The A-Z of health and safety

Contents List of abbreviations viii List of figures xi List of tables xii Accident and ill health costs and losses 3 Accident and ill health data 7 Accidents and accident prevention 9 Accident reporting, recording and investigation 19 Approved Codes of Practice and HSE Guidance Notes 35 Asbestos 37 Benchmarking 47 Biological agents 51 Chains, ropes and lifting tackle 59 Children at work 63 Common law liability 65 Competent persons 69 Confined spaces 75 Construction safety 77 Consultation on health and safety 85 Contractors and visitors on site 91 Corporate liability and corporate manslaughter 95 Courts and tribunals 97 iii iv THE A- Z OF HEALTH AND SAF E T Y Damage control 105 Dermatitis 107 Disobedience and disregard for safety 111 Display screen equipment 115 Documentation requirements 123 Duties, hierarchy of 129 Duty of care 131 Electrical installations 135 Emergency procedures 143 Employee handbooks 151 Enforcement procedures 153 Ergonomics 161 Fire prevention 169 First aid 187 Gross misconduct (health and safety) 193 Hazard reporting 197 Hazardous substances 201 Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 219 Health and safety practitioners 225 Health risk assessment 229 Health surveillance and health protection 233 Home working 241 Human error 245 Human factors and safety 249 Information for employees 255 Information, instruction and training 257 Information sources 261 Insurance 269 Job safety analysis 275 Lead at work 281 Lifting operations, machinery and equipment 287 Lifts 295 Lighting in the workplace 303 Lone workers 313 Machinery and work equipment 317 Maintenance operations 343 Manual handling operations 347 Mechanical handling 359 Method statements 367 Mobile work equipment 371 Negligence 379 New or expectant mothers 383 Noise 385 Occupational diseases and conditions 399 Occupational exposure limits 407 Occupational hygiene 413 Occupiers’ liability 415 Passport schemes 423 Permit to work systems 427 Personal protective equipment 435 Portable electrical appliances 445 v CONTENTS Powered working platforms 453 Power presses 457 Pressure systems 459 Product liability 465 Radiation and radiological protection 473 Risk assessment 479 Safety budgets 491 Safety committees 493 Safety culture 497 Safety data (hazardous substances) 501 Safety incentive schemes 503 Safety management systems 505 Safety monitoring systems 525 Safety propaganda 531 Safety signs 533 Shared workplaces 537 Smoking at work 539 Statements of health and safety policy 541 Stress at work 545 Structural safety 553 Temperature control in the workplace 561 Temporary workers 563 Toxicology 565 Traffic management on site 573 Ventilation in the workplace 579 Vibration 587 Vicarious liability 591 Violence at work 593 vi THE A- Z OF HEALTH AND SAF E T Y Welding and similar operations (‘Hot work’) 601 Welfare amenity provisions 611 Work at height 621 Work away from base 625 Work in compressed air 629 Young persons 635 vii