TDA 2.8: Support children and young people’s Health and Safety. 1.2

Section 2 – Understand the purpose of health, safety and security procedures in a business environment

To assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women; by authorizing enforcement of the standards developed under the Act; by assisting and encouraging the States in their efforts to assure safe and healthful working conditions; by providing for research, information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health; and for other purposes. (http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=OSHACT&p_id=3355).

The law also obliges the organisation to provide health and safety information and equipment to staff and patients.

The reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations 1985 (RIDDOR). RIDDOR set out that injuries resulting from accidents at work where an employee is incapacitated for three or more days must be reported to the authorities within seven days. Injuries involving fatalities must be notified immediately by the most practical means (e.g. by phone). Listed diseases must also be notified.

Your workplace accidents is not a book you should write brief details of the accident and injuries, and send them to your employer and keep a copy. Your contract you work on your employer to report an injury that may mean. If you are self-employed, you Health and Safety Executive (HSE) or local authority environmental health department for injuries resulting legal obligation to report certain accidents.

When an employee is injured or has a near miss they have the responsibility to report this further up the chain of command, and record their incident in the accident book which is usually found within the their line managers office. They also have the duty to report any risk of serious workplace danger to the chain of command and/or the local Health and Safety Advisors.

In order for restaurant’s to be in compliance with safety regulations that are set forth with their city and state, the health

The injury must also be caused by the work that one does. A person who suffered the injury while he or she was not on the job will not be awarded workers

To ensure compliance with policies, procedures and requirements relating to reporting, investigation and correction of incidents, all employees are required to report hazards and injuries which may occur. It is usually processed by raising an incident report form which can be done electronically and sent it to the frontline Manager. It is a legal requirement under the OHS legislation and for insurance purposes to report all injuries in the workplace.

5. To provide a consistent level of laws and standards covering health and safety across all states and territories to help business owners understand their duty of care to keep their workers

It is important that employers keep a record of any accidents, incidents and emergencies that have occurred as it is a legal document enforced by RIDDOR. It provides details such as what caused the injury and who is to blame, this is especially important if the injury is fatal or serious and allows the employer to make sure the hazard is sorted out. The report will be sent to the HSE so they can decide what the risk is, how it happened and if it needs to be investigated by a HSE inspector. The report is also important if an employee would like to start a law suit to sue the company so that the exact time and date can be seen and if it links to the Injury.

A).The health safety officer’s main aim is to prevent accidents, injuries and work related illness in the work place. If I am a health safety officer I would create and implement health and safety policies in undertaking regular inspections and risk assessments, and ensuring that any hazards or defects are rectified immediately.

The third section consisted of information received on general injury/illness within the firms. Examples of these included, most frequent types of injury/illness within the line of work, most severe monetary injury/illness within in the line of work, prioritize based on frequency of injury/illness, and the frequency employees most likely to be injured/illness. The fourth section included the safety performances from the past three years pre-and-post SF programs. This information was measured primarily from the WMSD rates (WR), OSHA-recordable incident rate (TRIR), and lost-time case incident rate (LTCR). Moreover, the WMSDs included injuries such as muscles, tendons, joints, and nerves, which ultimately resulted in the loss of man-hours calculated for the number of WMSDs per 100 workers per 200,000 hours. Accordingly, TRIRs are described as a result of exposure or event at work that require certain medical treatment beyond first aid. As with LTCRs, they are incidents that result from exposures causing employees to be away from work. Together these rates are often calculated in the same manner as WR.

Developing, implementing and evaluating new and revised procedures, methods and standards. Providing strong leadership and direction, clearly defining objectives and motivating employees to accomplish responsibilities. Decision making skill to

He also has the responsibility of informing the safety committee or representative of his possible unsafe conditions. And he is held accountable in that management expects him to be active informing management of any unsafe actions or conditions.