investigate the health and safety issues and examine the role of risk assessment and other important policies that should exist in the workplace. “It is estimated that 1.6 million accidents occur each year in the workplace with a cost to the industry of around £700m” (Ref.1). This is why it is hugely necessary to take the rights steps in trying to prevent people from being injured at work. This process is called Health and Safety. Every business has its legal responsibility to work in within Health and Safety
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Most employees lack a culture of caring. Where health and safety regulations are concerned‚ most of them think of the repercussions of these laws rather than looking at it from a different perspective. This has affected many people in the organisation mentally and emotionally and a negative culture can undermine the viability of the best projects‚ strategies and services proposed to improve the workforce. They are affected mentally because they spend most of their time worrying how much they are
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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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Date: 24/07/2013 M3.23 Health and Safety at Work 1.1-The two pieces of legislation that apply to my workplace are Health and Safety at Work‚ etc Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations. The HASAW Act provides a guideline of rules to ensure the health and safety of all employees or anyone that may be affected by any work activity. The main requirement of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations is that employers must carry out risk assessments to eliminate
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It is important that children and young people are allowed to exercise their rights and choices‚ while maintaining health and safety requirements. This can lead a dilemma when children or young people wish to undertake a task that you may feel is not within their capabilities‚ or that is not safe for them to do so. 1. What are your feelings about the above statement? It is important for children to have opportunities to take risks in everyday tasks and activities. They need to explore and discover
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Unit 009 Health and Safety Activity Find out what your settings policy and procedure is on health and safety and where it is kept. Write down your understanding of this policy and procedure. At Highfield children’s centre copies of the health and safety policies and procedures are kept in the main office‚ in the head teacher’s office and in the family support office. Highfield children’s centre has a family support team linked to the nursery. The health and safety policy and procedure is set
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What is operational health and safety - The identification‚ evaluation and control of hazards associcated with the work environment. -The goal is to reduce occupational injuries and illnesses associated with employment * Injury = any cut‚ fracture‚ sprain or amputation * Illness= any abnormal condition or disorder caused by factors -Why only reduce and not eliminate? Because illness is unforeseeable. Accidents and the employer is not in full control of everything. Science is evolving
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In 1970‚ the Occupational Safety and Health Act was established to prevent on the job hazards resulting in serious injuries including death (The OSH Act‚ Standards‚ and Liability‚ 2010). The law requires “employers to provide their employees with working conditions that are free of known dangers” (Occupational Safety & Health Administration‚ n.d.). This week case study discusses the work environment of an employee that worked at a car dealership by the name of Joe Peterson. Joe was an older man that
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Describe the requirements for a health and safe workplace in terms of the physical environment and the equipment at a selected work organisation. Physical Environment. .Potential for falling objects – The employer or employee must make sure that all items of equipment‚ materials and tools that are not in use must be stored/stacked correctly and securely. Otherwise‚ there is a potential that the item/item may fall and injure a person. .Sharp edges and trailing leads – Sharp edges
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yet on these events the staff is evenly split for children’s safety and care. Task 1.3 The sources of current guidance for planning healthy and safe environment and services are given below Health and Safety at Work (1974) The health and safety at work 1974 stresses upon some basic duties of employee and the employer in regards to health and safety; • Every employer shall ensure‚ so far as is reasonably practicable‚ the health‚ safety and welfare at work of their employee.They have to ensure
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