NAME: Mark Pearson COURSE: BA (Hons) Security and Risk Management WORD COUNT: 9‚708 TITLE: Security and Safety in High Risk Environments Abstract: The research presented here introduces the concept of security‚ highlighting its links to‚ as well as the aspects through which it differs from‚ safety‚ with the aim to evaluate the prevailing perception that the two concepts are interchangeable. The study attempts to identify the differences between the two disciplines‚ and determine
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CU301P/CT301 Understand Health and Safety in Social Care Settings Outcome 1 Understand 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 and Safety at Work Act The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (known as COSHH) The Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985 (known as RIDDOR) Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (PPE)
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Sharps- In a hospital health and social care setting needles are frequently being used in lots of different places and lots of them are actually used. It’s important to have a place where these used needles can be stored which is why now after a needle has been used it’s put into a ‘sharps box’. If all the sharps are kept in the box then it reduced the possible harm to service providers and users such as if a person was to come into contact with a used needle they could hurt themselves because it
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Understand health and safety in social care setting Outcome 1 understand the different responsibilities relating to health and safety in social settings 1.1 List legislation relating to general health and safety in social care setting. There are a small number of legal acts relating to the general health and safety in social care. The most important one it seems to me would the health and safety at work act of 1974‚ it ensures that the employer‚ the employee have responsibilities to ensure that a
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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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Policy and Procedures for CASH DISBURSEMENTS Cash Disbursements‚ via the University of Maryland College Park Foundation‚ are requested by the specific account holder in various schools and departments at College Park. Please use the Disbursement Request Form in Appendix H. Control Objectives: To ensure that cash is disbursed only upon proper authorization supported by the appropriate documentation‚ is for valid business purposes‚ and is properly recorded‚ all disbursements must: •
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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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PAGE TO BE FILLED BY STUDENTS AND ATTACHED TO THE ASSIGNMENT Name of student Matric Number Course Code and Title SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION Assignment Title QUIZ SEPTEMBER 2012 (BGB4043) 1. List and discuss FOUR (4) factors that contribute to the accident. (8M) The worker has work overtime and may face sleepiness and tired because working at maximum overtime for the last two months. This will make the worker lose his
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identification by work analysis – Work that is not done on a static site is probably better analysed by first identifying the different occupations involved and the work people carry out‚ then the hazards they face doing that work. This method is better suited for those work activities where there is a considerable degree of scope for the worker to decide how the task is carried out‚ e.g. tradespeople. This analysis would be applicable for work in construction‚ forestry operations and similar work where people
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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
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