Health and Safety – Long Essay When using ICT related equipment‚ responsibility for your own health and safety is a big factor to consider. When working in an office both the employer and the employee have responsibilities to ensure your health and safety is covered at all time. As an employer‚ your job would be to keep your work place a safe environment. This could be done by making sure all equipment and machinery is safe to use for your employers or providing the appropriate medical equipment
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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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field that I would want to pursue in the healthcare field is a Health and Safety Specialist. A Health and Safety Specialist is a very important job‚ Specialists ensure a workplace is a safe place to work and to try decrease the risk of injury for employees and visitors. It important to have a specialist that pays attention to detail because with the new technology that’s being installed in a lot of the companies facility‚ its important to have someone keep and maintain machinery is operating at its
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Acid-Base and Equilibrium: Why are mountain climbers at an increased risk of hypoxia? Equilibrium is a state in which both reactants and products are present in a concentration. An equilibrium reaction is a reversible reaction that can move both forward and backwards direction and be equal to each other. Equilibrium is reached when there are no further changes in the concentration of both the product and reactant. Le Chaterlier’s Principle states that when equilibrium is disturbed‚ the rate
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Understand health and safety in social care settings. 1.1 legislation relating to general health and safety in a social care setting would be Health and safety at work act‚ Manual handling operations regulations‚ Control of substances hazardous to health regulations RIDDOR Health and safety first aid regulations‚ Management of health and safety at work regulations. 1.2 The main points of the policies and procedures are to ensure everyone follows the same guidelines‚ is safe and to minimise the
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Rakita Griffin Professional Presence CS204 June 19‚ 2014 Occupational and Safety Health Act Occupational and Safety Health Act The occupational safety and health Act operate their own government and also regulates the workplace safety. “This is a federal agency under the United States Department of Labor.” (eHow Contributor). The school‚ universities issues different inspection in the workplace. The inspection will include Emergency Action Plan‚ handling and inventory of chemical
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Unit 4 health and safety. 4.3 Evaluate own practice in promoting balanced approach to risk management. It is important you have a balanced approach towards risk assessments. You must always make sure that children are not at any risk but sometimes you may give them the freedom to do something knowing they won’t hurt their self but will learn from it. For example if a child was walking along a balancing beam that wasn’t very high with a soft surface underneath then they wouldn’t be at risk of any
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framework in practice In the table below‚ identify how four health and safety laws and two health and safety regulations influence the policies and working practices within your organisation. Health and safety law or regulation How this influences your workplace policies How 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
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It is important to care for your body so you can stay healthy and live well. Your body is made up of systems that each have a job to do. The muscular system is comprised of all the muscles in your body. Muscles are elastic and because of that your muscles could move the organs and bones that they are attached to. So you should protect your muscular system because every part of your body relies on it. Caring for your muscular system can also help prevent health problems and injuries. Some of the injuries
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4222-306 Health & Safety The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety. Under this Act‚ the employer‚ the workers and the individuals being supported have responsibilities to ensure safety is maintained in the workplace. Your employer should display a copy of this Act on their main premises. The main purpose of the legislation is: • To secure the health‚ safety and welfare of people at work • To protect others from risks arising
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