Hazardous Material Information System ( Hmis )

| State how the health and safety control equipment relevant to the work should be used in accordance with the given instructions.

5.2 Avoiding hazardous manual handling , conducting a full risk assessment, reporting immediately any difficulties adhering to agreed working practices and using equipment correctly.

Subsequent to the release of the Exposure Draft issued by the FASB and IASB in June 2010 the Boards received a number of comments and is currently reviewing and analyzing these comments. A revised draft of the Exposure Draft is expected in Q3 of 2011. We encourage users of this case study to follow this project and review the FASB’s and IASB’s Web site for updates.

Cleaning products, chemicals, first aid supplies must be clearly and correctly labeled. Any substances that are deemed harmful such as irritants and toxic or corrosive substances must not be used unless a risk assessment has been carried out and a procedure in place for its use.

| Describe how the health and safety control equipment relevant to the work should be used in accordance with the given instructions.

There are a number of people able to administer first aid on the school premises. There is an appointed person who oversees restocking of first aid boxes, ordering of supplies, filing data from the accident record book, storing of toxic substances and arranging further training and refresher courses. First aid boxes are located around the school and medicines are stored in the staff room under lock and key. Each child who suffers with asthma or who has a serious allergy keeps their own inhaler and a spare one for each child must be kept in school, epipens are stored in the staff room again under lock and key. Photographs and care plans are in place for each child with serious allergies and asthma and these are kept in the staff room.

Sixth the executive management team must define the procedures that all employees and essential vendors will use during emergency situations. Seventh, the employee training team must define and execute an awareness campaign that properly informs each employee of their role within the DRP/ECP plan and confirm that employee's understanding of their role. Last, the emergency management team’s members must maintain documentation of the DRP/ECP plan including updating when needed, changing the plan to meet organization changes, and recording of observations post plan execution.

Aiii) – Health and Safety Act & Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002

Currently the process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals is a broad standard that covers many industries possessing chemicals above a threshold quantity. The standard does not distinguish between different industries or different chemicals. It may be advisable to adapt the standard to differentiate between industries and chemicals. This would make the standard more specific and could focus on industry specific hazard prevention, best management practices, recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices, and emergency

Since the focus of the safety professionals will be hazardous material and hazardous waste. The best place to start would be develop a Hazard Communication Program. This should not be a complicated process, since the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) provides examples online. This is an essential task

| Health and safety at work act 1974The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, also referred to as HSWA, HSW Act or HASAWA, is the UK’s primary piece of legislation

An assessment of the risks to health arising from the use of hazardous substances at work and deciding what precautions are needed,

As part of Dr. Labelle’s Lab both team members had to first undergo the basic lab safety trainings before being able to get access to the lab. Some of these trainings included machine shop safety training, biohazardous waste training, fire safety training, waste management training and even the lab specific training. As part of these training we ensured that we were disposing the chemicals properly and into the right containers to ensure proper disposal of the chemicals based on their properties. Dr. Labelle’s lab also has a standardized operational procedure used by all the members of the lab to ensure that all members are handling the chemicals properly. We are also required to know the location of the different safety equipment such as the

WHMIS stands for Workplace Hazardous Material Information System. WHMIS training would be understanding how it works and the hazards in your work place.

Health and safety a (First Aid) regulation 1981 require employers 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. In the event of a injury or sudden illness, failure to provide first aid could result in a death of the injured. The employer should ensure that the employee who is injured receive immediate first aid. Employers are required to carry lut an