorded; even if there were none. The OSH Act helps us to be more aware here in the United States. We also use many techniques here to reduce hazards on the work site. Something as simple as a manger meeting with all employees to discuss safer habits in their environment happens to be extremely affective as well. India has an extensive amount of labor laws. For example, child labor and discrimination have many laws so that nobody is treated unfairly under any circumstance. There is about a total of fifty national laws and quite a number more of state level laws. Labor laws in India are set out to be very strict compared to any other place in the world. They have a maximum amount of employees aloud in certain sections of employment so they...
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...M1- Asses the implications of health and safety and security legislation and regulations for a business role in a work place. This covers different roles with Super Group, I will be looking at the health, safety and security legislation and regulation have different implications. Ever since health and safety has been introduced into the work place they have to have set up and complete risk assessments due to the management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 legislation, for example if an employee at Super Group was set up a risk assessment and the first implication is to make sure they include all possible hazards and risks. The next implication of the risk assessment they have to make sure they involve is every employee that works for the business and for example if an employee was injured and was in a cast and on crutches they would have to make a whole new specific risk assessment for that employee and everything that was going on around including other employees. This is very important because if the worst possible outcome was to happen at work then they would have to able to get that injured employee out safely for example making sure all first exits were clear and all the alarms are tested and working correctly. The next legislation I will be looking and what implications is causes is the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 which was put in place to make sure all employee are safe at work and our working in a healthy environment, this is important for Super...
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...relevant legislation:” i. The key requirement of the Occupational safety and Health Act (OSHA) 1994 applicable to the management of a building/facility. The concept of management is to be effective in reducing incidents and injury. To be an effective management frame work, the organization as a whole need to understand it roles and responsibility. The employer shall provide a safe working environment, information, instruction, training and supervision. The key requirement are described in Section 4 OSHA 1994 as below: The objects of this Act are:- (a) To secure the safety, health and welfare of persons at work against risks to safety or health arising out of the activities of person at work; (b) To protect persons at a place of work other than persons at work against risks to safety or health arising out of the activities of persons at work; (c) To promote an occupational environment for persons at work which is adapted to their physiological and phychological needs; (d) To provide the means whereby the associated occupational safety and health legislations may be progressively replaced by a system of regulations and approved industry codes of practice operating in combination with the provisions of this Act designed to maintain or improved the standards of safety and health. In Section 18, OSHA 1994 also described the requirement and duties of an occupier of a place of work to persons other than his employees (1) An occupier of non-domestic...
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...Subject: Produce an informal report detailing the main health and safety regulations that HSFC should be following. In this report I am going to be looking at the Health and safety legislation and regulations that are in place that Havering Sixth Form College follow to ensure the health of all staff and students within the college is safe. I will also be including examples of how I would expect HSFC to be meeting these requirements. Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 This act ensures that all people have a legal right to be protected from work related risks. The management of health and safety work is under the senior management within the college. The senior management are the people that implement all of the Health and Safety policies and procedures that are in place and ensure that it is being followed. The senior management is responsible to make sure that they have all of the suitable Health and Safety equipment’s available to use within the college. This must be checked frequently and replaced if necessary. This would include: fire extinguishers, fire exit signs, fire alarms, a sprinkler system, the management need to make sure that they have trained their staff to a high standard so that they understand about health and safety and if needed provide any extra training when needed. Furthermore, the senior management must follow the code of practice in order to ensure that they are making risk assessments and recognising hazards within the...
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...Methodology 4 2.1. Interview with the shift supervisor 4 2.2. Factory site visit 4 3. Unsafe conditions 4 3.1. Easy access to conveyor belts 4 3.2. Guard rails around moving machinery 4 3.3. Emergency stop buttons 5 4. Unsafe behaviours 5 4.1. Employee’s attitude towards safety 5 4.2. Method and time of payment 5 4.3. Safety precautions and standards in the factory 5 5. Conclusions 6 5.1. Easy access to the conveyor belts and moving machinery 6 5.2. Emergency stop buttons 6 5.3. Employee’s attitude towards safety 6 5.4. Methods and time of payment 6 5.5. Safety signs and standards 6 6. Recommendations 7 6.1. Adequate guard rails 7 6.2. Safety courses 7 6.3. Alternative payment method 7 6.4. Safety precautions and standards 7 1. Introduction 1.1. Subject of the report This report describes conditions which affect safety in the steel factory and ways in which such conditions can be corrected. The report will be addressed to NOSA which is deeply concerned about the rising accidents in the work-place. 1.2. Background of the report The National Occupational Safety Association (NOSA) is deeply concerned about the rising number of accidents in the work-places. It has requested all of its members to write reports about these accidents, causes and future preventative measures. For the purpose of this report, the incident that occurred at the steel factory was taken into consideration. The shift supervisor who witnessed this incident...
