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Health and Safety TrainingLevel One
Website:Iris /My Corporate/Health and Safety
CoP’s /generic risk assessments/ health and safety handbook/electronic accident reporting
Health and Safety Team
Manager:
Robin Pringle
Health and Safety Advisers:
Margaret Husein x74000
Sarah Jolly x72485
Michael Hancock x75966
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Health and Safety at Work
To safeguard employees at work
and others,
such as clients,
visitors and contractors,
who are affected by work
activities.
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Ill Health /Accidents
• Costs to RBC
• Cost to society £14 billion p.a.
• Annually
• 171 fatalities;
• 115,000 RIDDOR
• 1.2 million work related illness
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New Staff
Susceptible to Accidents
• Inexperience
• Unfamiliar surroundings
• Not able to recognise unsafe acts/situations
• Don’t want to ask questions
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Your Induction Training
• What to do in an emergency
• Fire safety
• First aid
• Reporting accidents
• Electrical safety
• Manual handling
• Personal safety
• Hazardous substances etc, etc
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Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
• Everyone has legal responsibilities
• Employers, employees, the self employed, designers, manufacturers, suppliers, installers and people in control of work premises
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Employers Responsibilities
• Health, safety and welfare of employees• Safe equipment and work systems • Safe use, handling, storage and transport of
articles and substances (e.g.chemicals)• Information, instruction, training and
supervision • Safe place of work and safe access and egress• Maintain safe workplaces with adequate
welfare facilities
…..So far as is reasonably practicable
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Health and Safety Regulations
• Consult and communicate with employees• Arrangements for planning, organisation,
control, monitoring and review of H&S• Risk assessments• Appoint competent person(s) to assist in H&S• Emergency procedures
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Employees duties
• Take reasonable care of own, and others, H&S at work
• Co-operate with employer in H&S matters • Not misuse or tamper with
anything provided for health,
safety, or welfare
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Accidents
• Unplanned, uncontrolled event with the potential to cause injury, damage or other loss.
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Reporting• All accidents • Incidents,• Near-misses • Violence or threats• Verbal abuse
Must be reported to your manager for investigation H&S online reporting or RBC yellow accident book
(OR minor accident report forms e.g.schools)
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Factors contributing to accidents• Structure of building• Equipment • Housekeeping• Alcohol/drugs• Rushing• Working while ill/tired
• Lighting or ventilation• Lack of information,
instruction, supervision or training
• Dangerous work practices
• Not wearing PPE• Ignoring rules• Distractions• Practical jokes
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Accidents are preventable!
• Learn from accident statistics.• Examine workplace and activities to spot
hazards.• Improving safety controls • Monitoring and review
RISK ASSESSMENT is the key to reducing accidents
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Risk Assessment
• What could go wrong?
• How to prevent problems?
• Legal requirement.
• Covers all areas,
all jobs
all tools & equipment
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Hazard –potential to cause harm
• P eople
• E quipment
• E nvironment
• M aterials
• A ctivities
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Risk Assessment Process
• Identify hazards
• Who is at risk?
• Evaluate risk - severity,
frequency, likelihood
• Control Measures
• Review
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Summary
• Prevent accidents/ill health• Encourages managers
to assess and control the situation before
accidents/ill health occur• Improves efficiency, reputation and can lead to
financial savings
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33 Codes of Practice • Loneworking• Manual Handling • COSHH• Driving for Work• Asbestos• Health and Safety in Offices• Working at Height• Display Screen Equipment
–Etc, etc, etc …..
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Do you know?
• Relevant Codes of Practice (CoP)
• Risk assessments
• Local Safety Practices (LSP)
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Employee Well Being
• Stress from excessive demands/pressures
• Different pressures affect people in different ways.
• Your ability to cope with pressure will depend on many factors
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Promoting Wellbeing
• Your health, safety and welfare at work includes your mental health.
• Wellbeing policy to promote a healthy organisation
• If you are suffering from stress in the workplace, you must tell your manager.
• Training
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• Hazards that could cause both acute and chronic injury, illness and disease.
• Innoculations
• Health monitoring
• Referrals via
manager
Occupational Health
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Tell your manager
• Any health issues/medication that might affect your work or put others at risk
• New and expectant mothers
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Confidentiality
• Personal and medical information• Data Protection• Policy and Procedures
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Safety in the Workplace
While employers have specific responsibilities for buildings,
everyone has a duty to keep the workplace in a safe
condition.
