This document introduces managing safety and outlines key responsibilities and reasons for managing safely. It notes that there are moral, legal, and financial reasons for managing safely. As a manager, you are responsible for day-to-day safety practices and decisions. Good safety management can save money by reducing costs from injuries, prevent most workplace incidents, and improve reputation. The document quizzes readers on safety statistics and reiterates that safety management is essential, not extra, for any manager.

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Why is it important to
manage safely?
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There are three key reasons to manage
safely:
• moral

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There are three key reasons to manage
safely:
• moral
• legal

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There are three key reasons to manage
safely:
• financial
• moral
• legal

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What are your responsibilities
as a manager?

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You are in the front line of safety!
As a manager, you’re responsible for making
decisions about local safety practice

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A manager can assign responsibility, but
can’t give away accountability –
the manager is ultimately accountable

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This course will help you to:
• identify your responsibilities and
accountabilities as a manager
• know when to act, and when not to
• know whether an issue
needs your attention, or
the attention of senior
management

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Quiz

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1. On average, how many people are killed
at work each year?

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1. On average, how many people are killed
at work each year?

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This equates to approximately 18 people
each month, or 4 people each week!

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2. On average, how many workers are
seriously injured at work each year?

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2. On average, how many workers are
seriously injured at work each year?

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This is approximately one every 17 minutes!
A further 115,000 workers are off work for
over three days for less serious injuries

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3. On average, how many days are lost
each year due to workplace injuries or ill
health?

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3. On average, how many days are lost
each year due to workplace injuries or ill
health?

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4. How many people leave the workforce
each year, never to return to work, due to
harm suffered at work?

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4. How many people leave the workforce
each year, never to return to work, due to
harm suffered at work?

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5. On average, how many managers and
directors are convicted each year?

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5. On average, how many managers and
directors are convicted each year?

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About 740 cases are brought to court each year
and an average fine of £22,114 issued, though
fines of over £100,000 aren’t uncommon

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6. What percentage of workplace incidents
is preventable by good management?

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6. What percentage of workplace incidents
is preventable by good management?

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7. A manager is ______ for the day-to-day
management of health and safety risks.

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7. A manager is ______ for the day-to-day
management of health and safety risks.

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8. A manager is ______ for his/her actions
and may be required to explain them to
others.

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8. A manager is ______ for his/her actions
and may be required to explain them to
others.

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9. Can effective health and safety
management save you money?

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9. Can effective health and safety
management save you money?

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10. Legally, how much must an employer be
insured for?

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10. Legally, how much must an employer be
insured for?

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11. If a worker is injured and cannot work,
will insurance cover all financial losses?

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11. If a worker is injured and cannot work,
will insurance cover all financial losses?

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12. What is the cost of workplace injury and
work-related ill health each year to British
society as a whole?

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12. What is the cost of workplace injury and
work-related ill health each year to British
society as a whole?

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Managing health and safety gives you a
helping hand with your other responsibilities:
• enhancing your reputation
• increasing your profits
• reducing wastage and
insurance premiums
• maintaining a happy,
healthy workforce

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Keep your business healthy and safe by:
• thinking about health and safety when
planning work
• talking about health and safety with your
team
• demonstrating safe and
healthy behaviour

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Managing health and safety is an
essential part of your job,
not something you do in addition to your job.
Remember:

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• Why is it important to manage safely?
• What are your responsibilities
as a manager?
Key learning points:

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• Why is it important to manage safely?
• What are your responsibilities
as a manager?
Key learning points:

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