Health and safety at work : an essential guide for managers / Jeremy Stranks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stranks, Jeremy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial hygiene--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Industrial hygiene.

Industrial safety--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Industrial safety.

Industrial management--Great Britain.

Industrial management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Edition:

10th ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; New Delhi, India : Kogan Page, 2016.

Summary:

A practical guide to establishing the proper systems and procedures for effective health and safety management and the legal requirements that businesses need to be aware of.

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface to First Edition; Preface to Tenth Edition; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; Part 1 Health and Safety Management and Administration; 1 Principal Legal Requirements; CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LIABILITY; HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK ACT (HASAWA) 1974; SOURCES OF CRIMINAL LAW; APPROVED CODES OF PRACTICE; POWERS OF INSPECTORS; IMPROVEMENT AND PROHIBITION NOTICES; HEALTH AND SAFETY (OFFENCES) ACT 2008; CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER; CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER AND CORPORATE HOMICIDE ACT 2007 ; LEADERSHIP ACTIONS FOR DIRECTORS AND BOARD MEMBERS; JOINT CONSULTATION WITH EMPLOYEES

RUNNING A SAFETY COMMITTEESTATEMENTS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY; MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK REGULATIONS 1999; SCHEDULE 1; PASSPORT SCHEMES; HOME WORKING; LONE WORKING SITUATIONS; VULNERABLE GROUPS; DOCUMENTATION AND RECORD KEEPING REQUIREMENTS; OCCUPIERS' LIABILITY; COURTS AND TRIBUNALS; THE HEALTH AND SAFETY INFORMATION FOR EMPLOYEES REGULATIONS 1999; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; 2 Health and Safety Management; WHAT IS MANAGEMENT?; HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SUPERVISORS AND HEALTH AND SAFETY; SUCCESSFUL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT - HS(G)65

QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND HEALTH AND SAFETY - BS 8800: 1996 GUIDE TO OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSBENCHMARKING; EMERGENCY PROCEDURES; RISK MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SOURCES FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; 3 Reporting, Recording and Investigation of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences; REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION; THE COSTS OF ACCIDENTS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; 4 Principles of Accident Prevention; ACCIDENT DEFINITIONS; INCIDENTS; 'HAZARD', 'DANGER' AND 'RISK'; ACCIDENT PREVENTION STRATEGIES; SAFE SYSTEMS OF WORK; SAFETY MONITORING SYSTEMS

ACCIDENT AND ILL-HEALTH RATESRISK ASSESSMENT; COMPETENT PERSONS; THE ROLE OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTITIONER; SUMMARY; CONCLUSION TO PART 1; REFERENCES; Part 2 People at Work; 5 Human Factors; BEHAVIOURAL SAFETY; HUMAN ERROR; PLANNED MOTIVATION SCHEMES; ATYPICAL WORKERS; ESTABLISHING A SAFETY CULTURE - THE PRINCIPLES INVOLVED; COMMUNICATIONS; HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; 6 Ergonomics; THE APPLICATION OF ERGONOMICS IN WORKING SITUATIONS; PRINCIPLES OF ERGONOMIC DESIGN; CONTROLS AND DISPLAYS; DISPLAY SCREEN EQUIPMENT; THE SCHEDULE; MANUAL HANDLING INJURIES AND CONDITIONS

MANAGEMENT ACTIONSUMMARY; REFERENCES; 7 Stress at Work; WHAT IS STRESS?; VIOLENCE AT WORK; POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD); CONCLUSION; SUMMARY; CONCLUSION TO PART 2; REFERENCES; Part 3 Occupational Health; 8 Occupational Diseases and Conditions; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; THE EMPLOYMENT MEDICAL ADVISORY SERVICE (EMAS); OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SCHEMES; BENEFITS OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; SICKNESS ABSENCE CONTROL; SICKNESS ABSENCE PROCEDURE; SICKNESS ABSENCE MONITORING; SMOKING AT WORK; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; 9 First Aid; HEALTH AND SAFETY (FIRST AID) REGULATIONS 1981

HSE GUIDANCE - FIRST AID AT WORK

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 23, 2016).

ISBN:

9780749478186

0749478187

OCLC:

948755283