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...| Assignment #8 Participants Manual/Trainee Manual | HN2150 – Managing Performance through Training and Development | | This assignment provides the Participants/Trainee Manual that NL Safety Co. will utilize in the delivery of training to Summit Appliances Inc. | Health & Safety Training Summit Appliances Inc. Developed & Administered by NL Safety Co. www.nlsafety.ca TABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME3 EXPLANATION OF TRAINING SESSION4 LEARNING OBJECTIVES5 AGENDA6 LEARNING NOTES7 APPENDICES19 BIBLIOGRAPHY30 Welcome We would like to welcome you to our training session on behalf of NL Safety Co. and we would like to thank the management and executives of Summit Appliance Inc. in recognition of the time and resources set aside to facilitate this very important training session. I would like to call upon Mr. Sid Lawrence, your CEO, to say a few words on behalf of Summitt Appliances Inc. Housekeeping Items Identification and review of housekeeping rules/points as follows; * Sign-in sheet is provided at the front of the class. Ensure you have filled out the information and signed-in. Please print clearly as this information will be used to complete your course certificates at the end of the day; * the location of washrooms just outside and to the left of the classroom entrance; * cell phones are to be turned off or placed on silent during training sessions; * Fire exit is to the right of the classroom...
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...Health and Safety Developing a positive Health and Safety Culture Written by Dave Atkinson Contents Page: Section Title Page: 1 Contents Page Page: 2 1: Executive Summary Page: 3 2: Introduction 2a: Business organisation Page: 9 3: Assessment of existing culture 3a: Report of Indicators 3b: Report of methodology and conduct of survey 3c: Report of findings with interpretation 3d: Conclusion Page: 35 4: Strategy for Improving the Health and Safety Culture 4a: Aims and objectives 4b: Priorities for action 4c: Resources and constraints 4d: Implementation plan 4e: Methodology for monitoring success Page: 61 5: Business Case 5a: Requirements for resources 5b: Cost benefit analysis 5c: Reference to legislation 5d: Case Page: 72 6: Bibliography Page: 73 7: Appendices Section 1 Executive Summary Following an assessment of the current Health and Safety culture and climate within the business, areas of weakness have been identified that are holding back the progression towards the ultimate aim and objective in Health and Safety – Employee participation creating “Total Ownership". The assessment of the Health and Safety Culture covered such areas as an analysis of the 2009 employee Health and Safety questionnaire, a review of audits carried out, a check on the progress against 2009 objectives and targets and the underlying indicators of our Health and Safety management status...
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...regulations for ensuring the health, safety and security of those employed in business. General Construction Co is one of the most significant construction companies situated in the U.A.E. General Construction Company is a Corporation as a legal structure of a LLC company, established in U.A.E 1996. Company’s Success is greatly due to our qualified engineers and dedicated staff appointed from various countries. Company’s Staff consists of 49 engineers, 36 managerial and financial personal, 2249 of technician and ordinary workers. General Construction Company is equipped with the most modern Heavy Equipment& Machinery like cranes and bulldozers which are required to carry out any major specialized project The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) The HSE is the UK government body responsible for enforcing health and safety at work legislation. The HSE also plays a major role in producing advice on health and safety issues, and guidance on relevant legislation. The role of enforcement is split between HSE and local authorities depending on the business sector. In addition, HSE conducts research into the effectiveness of regulations and other health and safety issues, consults with employers and employees representatives, and advises legislators and government on health and safety. The HSE online website contains a wealth of information and guidance on maintaining health and safety at work, and detailed advice on complying with health and safety regulations. [About H S E....
