Work At Height Regulations 2005 Case Study

‘The Health and safety at Work Act 1974 is the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety in Great Britain.’ - Health and Safety at Work Act etc 1974 (n.d.)

All employees of Robinson’s Excavation are valued members of the organization which is why safety must always come first. The construction industry is traditionally a hazardous work environment, but with vigilance, dedication, and training, the dangers can be significantly reduced. In order to provide the employees of Robinson’s Excavation with a safe work environment, all employees, regardless of status, are required to follow and enforce all safety procedures, which are not all inclusive. Additionally, the following protocol is in compliance with all state and federal OHSA regulations.

The Health and safety act 1974 this legislation breaks down into many different parts that you should abide by at your workplace such as safe operation and maintenance of the working environment. This means that it is up to you to keep all equipment and resources that are laying around safe and out of the way of service users who are wondering around as it can lead to dangerous situations. Also, accidents and health problems this is because you are taking

The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 was implemented in order to set out the general duties which employers have towards employees and members of the public, and employees have to themselves and to each other. It was mainly needed to; cover all workers within the work place, deal with fast changing technology, and deal with major hazards and address the accident rate. 

The act follows a principle of 'so far as is reasonably practicable'. This means that the employer does not have to take any kind of measures to either avoid or reduce the risk if it is technically impossible, and are in any kind of doubt of putting themselves at high risk by taking the measures in hand.

A second type of legislation within health and social care is “Manual handling operations Regs 1992.” This act states that employers all must plan ahead and avoid task that carry risks. They must also take steps to reduce the risks of injury during tasks that cannot be avoided for example, within River glade using a hoist alone the staff must assess the risk of this job and potentially ask for help if they cannot do it alone. In order to reduce the risk of injury from manual handling the staff can plan every lift to be as safe as possible by bending their knees while lifting the can also, encourage people to move independently when possible. Lastly, they can avoid repetitive lifts. (Aldworth C., 2010)

Health and safety legislations and regulations are implemented in own work settings because there will always be a possibility of accidents happening which may damage someone’s health and all work will expose people to hazards, however the health and safety legislations and regulations are put in place and used so that these risks and hazards are under control and so everyone’s health (staff and children) are safe at all costs.

OSHA rules and regulations offer guidance and policy measures which companies can take up as part of their employee corporate policies. These rules and regulations provide expert assistance to companies as to how they can reduce the rates of accidents within their company by simply instituting managerial measures that impact factory workers or construction workers on site. These may be as simply as putting up signposts, providing necessary equipments and putting up regulatory operational procedures in line with OSHA rules that protect the lives of workers.

According to the Health and Safety Act 1974 employers have to reduce risk ‘so far as it is reasonably practicable’ which means that employers have to make sure they look after health and safety procedures in the workplace and try to prevent the risk of incidents occurring in the organisation. Employers must safeguard the health and safety of individuals that work for them as well as customers/clients that could be visiting the premises.

According to OSHA, lack of fall protection is the most frequency cited violation. For example, construction sites notoriously fail to provide adequate fall protection systems. As a result, this is the leading cause of worker fatalities in the construction industry. On the other hand, any company that requires employees to work on surfaces above six feet will be required to provide adequate guardrail and personal fall protection systems. For example, a regular office-based business that requires maintenance personnel to fix roofing problems will be required to follow federal fall protection standards.

Regulations and legislation in safe working practices are needed because they enforce safety in the workplace. Safety in a workplace is important because it helps to keep employees from getting injured or worse. An example of relevant health and safety legislations include the Health and Safety Work Act of 1974. The Health and Safety Work Act is an act of parliament and it is used to put a duty on all employers to ensure health, safety and welfare of their employees while at work. The Health and Safety Work Act is also responsible for a variety of things at work including; safe use and storage of hazardous substances, good training for all employees and safe access to the workplace. However, if the Health and Safety work act 1974 was not in place then this would put the health, safety and welfare of employees at work at risk because they might not have had the correct training for their position or the incorrect storage of hazardous chemicals may have released harmful fumes this could affect them through inhaling the fumes and depending on the chemical depends on the harm it could do to you.

The main points of health and safety policies and procedures is to follow them by agreed ways of working between employees and employers as well as other outside person(s). Ensuring approved codes of practice within the health and social care setting, in which relate to health and safety. These include recording and reporting procedures; such as how we deal with accidents and / or injuries, as well as emergency and / or first aid

Health and Safety at work act 1974is to secure the health, safety and welfare of a person at work. Protecting others against risks to someone’s health and safety during activities. at work. Furthermore it involves controlling the use of highly flammable or explosive substances and the control of harmful emissions. This applies to engineering workshops at the city of Bath College By staff needing adequate training to ensure health and safety otherwise it could lead to accidents as students or staffs wont know how to use equipment. Next is the accident and emergency procedures as there must be a location for first aid facilities to ensure that if there was to be an accident there would be no problems. Furthermore to

It replaces a number of guidance documents on health, safety and security in schools, including ‘Health and safety: responsibilities and powers (2001)’ and ‘Health and safety of pupils on educational visits (HASPEV 1998)’.

The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is the overarching piece of legislation that allows for the provision and enforcement where necessary (Health and Safety Executive) of secondary pieces of legislation (statutory instruments) such as:

Under the health and safety legislation, other regulation were put in place to protect individuals health by ensuring that risks are properly controlled such as the mentor capacity Act 2007, which governs decision making on the behalf of audits who lose the lacking capacity at some time in their live or where the incapacitating condition has been present since birth. The Management of health and safety 1999, which aim to identify potential hazards and risks in workplace and enables organisations to work within the law and Manual Handing Operations Regulation 1992, set that there is sufficient space and lighting, all equipment have to be well maintained, records all injuries and provide training when need as well as compliance to each service user (HASAWA, 1974).