a)Review the way in which‚ in your own workplace‚ the systems‚ policies and procedures for communicating information on health and safety comply with legislations. In order for health and safety policies to be effective‚ it is vital that the employer promoted good awareness by using different types of communication such as written‚ graphics and verbal. The Health and Safety Information for Employees Regulations 1989 (HSIER) puts a duty on all employers which is to display an approved health and safety
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directives.Very important is to follow them when making risk assessments‚these include: -Reporting of Injuries Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulation 1995(RIDDOR) -Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999 -Manual Handling Operation Regulations 1992(amended 2002) -Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002(COSHH) -Control of Lead at Work Regulations 2002 The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 state that employer have to assess any risk at workplace
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public‚ and employees have to themselves and to each other. (b) Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH) places a duty on me as a support worker to ensure that potentially infectious materials within the home and identified as hazards and dealt with accordingly. (c)Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) (amended 2008) places a duty on me to report outbreaks of certain diseases as well as accidents. (d) Health and Safety First
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trained in relation to infection control · Making sure employees are aware of the health and safety aspects of their work - Posting information on notice boards - Keeping an information file such as Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) - Providing supervision · Keeping records · Ensuring that the relevant standards‚ policies and guidelines are available in the work place 1.3 The prevention and control of infection is governed by many different pieces of legislation. It
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www.hse.gov.uk The Health and Safety Executive is a national independent watchdog for health‚ safety and illness. They work as an independent regulator to release death and serious injury. They can offer support and guidelines relating to COSHH‚ RIDDOR‚ risk assessments etc. Child Accident Prevention Trust – www.capt.org.uk The child Accident Prevention Trust is a UK charity who aims to reduce the number of children killed and injured in
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it has been supplemented by many regulations and guidelines dealing with specific areas. The main specific regulations important to care workers are: ● ● ● Control of substances hazardous to health 1988 (COSHH) Reporting of injuries‚ diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations 1985 (RIDDOR) Manual handling regulations 1992 Other applicable legislation and regulations include: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Care standards act 2001 Disabled persons act 1986 Disability discrimination act 1995 Data protection
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P2. Outline how legislation‚ policies and procedures relating to health‚ safety and security influence health and social care setting. In this assignment I am going to be looking at health and safety legislation and policies and procedures with in a health and social care setting Legislation is in place to protect individuals within health and safety employers have a duty to protect their staff and keep people informed about health and safety. Then if you working as a social
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• Electrical equipment – look at – sockets and switches • Fire – look at – fire doors are they unobstructed‚ unlocked and easy to open • Workplace (ventilation and heating) – look at – natural ventilation‚ room temperature and window blinds • COSHH – all liquids used are clearly labelled and stored correctly‚ first aid box‚ know who the first aiders are and hygiene When planning an outdoor PE lesson you need to take into account a variety of things: • Outside areas – secure‚ boundaries
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health and safety at work regulations 1999 The manual handling operations regulations 1999 (amended 2002) Health and safety (first aid) regulations 1981 Reporting of injures‚ diseases and dangerous occurrences relegations (RIDDOR) 1995 Control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH) 2002 Food safety act 1990 Quality in care Aii All employees in a health and social care setting have a responsibility for health and safety. This includes working safely for yourself‚ as well as making sure that others
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Health and safety must be promoted to children. This law was put in place to make sure the children are the safety they can be in their care. This also helps to teach children how to be safe outside of nurseries and schools etc. Another law would be RIDDOR. This act us for you to report work related accidents‚ diseases or dangerous occurrences. Any accident that involves children‚ staff or visitors has to be recorded in an accident book. This is to make sure there is a record of the event that happened
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