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...Unit 27-Understanding Health and Safety in the Business Workplace P1 Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 The health and safety at work act is a legislation that covers health and safety in the UK. The health and safety executive is responsible for enforcing this law relevant to the working environment. The health and safety act protects health and safety for workers if there were any injuries to a worker when they are at work then they is protected by this law. BAM Construction Site In a BAM construction site to follow the health and safety at work act is very important, this is because in a BAM construction site there are many workers that have got different jobs to do that are a risk for the workers such as the crane driver, the job role for the crane driver is to direct heavy equipment from the floor around the construction site to the location it needs to be and without the right training the heavy equipment can slide of and fall on workers or on the building itself. However BAM construction site worker follow the health and safety at work act very seriously because there have been very few injuries at the construction site. In 6 months there have only been two injuries in the construction site and the injuries were minor however any injury that happens on a BAM construction site has to be reported. The amount of risks that are in the construction site are very high and to have two minor injuries in the amount of time the construction site has been there is an achievement...
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...ensuring the health, safety and security of those employed at Washwood heath Academy. Legislation: On estimate there are around 1.6 million accidents each year in the work place with a cost to British industry of around £700m. This may seem like a large number of accidents but compared to many other countries the safety record of workers in Britain is good. The reason for this is that we have a strong set of laws passed by parliament and the European Union that aim to protect employees. When Tesco begins to employee people to work there, they must be following the health and safety legislations and regulations that affect a business working environment, this is so that employees will always be safe when in the workplace. Statutory duties of employers and employees relating to health, safety and welfare: In the past health and safety in the workplace was very much the employer’s responsibility. Now, employees have more rights and responsibilities and the emphasis has shifted so that current health and safety focus on employers and employees working as a partnership to ensure that everyone is safe in the workplace. There are various explicit duties that an employer has towards their employees. Tesco must follow the statutory duties of employers and employees relating to health, safety and welfare, this is so the employers can provide things like maintenance, training and supervision relating to health and safety, they must also provide a safe place to work and provision...
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...Task 1 P1 1. Since 1974 in the UK Legislations and regulations of working health and safety was established for engineering and any other working environments, Health and Safety rules and regulations are also very important because more than 500 people dying and more than 30,000 people are getting injured annually. There are different legislations and regulations that are important to follow by the Sheet metal work and fabrication company. I chose the following important points to follow by the company to meet the 1974 legislations and regulations. • Apply health and safety guide issues such as eye protection, personal protective equipment, COSHH regulations and risk assessment in the work place. • Identify the warning signs and labels of...
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...study of occupational health and safety is primarily designed to educate and impart knowledge on maintaining a safe working environment so as to reduce the occurrences’ of accidents which might claim lives. This essay seeks to discuss the utility of the different types of safety inspections in maintaining a safe working environment. Safety workplace inspections are a planned walk- through of a workplace or selected areas or locations of a workplace. Inspections are needed to critically examine all factors including equipment, processes, materials, buildings and procedures that have the potential to cause injury or illness, and to identify where action is necessary to control hazards. Safety inspections include policies and procedures and the purpose of this policy is to control losses of human and material resources by identifying and correcting unsafe acts and conditions. The purpose of the safety inspection program is to detect and address safety-related hazards and risks before the issues cause injury, property damage or environmental impact According to Schemerhan, one of the type of safety inspection is the formal inspection or just general inspection. Formal inspections are well planned and are conducted in a proper manner following outlined and well stated channels to maintain a safe working environment. Focus at this type of safety inspection is on specific work stations or work area and the safety committee performs formal monthly safety tours .Each tour is performed...
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...Requirement North Shore Pulp and Paper Ltd. will develop a program to safeguard their employees from any potentially hazardous workplace environments and scenarios by complying with the standards set by the Occupational Health and Safety acts and legislation. Responsibilities * President: The President will ensure that all resources necessary to provide a proper legislation will be acquired in order to meet or exceed all requirements created. * Vice President: The Vice-President will be responsible for ensuring that the legislation is being properly implemented and also review the policy consistently to ensure that any changes necessary are being made. * Managers: It is imperative that management is developing all policies and procedures required. Managers are also responsible to ensure that all supervisors and employees are aware of their rights in regards to: The right to know about hazards (O. Reg. 860), The right to participate in the Health and Safety process (Act S. (43)), and The right to stop work (Act S. (44)). * Supervisors: Supervisors will be held responsible for ensuring that all employees are aware of the legislative requirements presented by North Shore Pulp and Paper. It is also their responsibility to inform the Health and Safety rep of any incidents and to aid in the investigation. * Workers: The workers will be dealing with the hazards on a first hand basis. It is their responsibility to ensure that they are following all procedure and putting...
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