Health and Safety Legislation

To define employers’ responsibilities to protect the health, safety and welfare of employees and members of the public, and to define employees’ duties to protect themselves and each other.

To reduce the number and severity of accidents in the workplace, through assessment and management of risk.

To require employers to control substances hazardous to health by reducing or preventing employees’ exposure to these substances.

<p>To provide appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to reduce harm to employees, visitors, and clients.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To protect the health, safety, and welfare of employees and members of the public in the workplace.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To prevent accidents, injuries, and illnesses, and to protect the health, safety, and welfare of employees and members of the public.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Safety helmets, masks, goggles, and gloves</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To define employers' duties to report serious workplace accidents, occupational diseases, and specified dangerous occurrences ('near misses')</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To improve control of pollution to the air, water, and land by regulating waste management and emission control</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To regulate and control the transit, import, and export of waste, including recyclable materials, and prevent pollution</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To control the storage, transport, and disposal of hazardous waste to minimize risks</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To reduce the amount of electronic and electrical equipment sent to landfill sites or incinerated</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To reduce death, damage, and injury caused by fire by placing legal responsibilities on employers</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To carry out a fire risk assessment</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To assess and minimise the risk to employees' health involved in the manual handling, moving and positioning of an object, person or animal and workplace ergonomics.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To define employers' responsibilities in carrying out risk assessments of workstations used by employees, including the use of display screen equipment, to minimise identified risks.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Step 1: Identifying the hazards, Step 2: Deciding who might be harmed and how, Step 3: Evaluating the risks and deciding on precautions, Step 4: Recording findings and implementing them, Step 5: Reviewing your assessment and updating if necessary.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By encouraging individuals to take reasonable care of their own and others' safety, modelling good practice, following organisational policies and standard operating procedures, and ensuring there is clearly visible information and guidance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Follow organisational health and safety procedures, keep oneself and others safe, secure the area, report and/or escalate as appropriate, and debrief and reflect on the root causes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To set legal guidelines for employers within the health sector to provide adequate and appropriate equipment, facilities and personnel to ensure their employees receive immediate attention if they are injured or taken ill at work.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To improve people's independence and wellbeing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To ensure the safety of employees and others in the event of a fire.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To identify and mitigate potential hazards and risks to employees and others in the health sector.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To ensure the safety and wellbeing of employees and others in the health sector.</p> Signup and view all the answers