Confined Spaces At Work Regulations 1997
Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 As mentioned in the management of health and safety at work regulations 1999, employers are required to carry out a thorough assessment of the risks for all work activities to determine safety risks and what measures should be put in place. This is the same with confined spaces. When workplace activity involves a confined space, this act states that, if at all possible, avoid entry into it. The work must be carried out from outside. If this is not a feasible option, the employer must determine a safe system of work and put in place necessary emergency arrangements before starting work.
This legislation is important because it almost definitely prevents a dangerous occurrence. Getting trapped in a confined space can cause both physical and traumatic experiences. …show more content…
If this legislation is not abided by, employees could quite easily get themselves stuck in small spaces without contact to others. They must have the correct training and they must be able to assess whether a situation is worth the risk.
Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 The employer must control the noise their employees are exposed to in the workplace (it must be eliminated or greatly reduced). This act covers a big range of workplaces, especially engineering ones. Anyone in an engineering workplace will be exposed to noise. This could cause temporary or permanent hearing loss. The employer must identify the sources of noise and who might be affected. Based on this information, they can determine the levels of noise the employees are being exposed to (Lower Exposure Limit: 80dB, Upper Exposure Limit: 85dB, Exposure Limit Value: 87dB) and change what's necessary to abide by the regulations.
It is given that it is in the interest of the employee to protect their hearing, but it should almost definitely be in the interest of the employer too. Compensation, paid replacement and possibly even payment of hearing aids etc. could amount to a big cost depending on the seriousness of the accident. Both short and long term exposure to loud noises can have a very negative impact on the employees’ hearing. This legislation helps prevent long term hearing problems for people who work in a noisy environment. Without it, the exposure to loud noises within the workplace could be very dangerous, affecting a person for the rest of their life. Any employees working near a loud machine or in a large, echoing environment, will almost certainly be affected by loud noises.
Manual Handling
Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
Any activity that involves handling operations manually which might injure an employee is covered under this act. The manual handling operations (either by hand or other bodily force) involve lifting, lowering, pulling, pushing, moving or carrying loads. The employer must avoid manual handling operations, as far as is practical, that could cause injury to the employee. They must also thoroughly assess any manual handling operation that cannot be avoided, always giving indicative load weight information to the employee.
Checking Conditions
Gas Leaks
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002 The employer is required to assess the risks to the health and safety of the employee when work activities are likely to expose anybody, employee or citizen, to a substance hazardous to health. Also, preventing or controlling exposure to such a substance must be a priority. The employer must decide what measures to put in place to achieve these goals. These measures need to be maintained and tested regularly to make sure they suffice to the controlling or prevention of the substance. To help with this, the exposure needs to measured regularly and the health of the employees must be monitored if they are exposed to it for extended periods of time.
Voltage, Amperage, Leads, Cables and Fuses
Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 This legislation is in place to provide precautions for dealing with electrical use in work activities to vastly reduce death or personal injury cases. If electrical equipment is exposed to harmful conditions, protection and certain construction methods must be used to prevent danger in such a circumstance. Inspections and tests of electrical equipment must be undertaken by a competent person. They must report any defects or unreliability in a record. Likewise, maintenance and repairs must also be undertaken by a capable person.
Electricity can be extremely dangerous if not controlled.
It is a very dangerous area. It’s vitally important that this legislation is followed as the potential of lethality is very high. If the legislation points within this regulation are not followed, the results could be lethal. For example, if an electric cable if left on the ground, over time it could become damaged and the insulation could expose the inner wires. This could impose a very dangerous threat to workers around and could be lethal if someone was to go near it.
Personal Protection
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 Any clothing or equipment worn or held by an employee is covered under this act. The regulation is in place to protect the employee against risks to their health and safety due to the clothing they wear. There are requirements within the act for evaluating, selecting, providing, maintaining and using personal protective equipment. The use of this equipment should be turned to after steps have been taken to prevent or control a risk at the source e.g. making a machinery process safer by using safe systems of work and engineering
controls.
