SHP 3433 SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK DISCUSSION CASE 1 – EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT “Forget it! We are not going to train our employees in first aid. Emergencies notwithstanding‚ I don’t want a bunch of amateur doctors running around the company doing more harm than good.” Mary‚ safety director for Gulf Coast manufacturing‚ was getting nowhere trying to convince her boss that the company should have employees trained in first aid in the event of an emergency. “But John‚ we have had three hurricanes
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How do people explain their own and other people’s behavior? ‘Behaviour’ is a term defined by psychologists as an act done by an animal in response to any stimulus provided by the outside world. An assumption held by many social psychologists when attempting to explain the reasons behind the action of people’s behaviour is that we try to find certain reasons that explain our own and other people’s action towards an environmental stimulus. This is also known as the theory of attribution‚ ie. We
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people’s health & safety 2.8 Marie Mahoney TDA 2.8: Support children and young people’s health and safety 1.1 Describe how current health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures are implemented in the setting. In 1974 a piece of legislation came into force to protect employees‚ young people and children within their work/school place against any hazard(s) under health and Safety. The Health and Safety Act 1974 was set up to ensure individuals within any particular setting were
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A hazard is any source of potential damage‚ harm or adverse health effects on something or someone under certain conditions at work. Basically‚ a hazard can cause harm or adverse effects (to individuals as health effects or to organizations as property or equipment losses). Studies have shown that the top cause of workplace accidents is employee errors‚ followed by equipment insufficiencies‚ then bad practices. Independent research has shown that employing a health and safety officer within the workplace
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Unit 208 Understanding Health and safety in social care. Outcome 1 Understanding the different responsibilities relating to health and safety in social care settings. 1.1 List legislation relating to general health and safety in a social care setting. Health & Safety at Work Act The Management of Health & Safety Work Regulations Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) Manual Handling Operations Regulations The Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous
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Health and Safety Issues in Organisations 1. Introduction: One of the very unpleasant things is becoming ill or getting hurt at the work place. According to the HSE (2008)‚ more than 200 people lose their lives a year at work in Britain and also 150 000 reported nonfatal injuries each year. In addition‚ around 2 million people suffer from illness that could be made worse by work. One of the biggest mistakes is that any employer could do is to believe that such things rarely happen in unusual
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Book Report In the book How Babies Are Made by Andrew C. Andry‚ it shows how different organisms reproduce; the book starts off by introducing how flowers give offspring. It tells the reader that “plants begin with many eggs that are hidden”‚ this informs us that like humans plants also contain eggs. Then such as female mammal the flower contains ovaries which are located where the petals join the stem. The pollen is delivered by a bee and it grows a long tube that enters the eggs. This is the
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GCU London Personal and Professional Development How diversity considerations might impact on conflict in a workplace setting. 1. Introduction 2. Diversity Firstly‚ clarifying the meaning of diversity is of utmost importance here in such that‚ diversity has been well-defined at diverse conceptual levels as it is been associated with age‚ gender‚ nationality‚ ethnicity‚ work status and education. Therefore‚ turning to the generally established definition
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Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 2000‚ Vol. 5‚ No. 3‚ 347-358 Copyright 2000 by the Educational Publishing Foundation 1076-8998/00/$5.00 DOI: 10.1037fl1076-8998.5.3.347 Perceptions of Safety at Work: A Framework for Linking Safety Climate to Safety Performance‚ Knowledge‚ and Motivation Mark A. Griffin Queensland University of Technology Andrew Neal University of Queensland Research in the areas of organizational climate and work performance was used to develop a framework for
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History of Occupational Health and Safety Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) has been a topic of concern since the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire occurred on March 25‚ 1911 in New York City (Stein‚ 1962‚ Von Drehle‚ 2003). 1911 employers’ attitude toward employees was that of harshness. The employers would lock the employees inside the building to ensure that they would work and not wonder off. Employers locked doors. The fire occurred on the
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