Three key points from the document: 1. Safety is important to prevent accidents in the workplace caused by negligence, poor training, unsafe equipment or behaviors. Most accidents follow a pattern of lack of management controls, unsafe acts or conditions, and result in losses. 2. Employers and employees have legal duties under health and safety laws to protect workers and others from risks. This includes conducting risk assessments, implementing controls, providing training, and following safe systems of work. 3. Ignoring safety risks and procedures is against the law and can lead to prosecution, fines, injuries or even death for those involved and affected. All workers are responsible for keeping themselves and others safe by raising concerns and following safety rules.

1. SAFETY INDUCTION
J McCann

2. WHY BOTHER ABOUT SAFETY
WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY

 SLOWS YOU DOWN
 JOBS WORTHS
 BORING
 NOT INTERESTED
 SOMEONE ELSE‘S PROBLEM

3. We all know a Homer
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4. What is an Accident
An unplanned incident or event that causes

or may cause injury , lose or damage.
No one comes to work expecting to have an
accident let alone leave bits of themselves
at an A&E Hospital or worse

5. Accidents
C.A.U.T.I.O.N
Come in all sizes

 At any time
 Unexpected
 Tend to be very personal
 Invariably painful
 Occasionally Body changing
 No one wants them to happen

6. MOST ACCIDENTS FOLLOW
THIS PATTERN
– Lack of management control, permitting
– Basic causes (personal & job factors), leading
to
– Immediate causes (substandard practices or
conditions), which are the direct cause of
– The accident, which results in
– Loss (negligible, minor, serious or
catastrophic
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7. THEY DON’T JUST HAPPEN
NEGLIGENCE

 SKY LARKING
 LACK OF TRAINING
 POOR MAINTENANCE
 LACK OF SUPERVISION
 BAD WORKING PRACTICES
 BAD MANAGEMENT

8. Caused by
•poor safety culture ???
•Lack of supervision/Training ???
•Poor systems of work ???
•He still has one good hand

9. Caused by
•Not using PPE provided
•‗Too vain to wear goggles‘ !!
Not so vain now !!!

10. Thought he didn't need to use a guard, ‗slows
you down, safety instructions! what a bore‘
USED TO LOVE DIY..... NOW NEEDS
HELP TO HANG A PICTURE!

11. HEALTH SAFETY AND WELFARE LAWS
ARE NEEDED TO PROTECT EMPLOYERS,
EMPLOYEES, PUBLIC AND THE
ENVIRONMENT FROM
EMPLOYERS
•UNSCRUPULOUS
STUPID PEOPLE
•

12. Health & Safety at Work Act
This act of parliament makes it a criminal

offence not to comply with the duties it
imposes.
Failure to comply could lead to

prosecution in the courts with heavy fines
and/or imprisonment.
Ignorance is no excuse.


13. Legal Standards
―Reasonably Practicable‖ or ―SFARP‖
Implies a weighing up of the risk against the cost

(in terms of time, money or trouble) in preventing
or controlling a risk
NOT AN EXCUSE TO DO NOTHING

― BEST PRACTICAL MEANS‖
 SOME LAWS ARE ABSOLUTE i.e. you must do
it (unless prevented by ‗State of Technological
advances‘)

14. Section 2. GOAL SETTING
Section 2(1) - employers’ general duty
Duty to ensure ‗so far as is reasonably

practicable‘, the health, safety and welfare at work
of employees and any others who may be affected
by the undertaking….

15. Section 2 (cont.)
Duty of Employers to Employees cont.
 2.2a - safe plant and systems of work
 2.2b - safe use, handling, storage and transportation of
articles and substances
 2.2c - information, instruction, training and adequate
supervision
 2.2d - safe place of work and a safe means of access and
egress
 2.2e - safe working environment and adequate welfare
facilities

16. Section 7
Duty of Employees at Work
It shall be the duty of every employee whilst at work:-
 to take reasonable care of their own health and safety and
of any other person who may be affected by their acts or
omissions
 to co-operate with their employer so far as is necessary to
enable that employer to meet their requirements with
regards to any statutory provisions

17. MoD Safety Handbook JSP 375
Contains:
General procedures for
Emergencies, First aid &
Fire.
Information on particular
hazards.
Safe systems of work
And much more..........

