mesothelioma in 2008 and thousands more from other occupational cancers and diseases such as COPD. Injuries 152 workers were killed at work‚ a rate of 0.5 fatalities per 100 000 workers. 121 430 other injuries to employees were reported under RIDDOR‚ a rate of 473 per 100 000 employees. 233 000 reportable injuries occurred‚ according to the Labour Force Survey‚ a rate of 840 per 100 000 workers. www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/ Working days lost 28.5 million days were lost overall (1.2 days
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Assignment Front Sheet (Centre No: 11058) Learner Name: Qualification: BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma In Engineering (FW267) Unit Title: Health and Safety In the Engineering Workplace (T/600/0249) Unit Number: 1 Assignment Title: The concept of RIDDOR and the use of accident data Assignment No: 4 Hand in dates and times: Date of Issue: 02/09/2013 Submission is: Hand in/Due Date: 11/06/2014 ON TIME □ / LATE □ Copied work will be graded as a FAIL and disciplinary action may be taken against
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periods of time. When a HSE representative came onto their site and realised these fumes they asked the company to complete a COSHH assessment on how to best limit the employee’s exposure. When the HSE representative returned to see what control‚ measures were in place they found that there wasn’t any and the company had not done the COSHH assessment. Due to not completing the COSHH assessment the HSE gave the company an improvement notice. The company was also informed that if they didn’t make an improvement
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Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999‚ • Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992‚ • Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981‚ • Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995‚ • Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002 Unit HSC 37 Ref (1) Assessment Criteria 1.2 Explain the main points of health and safety policies and procedures agreed with employer The main point of the Health and Safety policies and procedures
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1.1 Select two key pieces of legislation‚ one Regulation and one COP and summarise the key aspects of each in relation to the teaching/training role. Write your response here: Legislation: • Data Protection Act 1998- The Data Protection Act 1998 is a U.K act of parliament which defines how personal information is used by organisations‚ businesses or the government. It replaced and consolidated previous acts including the ‘The Data Protection Act 1984’ and ‘The Access to Personal Files Act 1987’
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hse.gov.uk “COSHH is the law that requires employers to control substances that are hazardous to health[1]. You can prevent or reduce workers exposure to hazardous substances by finding out what the health hazards are‚ deciding how to prevent harm to health (risk assessment)[2]‚ and providing control measures to reduce harm to health”. Legislation which influences healthy‚ safe and secure environments for early year’s settings include Control of Substances Hazardous to Health 2002 (COSHH)‚ The Health
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this influences working practices Control of Subtances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 2002 This regulation covers all substances that could affect a person’s health. These include cleaning materials‚ chemicals‚ dust and fumes. The workforce policies need to ensure that any potential risks to health from hazardous substances are fully assessed‚ and to prevent or adequately control the risks. COSHH lays down a sensible step by step approach to the necessary precautions and is therefore
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Work Regulations 1999. These set the standards that must be met to ensure the health and safety of all employees and others who may be affected by any work activity. Other legislations also exist to cover all work activities that carry risks such as RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995)‚ Food Safety Act 1990‚ Care Minimum Standards 2003‚ Care Home Regulations 2001 and The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992. The setting I am going to be focusing
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your session met the needs of individual learners. My session was called “Introduction to COSHH”. I planned the lesson to be effective and take into account of and respect learner differences. I introduced the course and agreed ground rules and Health and Safety. This promoted effective classroom management. Language skills were required to listen to and understand instructions. I explained the meaning of COSHH and made sure learners were aware of the objectives. I then used these teaching methods:
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following this we are making sure that the indoor and outdoor environment is well maintained‚ clean and safe. Equipment is stored correctly and is regularly checked to ensure it is safe. Hazardous materials and equipments are locked away and we follow COSHH. COSHH is the law that requires employees to control substances that are hazardous to health. Substancs that can be hazardous to health are bleach‚ washing up liquid‚ washing powder‚ washing tablet etc. If any substances are in sight they must be locked
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