Health and Safety Project This work-based project forms an important part of your training. The aim of this project is to familiarise yourself with your working environment and the Health and Safety issues that arise in your placement. On completion you should: Understand the structure your organisation’s; and your role in it Understand the importance of Health and Safety at work Understand the legal requirements of Health and Safety at work Know your organization’s health‚ hygiene and
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P1: explain potential hazards and harms that may arise from each in a health or social care setting. Hazard number 1: Doors being left open. Doors are being left open is a big hazard because it opens a various amounts of hazards such as the children walking through the nursery alone without supervision. Having a doors open can also allow people to come into the nursery which jeopardizes the safeguarding of the nursery. The nursery overcomes this by having code locks on all entrances of the nursery
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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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Introduction Workplace safety is a commonly used phrase that many do not consider until an accident occurs within the workplace. Throughout the U.S.‚ workplace injuries occur on a daily basis. This has been an issue in the workforce for many years and is still an ongoing issue. Are there laws that protect employees from an unsafe work environment; what is the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA); and how did the labor unions affect the law? In this paper these following questions will be
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Unit MU 2.4 Contribute to children and young people’s health and safety 1.1 Outline the health and safety policies and procedures of the work setting to provide adequate control of the health and safety risks arising from work activities to consult with employees on matters affecting their health and safety to provide and maintain a safe environment to ensure safe handling and use of substances and medicines to provide information‚ instruction and supervision for employees to ensure
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(Borenstein‚ 2010) Here‚ we investigate the nature and causes of the earthquake (human and geographical)‚ followed by the preparation and recovery of the disaster. Furthermore we look at how we could vastly improve the countries preparedness and ability to cope with this cataclysm. Nature of the natural hazard: On Tuesday‚ 12th January 2010‚ a powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck southern Haiti. An estimated 3 million people were affected by the quake‚ approximately 222‚570 people were
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worker’s safety. Today’s industrial employees are better off than their colleagues in the past. Their chances of being killed in an industrial accident are less than half of that of their predecessors of 60 years ago. According to National safety Council (NSC)‚ the current death rate from work-related injuries is approximately 4 per 100‚000‚ or less than a third of the rate of 50 years ago. Improvements in safety up to now have been the result of pressure for legislation to promote health and safety
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Unit accreditation number: Understand health and safety in social care settings PWCS 27 2 4 40 31/08/2015 R/602/3179 Unit purpose and aim This unit is aimed at those who are interested in‚ or new to‚ working in a social care setting. It introduces knowledge and understanding of areas of health and safety required to work in a social care setting. Learning Outcomes The learner will: 1 Understand the different responsibilities relating to health and safety in social care settings Assessment Criteria
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The Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 Section 1: To secure the health‚ safety and welfare of persons at work. To protect other people from hazards arising from work. To control the keeping and use of dangerous substances and materials‚ including explosives and highly flammable materials. To control the emission of noxious substances from certain premises. Section 2: It shall be the duty of every employer to ensure‚ so far as is reasonably practicable‚ the health and safety and
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Legislative 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
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