Unit 5 Health And Safety Nvq Level 3
P5
Safe working practices are important in all work places to prevent injuries to yourself, other employees and visitors, safe working practices are especially important in scientific workplaces however as there are multiple chemicals, biological samples and other materials that can cause harm to you, other employees, visitors and also the project you are working on in the lab. The Health Safety at Work act of 1974 says that; you must work safely, you must not endanger others, you must not misuse safety equipment. The penalty for any of these not being accomplished can lead to, up to 2 years in prison and/or an unlimited fine. Now under the Management of Health and Safety at Work act of 1999 and the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health act of 2004, risk assessments must …show more content…
The way it works is that you first identify anything hazardous to health while you are carrying out work in the lab, you then take steps to reduce the hazard, a risk assessment form should be filled out at this stage, stating the risk of the substance and how the risk was reduced. A risk assessment must be carried out when any experiment is taking place in the lab to ensure that there is a record of the incident if anything happens to an employee or anyone else.
• HSE inspectors, this stands for health and safety executive, these are inspectors who come into labs and check for things such as fire extinguishers, fire exits, they make sure that there is extinguishers and exits are in suitable places. They make sure that there is someone trained in health and safety at the lab. They also check the equipment being used in the lab to make sure that it has been passed when tested and to makes sure if it is safe to use. They also check a company’s risk assessment forms and incident reports to make sure that they are complying with the
Safe working practices are important in all work places to prevent injuries to yourself, other employees and visitors, safe working practices are especially important in scientific workplaces however as there are multiple chemicals, biological samples and other materials that can cause harm to you, other employees, visitors and also the project you are working on in the lab. The Health Safety at Work act of 1974 says that; you must work safely, you must not endanger others, you must not misuse safety equipment. The penalty for any of these not being accomplished can lead to, up to 2 years in prison and/or an unlimited fine. Now under the Management of Health and Safety at Work act of 1999 and the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health act of 2004, risk assessments must …show more content…
The way it works is that you first identify anything hazardous to health while you are carrying out work in the lab, you then take steps to reduce the hazard, a risk assessment form should be filled out at this stage, stating the risk of the substance and how the risk was reduced. A risk assessment must be carried out when any experiment is taking place in the lab to ensure that there is a record of the incident if anything happens to an employee or anyone else.
• HSE inspectors, this stands for health and safety executive, these are inspectors who come into labs and check for things such as fire extinguishers, fire exits, they make sure that there is extinguishers and exits are in suitable places. They make sure that there is someone trained in health and safety at the lab. They also check the equipment being used in the lab to make sure that it has been passed when tested and to makes sure if it is safe to use. They also check a company’s risk assessment forms and incident reports to make sure that they are complying with the