The Importance of Ventilation and Extraction
Covered Under Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 and Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002
This states that workplaces need to be sufficiently ventilated in the proper manner. This means that clean air is drawn from outside of the workplace and spread throughout the building. This can either be through natural or mechanical means. The ventilation system should dilute and remove humid air and provide satisfactory air movement to give a fresh feeling within the workplace without causing a draught.
Along with providing adequate fresh air to breathe, the regulations also require that a workplace successfully adds or removes heat if necessary. A company must also make sure that any additional pollutants such as dust and fumes are properly removed. In some cases like in an industrial factory, mechanical ventilation will usually be required.
Safety Whilst Closing Down Equipment
Storing Equipment and Safe Disposal of Waste Materials
Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 This act defines a consistent set of generic workplace standards across all industries. The employer, and others in control of workplaces, must comply with minimum requirements for health, safety and welfare. This covers provision and maintenance of workplaces (ventilation, temperature (indoors), lighting (including emergency lighting), cleaning and decoration, room dimensions and space, workstation suitability, falling objects and falls from a height, glazing (windows/ skylights/ doors), safe for pedestrians and vehicles to pass, doors, gates, escalators, floors, sanitary measures, drinking water, seating, clothing storage (protective clothing and general workplace clothing, washing, changing and eating facilities/rest areas.
Procedures
If an accident or incident were to befall a company, there are standardised forms used to record them. There is normally one type of form for each occurrence (accident, incident or emergency) each defined by a different colour. The forms are standardised to give consistency in the whole process.
Engineering organisations must keep an accident book to record the details of every accident. To abide by the terms of the Data Protection Act, the private details of anyone involved are not disclosed during this recording process.
When dealing with accidents, incidents and emergencies, clearly documented procedures must be followed. Depending on the event the procedure relates to, visitors will have to be notified and told how to carry out such procedures to greatly decrease confusion in case of dangerous occurrences.
If an accident, incident or emergency was to happen, a capable/competent person must report to the Health and Safety Executive by telephone or fax as soon as possible. After doing so, a F2508 Form must be completed and submitted within 10 days.
This legislation is important because it almost definitely prevents a dangerous occurrence. Getting trapped in a confined space can cause both physical and traumatic experiences. …show more content…
If this legislation is not abided by, employees could quite easily get themselves stuck in small spaces without contact to others. They must have the correct training and they must be able to assess whether a situation is worth the risk.
Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 The employer must control the noise their employees are exposed to in the workplace (it must be eliminated or greatly reduced). This act covers a big range of workplaces, especially engineering ones. Anyone in an engineering workplace will be exposed to noise. This could cause temporary or permanent hearing loss. The employer must identify the sources of noise and who might be affected. Based on this information, they can determine the levels of noise the employees are being exposed to (Lower Exposure Limit: 80dB, Upper Exposure Limit: 85dB, Exposure Limit Value: 87dB) and change what's necessary to abide by the regulations.
It is given that it is in the interest of the employee to protect their hearing, but it should almost definitely be in the interest of the employer too. Compensation, paid replacement and possibly even payment of hearing aids etc. could amount to a big cost depending on the seriousness of the accident. Both short and long term exposure to loud noises can have a very negative impact on the employees’ hearing. This legislation helps prevent long term hearing problems for people who work in a noisy environment. Without it, the exposure to loud noises within the workplace could be very dangerous, affecting a person for the rest of their life. Any employees working near a loud machine or in a large, echoing environment, will almost certainly be affected by loud noises.
Manual Handling
Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
Any activity that involves handling operations manually which might injure an employee is covered under this act. The manual handling operations (either by hand or other bodily force) involve lifting, lowering, pulling, pushing, moving or carrying loads. The employer must avoid manual handling operations, as far as is practical, that could cause injury to the employee. They must also thoroughly assess any manual handling operation that cannot be avoided, always giving indicative load weight information to the employee.
