Moving and Handling Moving and handling is the single most cause of injures at work in social care settings. With this in mind are there legislation in place to protect all involved and set standards; • The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 requires employers to avoid all reasonable manual handling where there is a risk of injury. Requires employers to carry out risk assessments to ensure appropriate steps have been taken to reduce any risks. • Provision and Use of Work Equipment
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1. Define what is meant by the term “natural hazard”. A natural hazard is a threat of a naturally occurring event that will have a negative effect on people or the environment. 2. Provide a brief description of the type of hazard you have been allocated. Bushfires: A bushfire is a large out-of-control fire occurring in areas with large amounts of flammable vegetation. Bushfires are hard to control as the right weather conditions and wind direction can cause a bushfire to spread from the
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Action Potentials An action potential is the change in electrical potential associated with the passage of an impulse along the membrane of a muscle cell or nerve cell. An action potential occurs when a neuron sends information down an axon‚ away from the cell body. A threshold is the minimum amount of stimulation needed to start a neural impulse (you know‚ the electrical impulses that travel throughout your body carrying important information). Action potentials generated by neural impulses are
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Safe Handling of Gasoline For most of us our entire lives revolve around gasoline. Every time we leave the house we are usually burning in some sort of transportation. It lets us run our cars and trucks‚ getting our kids and ourselves to school and the groceries home. It helps us keep our grass and gardens looking good‚ powering mowers and lawn care equipment. It lets us get away on vacation‚ running boats‚ four wheelers‚ and motorcycles. But if not handled or stored properly gasoline can
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Material Safety Data Sheet COUWELD® EXOTHERMIC WELDING POWDER (MAIN) 1. Description of Substance / Preparation and Company Trade Name: Supplier: COUWELD® EXOTHERMIC WELDING POWDER (MAIN) COUGAR No. 345 of 4 Jinyuan Road Shanghai 201812 China Contact: th Tel: Fax: E-mail: +86-21-59139731 +86-21-59139732 info@cougar-asia.com info@cougarele.com.cn Mr. Anthony Woo 2. Composition / Specification of Components Chemical Name Thermit Welding Powder. CAS No. 7429-90-5 (Aluminium) 7440-50-8 (Copper)
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Water Potential Teacher: What is the formula for water? Student: H‚ I‚ J‚ K‚ L‚ M‚ N‚ O Teacher: That’s not what I taught you. Student: But you said the formula for water was...H to O. Prepared by Lower concentration of solute Water potential – the ability of water move out of the solution through osmosis. Solute molecule Equal concentration of solute Higher concentration of solute H2O Selectively permeable membrane Water molecule Solute molecule with cluster of water molecules Net flow
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continuously towards providing quality service to its customers. The bank will always act in good faith and without prejudice to the interest of the customer. The bank’s Complaint Handling Process will be available to customers on request. The bank shall also ensure that all employees concerned will be informed about the Complaint Handling Process and its subsequent updates. 1. Complaint Definition: Any expression of dissatisfaction about a product or service that is not resolved at the first point of contact
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2 Motivation: Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Abstract Motivation is an inner drive or state that stimulates the individual in a particular direction or keeps them engaged in a certain activity. Motivation determines whether the person continues with the task at hand or not. There are two types of motivation; intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsically motivated individuals hold learning various types of course information in high regard without receiving any reward or reinforcement. In contrast‚ extrinsically
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VOL. 70‚ NO. 5‚ MAY 1982 Silicon as a Mechanical Material KURT E. PETERSEN‚ MEMBER‚ IEEE Abstract-Single-crystal silicon is being increasingly employed in a variety of new commercial products not because of its well-established electronic properties‚ but rather because of its excellent mechanical properties. In addition‚ recent trends in the engineering literature indicate a growing interest in the use of silicon as a mechanical material with the ultimate goal of developing a broad range
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Extreme sports are not a hazard and should NOT be banned. There are many reasons that extreme sports should NOT be banned. Firstly‚ extreme sports can increase self esteem and confidence. Secondly‚ extreme sports challenge the person and increase their skill. And last but not least‚ extreme sport can add to a persons experience‚ determination and courage. To begin‚ extreme sports should not be banned because it can increase a persons self esteem and confidence. Some people like extreme sports very
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