checks are made to prevent accidents and remain vigilant with regards to hazards. The setting must have a Health and Safety officer to whom any significant incidents and hazards are reported. In the school I am at‚ the head teacher is the health safety officer. The setting must have protective clothing available and any tools and equipment are kept in good working order. The practitioner will always be looking for potential hazards and ways to prevent accidents happening by risk assessments. Practitioners
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emergency or incident in a hospital. Priorities and response you use when in a hospital if there was a fire- As with all other areas of health and safety in the workplace‚ a thorough risk assessment of potential fire hazards should be carried out and is fire safety strategy. The important things you need to decide is whether a hazard is significant and whether you have covered it by taking precautions so that the risk is acceptably low. Your main priority would be getting everyone out the building
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running again as soon as possible. The HSE has told you to develop an action plan for updating procedures and managing safety on site. This action plan has to have realistic time scales and be able to access adequate resources. i. Assess current hazards and risks which could be present and gather evidence to support the likelihood of continuance of the risks. Evidence could include: fatigue charts‚ working hours‚ temperature‚ lighting levels‚ noise‚ incorrect procedures‚ working practices‚ time
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Assignment 304 Principles for implementing duty of care in health ‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings Task B Reflective Account BI – Describe two situations which demonstrate a conflict or dilemma between exercising a duty of care and the rights of an individual Conflict and dilemmas may arise between the duty of care and individuals rights could be staff having a difference of opinion over an service user for example a staff member believing that they have seen signs of
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complex risks and circumstances. However most organisations use the straight forward one‚ which is following the ‘5 steps’. The first step is to identify the hazards. This is when the assessor works out how people could be harmed‚ when people work in the same work place every day it is easy to forget and overlook some hazards. So to spot the hazards it is easiest to walk around the work place a see what could reasonably be expected to cause harm and ask the employees what they think‚ as they could have
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carrying out a risk assessment in a selected workplace situation. Design a blank template to record risk assessment information (P4). Procedures for carrying out a risk assessment at STC: 1) Identifying potential hazards: Identifying the hazards involves searching for potential objects and situations that could cause harm to employees and students of South Thames College. Students‚ employees and visitors can also provide valuable information on hazards that were not spotted before. Their views
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contractors Health and safety committees Discrimination in the workplace Risk assessments Control of risks Recording and/or documenting of information Functions of health and safety representatives (HSRs) Training Manual handing Inspections Information about the current relevant legislation can be located on the state government leglislation website on the internet. Assessment activity 2: Define OHS responsibilities for all workplace personnel in accordance with OHS policies‚ procedures and
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Assignment: Learner information OCR Level 3 Health and Social Care Unit 3: Health‚ Safety and Security in Health and Social Care Assessor: CANDIDATE NAME: General Information for Learners Q Do I have to pass this assignment? A Yes. You must pass this assignment to achieve the full qualification. Q What help will I get? A Your tutor will help you when completing the OCR assignment and will make sure that you know what resources/facilities you need and are allowed
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and procedural controls? General Principles of Prevention: There are some general principles of prevention that can be applied to eliminate hazards and reduce the risk in the workplace. These principles rely on the correct selection of technical‚ procedural and behavioral controls. 1. Avoid risk: 2. Evaluate risks which cannot be avoided 3. Control hazards at source: 4. Adapt work to suit the individual 5. Adapt to technical progress 6. Replace the dangerous with the non dangerous or less dangerous
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BSBOHS501B AT3 Projects | | | 12/4/2011 | BSBOHS501B Project 1 | | During the last HSEC meeting it was identified that the hazard identification processes were lacking and the site TRIFR was increasing and need to be addressed. This has resulted in the organization of external consultants to assist in this problem area. | BSBOHS501B AT3 Projects Reduce Workplace Injuries and Illnesses Objective: The objective of this OHS plan is to increase the Risk Mindfulness of employees across site
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