Description
Book SynopsisAre you complying with health and safety regulations in the workplace? Making mistakes in many areas of health and safety can be both incredibly dangerous and hugely costly. So what can you do to avoid hazards and expensive, time-consuming legal battles? That''s where Health & Safety at Work For Dummies comes in. Cutting through the clutter, it provides you with the practical, must-know information you need to ensure your workplace is a suitably safe environment that complies with government health and safety rules and regulations.
Did you know that in 2014, 1.2 million working people suffered from work-related illnesses, 2,535 mesothelioma deaths occurred due to past asbestos exposure and 133 workers were killed on the job? The list goes on and the statistics are staggering. Health & Safety at Work For Dummies shows you how to keep your employees safe from becoming another statistic in this frightening data. Arming you with critical information needed to ad
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: Getting Started with Health and Safety at Work 5
Chapter 1: Making Sense of Health and Safety in the Workplace 7
Chapter 2: Setting Your Health and Safety Policy 23
Chapter 3: Engaging Your Workforce with Health and Safety 47
Chapter 4: Assessing Health and Safety Risks in the Workplace 69
Chapter 5: Getting Your House in Order 89
Part II: Managing and Implementing Health and Safety in Your Business 107
Chapter 6: Moving to a Recognised Safety Management System 109
Chapter 7: Developing Safe Systems and Procedures 121
Chapter 8: Monitoring and Reviewing Health and Safety in the Workplace 135
Part III: Controlling Workplace Risks 159
Chapter 9: Tackling Behaviour‐Based Issues: Workplace Woes 161
Chapter 10: Harnessing Gravity and Managing Workplace Transport 177
Chapter 11: Unpacking Manual Handling and Other Ergonomic Risks 197
Chapter 12: Working Safely with Machinery 215
Chapter 13: Shocking Truths: Electrical Safety 233
Chapter 14: Fanning the Flames: Fire Risk 251
Chapter 15: Getting the Chemistry Right: Controlling Hazardous Substances 271
Chapter 16: Making Waves: Tackling Noise, Vibration and Radiation 291
Part IV: Going the Extra Mile 309
Chapter 17: Wrestling with Health and Safety Law 311
Chapter 18: Developing a Positive Safety Culture: Factoring in
Human Behaviour 331
Chapter 19: Cracking Process Safety 349
Part V: The Part of Tens 363
Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Get Risk Assessment Wrong 365
Chapter 21: Ten Neat Tools to Help You Assess Risks and Choose Controls 375
Chapter 22: Ten Great Health and Safety Websites 385
Index 391