18. Manual Handling
The transporting or supporting of loads by hand or by
bodily force i.e. Lifting, pushing and pulling
Most accidents are caused by manual handling
incidents.

19. EMPLOYERS SHOULD
AVOID the need for hazardous manual

handling, as far as is reasonably
practicable
 ASSESS the risk of injury from any
hazardous manual handling that can‘t be
avoided; and
 REDUCE the risk of injury from
hazardous manual handling, as far as is
reasonably practicable

20. Risk Assessments Management Duty
Risk assessments are the most important and
effective recent safety legislation.
Before undertaking any task,
Identify the hazards and
1.
Assess the risks.
2.
Implement the measures required to remove or
3.
minimise the risk before starting work.
significant findings must be recorded
4.
Revise and review
5.

21. The important thing is to identify the risk of

injury and point the way to practical
improvements
LEAVING IT TO SOMEONE ELSE IS

NEGLIGENCE

22. Employees have duties too.
They should:

Follow appropriate systems of work laid down

for their safety;
Make proper use of equipment provided for their

safety;
Co-operate with their employer on health and

safety matters;
Inform the employer if they identify hazardous

systems of work, activities or conditions;
Take care to ensure that their activities do not put

others at risk.

23. Poor Communication……...
―Well this certainly buggers
up our plans to conquer the
Universe‖

24. Supervision, Training &
Instruction
MAKING SURE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT
IS EXPECTED OF THEM
Don‘t just hope people understand
Don‘t just pin up notices
Don‘t rely on Emails
Don‘t leave it till someone gets injured

25. Safety Signs
Blue signs are compulsory.
Failure to comply not only puts you at risk,
but means you have broken the law.

26. Safety Signs
Yellow signs are warnings.
Failure to take notice not only puts you at
risk, but means you could be breaking the
law if you fail to take precautions.

27. Safety Signs
Green signs are safety guidance.
First aid , emergency exits

28. Safety Signs
Red signs are prohibitive
and Fire call points, etc.

29. Fire Extinguisher Types

30. Keep areas tidy.
Many accidents are caused by untidy
Workplaces.
Trailing leads, spills not cleaned up,
cluttered benches blocked passages and
gangways.
Always keep your work area tidy.
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT

31. Incident and accident reporting
Report all accidents, incidents and unsafe
practices, even if no injury was caused.
This will allow action to be taken to
prevent it happening to someone else and
may even save a life.

32. REASONABLY PRACTICABLE????
A WORKER THOUGHT SO

33. REASONABLY
PRACTICABLE????
Management thought so

34. BEST PRACTICABLE
MEANS?
SOME FOOL THOUGHT SO

35. REASONABLY
PRACTICABLE????

36. REASONABLY
PRACTICABLE????
THE HEAD TEACHER
OF THIS PRIMARY
SCHOOL THOUGHT SO

37. REASONABLY
PRACTICABLE? HE
THINKS SO

38. REASONABLY
PRACTICABLE? HIS
SUPERVISOR
THOUGHT SO

40. CAUSES
Primarily poor cleaning schedules and

inspections led to a build up of debris
 Little or no Emergency planning or
procedures
 Failures of equipment
 COMPLACENCY

42. The highest radiation doses were received by

emergency workers and on-site personnel. In time
more than 600 000 people were registered as
emergency and recovery workers, over 5 million
people received relatively low whole-body doses of
radiation....... The mitigation measures taken by the
authorities, including evacuation of people from the
most contaminated areas, substantially reduced
radiation exposures and the radiation-related health
impacts of the accident.

43. It is impossible to assess reliably or with any
precision, numbers of fatal cancers caused by
radiation exposure due to the Chernobyl
‘accident’— or indeed the impact of the
stress and anxiety induced by the ‘accident’
and the response to it. A Human
tragedy................. WHO

44. REASONABLY PRACTICABLE? THE WORKERS
SEEM TO THINK SO

45. IF YOU THOUGHT SO....
I've just wasted my time...........
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