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Provides guidance to those responsible for the safety of the sites where petrol is stored and dispensed for use as a fuel for motor vehicles and similar machinery. Relevant to sites such as petrolfilling stations, farms, commercial goods vehicle depots, private businesses, marinas, stately homes and other premises where petrol is kept as a fuel. It applies to new and existing sites. Contents: The hazard from petrol; General principles of risk assessment for the storage and dispensing of petrol; Five steps for assessing risks and identifying essential measures to control the hazard; Systems of work; Training; Risk assessment examples; Relevant legislation; Other sources of advice.
Explains the essential tasks for achieving healthy and safe construction sites and helps the reader to identify hazards and control risks. This book also explains how to plan, organise, control, monitor and review health and safety throughout the life of a project. It is suitable for those involved in construction work.
This booklet examines the technical causes of control system failure by describing actual case studies. The incidents show that obvious defects could have been prevented. It is aimed at users of control systems plus designers, manufacturers and installers. The analysis of control system incidents in this publication remains unchanged from the first edition, however some minor changes in the guidance have been made in response to revisions of legislation and of relevant standards.
This booklet explains the problems associated with manual handling and sets out best practice approaches to dealing with it. The advice is intended for managers of small firms or organisations. But many of the general principles are relevant to all organisations whatever their size. Contents include; what's the problem? What should I do about it? What are my duties? Avoiding manual handling, Assessing and reducing the risk of injury, what about training, good handling technique, how do I know if there's a risk of injury, general risk assessment guidelines.
Provides guidance to help those handling, storing and transporting airbags and seat belt pretensioners to comply with their legal duties and includes information on classification and authorisation for those who may supply these devices. Contents: Classification; Storage; Registered premises; Licensed stores and magazines; Handling; Hazards; Transport; The vehicles; The quantity; Placarding and double manning; The driver; The package; Information; General requirements; Disposal; General precautions.
This practical guide continues to provide advice on how to establish procedures in your organization. Written in jargon-free language, it cuts through the legal complexities to enable you to fully understanding the law and its implications to your business. The 9th edition has been updated to comply with all recent changes and additions to Health and Safety law. Updates include guidance on: The Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act 2007, Heath and Safety Offences Act , EU Regulation concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), Asbestos and the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations and Vibration induced injury and the Control of Vibration at Work Regulations. Formerly published as A Manager's Guide to Health & Safety at Work
The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 apply to workplaces in the UK, including those with less than five employees, and to the self-employed.
Rotational moulding has been available as a processing method for hollow plastic products for more than forty years, but for a long time it was regarded as a slow method limited to only a few plastics. Within the last ten to fifteen years there has been a dramatic change. Engineers and designers recognise the scope that rotational moulding offers for the production of relatively inexpensive, complex shapes with low levels of moulded-in stress. Materials suppliers are continually developing new grades of plastics as well as a wider selection of materials suited to the process. In addition, machinery suppliers are producing more sophisticated moulding equipment so that the moulder now has cont...
This book provides an in sight into my lifetime experiences from birth to the present day. It also concentrates thoroughly on defining the qualities desired of an SAS military leader. In terms of personal experiences of leadership I would say that the military provided me with a blueprint of acceptable leadership behaviours. Looking at the training I went through with Special Forces reveals some of the unique qualities that are required to fulfil this role. I would say that conventional military regiments differed somewhat to the democratic, even abdicratic approach of Special Forces units such as the SBS, SAS and 2REP French Foreign Legion. While I was serving with the Marines I wanted to t...