Health and Safety in Brief

by Ridley,John

• ISBN13: 9780750686396
• ISBN10: 0750686391
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-11
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

In plain English, John Ridley guides the reader through health and safety legislation and explains how to comply with it in practical terms. The text is clearly laid out, distinguishing between bulleted summaries of legislative requirements and the author's advice and commentary on compliance.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Law	p. 1
Legal processes	p. 3
Historical background	p. 3
Branches of law	p. 5
Types of court	p. 7
Court procedures	p. 11
Law-making in the UK	p. 15
Law-making in the EU	p. 16
Health and safety laws	p. 20
A historical perspective on health and safety laws	p. 21
The structure of health and safety laws	p. 22
The Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974	p. 24
Health and safety law enforcement	p. 25
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999	p. 28
Other current health and safety legislation	p. 32
Management	p. 35
Management responsibilities	p. 37
The role of management	p. 37
Responsibilities for health and safety	p. 38
Safety policy	p. 40
Risk assessments	p. 42
Techniques of hazard identification	p. 49
Organization for safety at work	p. 51
Promoting health and safety in the workplace	p. 53
Human resources	p. 58
Health and safety training	p. 58
Young persons at work	p. 60
Joint consultation	p. 65
Employment relations in health and safety	p. 67
Human factors in health and safety	p. 73
Insurance in health and safety	p. 75
Workplace safety	p. 79
Workplace regulations	p. 79
Office safety	p. 90
Workplace safety signs and signals	p. 93
Information and advice	p. 98
Safety advice	p. 98
Sources of information	p. 99
Report writing	p. 102
Data storage and retrieval	p. 104
Accidents	p. 106
Principles of accident prevention	p. 106
Accident investigation	p. 110
Accident reporting	p. 112
Occupational health	p. 115
The body	p. 117
Functions of the body	p. 117
Routes of entry	p. 121
Target organs	p. 122
Health at work	p. 123
Causes of health hazards	p. 123
Ionizing radiations	p. 126
Hazards from non-ionizing radiations	p. 128
Health protection	p. 130
First aid	p. 130
Personal protective equipment	p. 132
Safe use of display screen equipment	p. 135
Safety technology	p. 139
Chemicals	p. 141
Safe use of chemicals	p. 141
Labelling of chemicals for supply and use	p. 151
REACH	p. 157
Transport of dangerous goods by road and rail	p. 158
Approved lists	p. 162
Exposure limits	p. 169
Preventative and control measures	p. 171
Handling hazardous and dangerous substances	p. 173
Asbestos	p. 176
Lead	p. 178
Noise and hearing protection	p. 181
Legislation concerning noise	p. 181
The ear	p. 184
Noise measurement	p. 185
Noise control techniques	p. 188
Vibrations	p. 190
Work equipment	p. 193
New machinery	p. 193
Safe use of work equipment	p. 198
Safety with moving machinery	p. 205
Safety during maintenance	p. 209
Pressure systems	p. 213
Lifting equipment	p. 219
Construction	p. 223
CDM	p. 223
Work at Height	p. 231
Construction safety	p. 234
Employing contractors	p. 238
Access equipment	p. 240
Safety in demolition	p. 243
Safety with excavations	p. 246
Manual handling	p. 250
The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992	p. 250
Safe manual handling	p. 251
Mechanical handling	p. 256
Lifting	p. 256
Cranes	p. 259
Conveyors	p. 260
Powered Trucks	p. 262
Safe use of electricity	p. 266
The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989	p. 266
Safe use of electricity	p. 270
Safe use of portable electrical equipment	p. 274
Fire	p. 276
Fire and rescue authorities	p. 276
Fire safety	p. 277
Causes of fire and precautions	p. 281
Fire-fighting and extinguishers	p. 283
Safe use of flammable substances	p. 287
Environment	p. 291
The Environment Protection Act 1990	p. 291
Hazardous waste regulations	p. 293
Safe and healthy working environment	p. 296
Abbreviations	p. 298
List of statutes	p. 302
Index	p. 307
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