Report hazards!
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Ergonomics
Relationship between
people,
equipment and their
environment.
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ProblemsHealth problems, particularly upper limb disorders,
may result from:
• Repetitive movements. • Lack of space• Poor posture• Inadequate rest periods.• Poor design of equipment/space • Applied force
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Display Screen Equipment
Use a computer
Must have a DSE assessment
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Manual Handling
One-third of
reportable accidents to HSE.
If you have to do it do it right!!
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Golden RulesAvoid, assess, reduce review
• Load close• Stable base• Spine in line
• Risk assessments and LSP’s may be needed
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Manual Handling Training
If you have to manual handle
you have to be trained!
Client Manual Handling
• Initial course (1day)
• Annual refresher (1/2 day)
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ElectricityTake action
• Damage• overheating, burning smells or blackened
sockets• Frequently blown fuses/tripped circuit
breakers• Loose wires • Electrical shocks
Ensure equipment is placed out of action until fixed!
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Faults
Take action • Damage• overheating, burning smells or blackened
sockets• Frequently blown fuses/tripped circuit
breakers• Loose wires • Electrical shocks
Ensure equipment is placed out of action until fixed!
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Do’s and Don’ts
• Switch off before insert/unplug• Never pull the lead • Keep water and electricity apart (especially wet
hands)• Check equipment before use • Only use equipment if you’ve been trained and
authorised • Don’t overload• Use safety devices e.g. RCDs/ circuit breakers• Qualified electricians for inspections and repair
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Fire Prevention
FUEL OXYGEN
HEAT
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Causes of Fire– Arson – Sparks from electrical equipment or installation– Smoking – Tools or equipment with a naked flame– Gas– Hot liquids, such as fat in fryers– Hot equipment, such as lighting, heating, cooking
Fire risk assessments are a legal requirement
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Your responsibilities
• How to raise the alarm?• Your role if alarm sounds?• PEEP’s• Fire exit routes?• Practice evacuations or real fire
Never ignore a blocked fire exit!
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Working at Height
• Work must be planned and organised
• Workers must be competent
• Risks assessed and appropriate
equipment
• Fragile surfaces properly controlled
• Equipment inspected and maintained.
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First Aid
Initial help to prevent injury or
illness from becoming worse.
• Appointed Persons• First Aiders at Work
How do you summons a first aider?
Where is nearest first aid box?
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Noise
• Noise is unwanted sound! • Can cause nuisance, stress, hearing loss • Noise can interfere with communication / compromise safety. • Risk Assessment, noise surveys and health surveillance as appropriate
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Work Equipment
Anything from a pen a to a JCB!
Most equipment has hazards, e.g. electrical, impact, contact, entanglement, heat…
Risk assessment - right tool for the right job used in the right way!
• Training and authorisation•
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Hazardous Substances
• Liquids e.g. cleaning chemicals
• Solids - fibre, powder or dust e.g. asbestos
• Living organisms - bacteria, viruses, fungal spores.
• Fumes
• Gases
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All Hazardous Substances must be risk assessed
Never:• Mix different
chemicals together
• Use or store in unlabelled containers
• Never use chemicals without training and authorisation
Always:• Follow risk assessment, safety
information• Store chemicals in a secure
area• Don’t eat drink smoke around
hazardous substances• Wash hands before/after
handling chemicals ,food or animals
• Use the correct PPE• Report any symptoms of ill
health
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Personal Protective Equipment
PPE is an essential last resort in where hazards cannot be controlled in other ways.
• Apron to a safety harness, a
• Hard hat to high-visibility clothing
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• Suitable • Adequate protection• Fit and be comfortably• Compatible with other equipment• CE mark.
ALSODress for your jobDress for the weather
Selection of PPE
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Health and Safety Tools• Codes of practice (COP’s)• Risk Assessment • Local Safety Practices (LSP’s) are needed
for higher risk areas • Accident/incident reporting and thorough
investigation.• Inspections• Health and safety audits• 1:1’s, team meetings, appraisals, training • Directorate and Corporate H&S meetings
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Summary
• Positive attitude to H&S• Good communication• Safe working practices all the time, every time!
Think before you act !!