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Health & Safety Guidance
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MANAGING HEALTH & SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE |
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Welcome to the ISO123 web page on health & safety management. You will find lots of useful advice written by experienced safety professionals in our Tips and Guidance sheets. Please take a look by clicking the relevant links.
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TIPS & GUIDANCE How to write an effective Health & Safety Policy Setting appropriate Safety Objectives & Targets Guidance on risk assessment and the law Employers quick guide to safety legislation How to write concise Safe working Instructions Effective communication of Safety Information and Instructions How to analyse and record training needs Using IT to schedule and track Improvement Action Proven methods for checking Safety Performance |
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HEALTH & SAFETY DOCUMENT INDEX |
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How to write an effective Health & Safety Policy Setting appropriate Safety Objectives & Targets Reinforcing the old adage “if you can't measure it, you can't manage it” this guidance helps you identify suitable safety objectives that can be measured using key performance indicators to focus your organisation on delivering an improved safety culture Guidance on risk assessment and the law Answers to many of the frequently asked questions on risk assessment, following HSE 5 Steps guidance and the implications of the legal obligations imposed by the health & Safety at work etc Act 1974 and statutory instruments Employers quick guide to safety legislation The requirements imposed by the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 on employers, and the implications of statutory instruments, regulations and approved codes of practice. Planning for Emergencies Accepting that emergency situations may still arise despite the best health & safety safeguards and setting up appropriate plans and response teams for such eventualities or occurrences How to write concise Safe Working Instructions A quick guide to help you produce clear concise Safe Working Instructions for the more hazardous activities that your employees undertake Effective communication of Safety Information and Instructions Employers have a statutory duty to ensure that safety information and instructions are communicated to their employees. Reduce the risk of accidents by ensuring that all relevant employees, visitors and contractors are made aware of the safety arrangements you have put in place. How to analyse and record training needs Keeping track of employees' skills, competencies and training records can be a time consuming process. This is however essential information especially following a serious incident or accident that could prove whether the employer had, or had failed to, discharge his legal obligations Using IT to schedule and track Improvement Action You’ve identified some specific improvement action you want implemented, but it gets lost amongst all the other more urgent but less important tasks. How can I ensure these get logged and tracked through to satisfactory completion? Proven methods for checking Safety Performance What useful metrics can be used for measuring your organisation’s safety management performance? Here we reveal some useful tips. Tips on Accident Investigation You have had the unfortunate experience of an accident in your workplace. What should I do and what lessons can be learnt? Seeking independent certification to OHSAS 18001 Tips on obtaining 3rd party certification to OHSAS 18001 – is it right for your organisation and how to chose a certification company that will provide you real value. |
The latest HSE annual statistics (2007/08) identifies 229 workplace fatalities, 137 thousand injuries reported
under RIDDOR and 34 million lost working days as a result of work related ill health or injury. The sad fact is
that the majority of these incidents are entirely predictable and avoidable, and result from inadequate safety
management.