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The costs of failure to manage health and safety successfully are high. This manual was prepared by HSE's Accident Prevention Advisory Unit as a practical guide for directors, managers and health and safety professionals intent on improving health and safety performance. The advice given here will be increasingly used by HSE inspectors as a basis for testing the performance of organizations against the general duties of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
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.
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 publication is aimed at managers in all industries. It explains why human factors are important in health and safety and how they need to be assessed and managed in the same way as other risk factors. It gives practical advice on how to develop systems designed to take account of human capabilities and fallibilities.
Focuses on good practice based on the Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1977, and the Health and Safety Regulations 1996. This guide is suitable for medium to large employers who need to consult and involve their employees on health and safety matters.
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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.
Suitable for self-employed people, contractors, safety representatives, vehicle operators and other employees, trade associations, and commercial landlords, this book discusses transport safety in the workplace.