Checking Conditions
Gas Leaks
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002 The employer is required to assess the risks to the health and safety of the employee when work activities are likely to expose anybody, employee or citizen, to a substance hazardous to health. Also, preventing or controlling exposure to such a substance must be a priority. The employer must decide what measures to put in place to achieve these goals. These measures need to be maintained and tested regularly to make sure they suffice to the controlling or prevention of the substance. To help with this, the exposure needs to measured regularly and the health of the employees must be monitored if they are exposed to it for extended periods of time.
Voltage, Amperage, Leads, Cables and Fuses
Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 This legislation is in place to provide precautions for dealing with electrical use in work activities to vastly reduce death or personal injury cases. If electrical equipment is exposed to harmful conditions, protection and certain construction methods must be used to prevent danger in such a circumstance. Inspections and tests of electrical equipment must be undertaken by a competent person. They must report any defects or unreliability in a record. Likewise, maintenance and repairs must also be undertaken by a capable person.
Electricity can be extremely dangerous if not controlled.
It is a very dangerous area. It’s vitally important that this legislation is followed as the potential of lethality is very high. If the legislation points within this regulation are not followed, the results could be lethal. For example, if an electric cable if left on the ground, over time it could become damaged and the insulation could expose the inner wires. This could impose a very dangerous threat to workers around and could be lethal if someone was to go near it.
Personal Protection
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 Any clothing or equipment worn or held by an employee is covered under this act. The regulation is in place to protect the employee against risks to their health and safety due to the clothing they wear. There are requirements within the act for evaluating, selecting, providing, maintaining and using personal protective equipment. The use of this equipment should be turned to after steps have been taken to prevent or control a risk at the source e.g. making a machinery process safer by using safe systems of work and engineering
controls.
The Importance of Ventilation and Extraction
Covered Under Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 and Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002
This states that workplaces need to be sufficiently ventilated in the proper manner. This means that clean air is drawn from outside of the workplace and spread throughout the building. This can either be through natural or mechanical means. The ventilation system should dilute and remove humid air and provide satisfactory air movement to give a fresh feeling within the workplace without causing a draught.
Along with providing adequate fresh air to breathe, the regulations also require that a workplace successfully adds or removes heat if necessary. A company must also make sure that any additional pollutants such as dust and fumes are properly removed. In some cases like in an industrial factory, mechanical ventilation will usually be required.
Safety Whilst Closing Down Equipment
Storing Equipment and Safe Disposal of Waste Materials
Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 This act defines a consistent set of generic workplace standards across all industries. The employer, and others in control of workplaces, must comply with minimum requirements for health, safety and welfare. This covers provision and maintenance of workplaces (ventilation, temperature (indoors), lighting (including emergency lighting), cleaning and decoration, room dimensions and space, workstation suitability, falling objects and falls from a height, glazing (windows/ skylights/ doors), safe for pedestrians and vehicles to pass, doors, gates, escalators, floors, sanitary measures, drinking water, seating, clothing storage (protective clothing and general workplace clothing, washing, changing and eating facilities/rest areas.
Procedures
If an accident or incident were to befall a company, there are standardised forms used to record them. There is normally one type of form for each occurrence (accident, incident or emergency) each defined by a different colour. The forms are standardised to give consistency in the whole process.
Engineering organisations must keep an accident book to record the details of every accident. To abide by the terms of the Data Protection Act, the private details of anyone involved are not disclosed during this recording process.
When dealing with accidents, incidents and emergencies, clearly documented procedures must be followed. Depending on the event the procedure relates to, visitors will have to be notified and told how to carry out such procedures to greatly decrease confusion in case of dangerous occurrences.
If an accident, incident or emergency was to happen, a capable/competent person must report to the Health and Safety Executive by telephone or fax as soon as possible. After doing so, a F2508 Form must be completed and submitted within 10 days.