Certificate unit worksheet Unit 208 – Understand health and safety in social care settings The numbers in the bracket after each question relate to the assessment criteria in the standards UNIT 4222-208 1. List legislation relating to general health and safety in a social care setting (1.1.1) 2. Describe the main points of health and safety policies and procedures agreed with your employer (1.1.2) 3. Outline the main health and safety responsibilities of: (1.1.3) a) the social care worker
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The Safety Program November 24‚ 2012 Belcher Manufacturing Company is guilty of safety violations that resulted in the death of William Carlson because Belcher seemed well aware that “most of the inspectors‚ including Carlson‚ had developed various “shortcuts” to reduce the time required to test each compressor” and that some inspectors continue to use the shortcuts even after the accident (Nkomo‚ Fottler‚ McAfee‚ pg. 254). The company should have taken disciplinary actions towards those who
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| | |FOR FOOD SAFETY IN SCHOOLS | | |[pic] | Introduction This NUT guidance has been prepared to highlight the health and safety hazards which can exist in the absence of clear policies and procedures on the safe preparation of food
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J. Asian Dev. Stud‚ Vol. 1‚ Issue 1‚ (March 2012). ISSN 2304-375X Causes of Road Accidents in Pakistan By Abdul Manan Khan1 and Ansa Tehreem2 Abstract Every day many people are killed and injured on our roads. Men‚ women‚ children‚ biking or riding to school or work‚ playing in the streets or setting out on long trips‚ will never return home‚ leaving behind shattered families and communities. Road traffic injuries are a growing public health issue‚ disproportionately affecting vulnerable groups
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Brent Spar was no longer useful. Both decided to decommission the Brent Spar on 1992 and Shell U.K. was going to be in charge‚ being the one who handled operations. Shell U.K. ordered no fewer than 30 separate studies which considered the technical‚ safety‚ and environmental implications. The studies concluded on two options; sinking the Brent Spar on the North Sea (which had 1% risk of pollutant discharges from the ships crossing North Sea every year) or decommission on land (which had less contamination
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L&T SWITCHGEAR SAFE & SURE ELECTRICAL SAFETY E S P SERVICE MANUAL GENERAL Electricity is good servant but bad master. It can prove to be very dangerous if circuits are not properly protected. The major fault that appears in electrical network or equipment is termed as short circuit. In short circuit‚ the supply phase and neutral or earth is short circuited accidentally due to foreign metallic substance coming in contact with phase & neutral or earth or due to overload thereby damaging
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parent may not understand that allowing the pool area to serve as a play area is as bad as letting young children play in a busy street or with poisonous chemicals (eric@poolfence.com‚ 2007). According to U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission‚ sixty nine percent of accidents occurred while one or both parents were responsible for supervision (eric@poolfence.com‚ 2007). Drowning happens so quickly and without warning that seventy-seven percent of the children that are subsequently discovered in pools
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Safety Concerns in the Laboratory Safety goggles must be warn at all times during a lab session. This is very important because they protect your eyes from harmful matter such as chemicals‚ glass‚ and fumes. It is very important to note that they must be goggles and not glasses. Safety glasses may protect the eyes from flying debris and splashes but may not protect the eyes from gas fumes or splashes from underneath. Also‚ wearing contact lenses in a chemical laboratory without proper coverage
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human soft tissue‚ the eye is the most vulnerable and takes long time to heal. What are causes of Workplace eye injuries? • Not wearing eye protection - Three of every five eye injury victims were not wearing eye protection at the time of their accidents. • Wearing the wrong kind of eye protection for the job - About 4% of injured workers in a recent survey were wearing some form of eye protection when the injury occurred; however‚ they were wearing glasses without side shields. • Flying particles
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Introduction It has been suggested that any well designed safety program or system is only as effective as the day-to-day ability of everyone in the organisation to rigorously follow procedures correctly and safely every time This paper seeks to highlight the critical components of an OHSMS and demonstrate also how a well-designed OHSMS will address the day-to-day abilities of organisations personnel to follow safety procedures every day. Modern employments factors such as transient work forces
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