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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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Offers guidance for employers and self employed people in assessing risks in the workplace. This book is suitable for firms in the commercial, service and light industrial sectors.
This book is aimed at owners and managers of motor vehicle repair (MVR) businesses, their advisers, and the self-employed.
Offering clear guidance on the responsibilities of construction professionals for health and safety in construction, this is an invaluable resource for the client, designer and contractor working together on construction projects.