iQ Health & Safety Manager

GENERAL HEALTH & SAFETY GUIDANCE & INFORMATION

• What to expect when a Health and Safety Inspector Calls
• Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969

FACTSHEET GUIDANCE ON THE LEGISLATION

• Health and Safety Policy Statement
• Management of Health and Safety at Work
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
• Display Screen Equipment
• Electricity At Work
• Fire Prevention
• First Aid
• Manual Handling Operations
• Noise Control
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Provision and Use of Work Equipment
• Reporting and Recording of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences
• Responsibility for Registers, Records and Statutory Documents
• Safety Representatives and Safety Committees
• Workplace Health, Safety and Welfare
• Safety Signs
• Safe Use of Lifting Equipment
• Safe Work in Confined Spaces
• Consultation with Employees
• Work in Compressed Air
• The Safe Use and Handling of Flammable Liquids
• Safety in the Use of Abrasive Wheels
• Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002 – Work with Asbestos which does not normally require a Licence
• Justification of Practices Involving Ionising Radiation
• Work at Height
• Working Time Regulations 1998
• Control of Vibration at Work
• Smoke–Free Regulations – England
• Lone Working
• Work Related Skin Diseases
• Corporate Manslaughter

Appendices Index:

SUPPORTING APPENDICES

• Example of a Risk Assessment Form
• Schedule 1 to the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations – General Principles of Prevention in Risk Assessment – Regulation 4.
• Specific Substances and Processes for which Monitoring is Required – Listed in Schedule 5 of COSHH
• Health Surveillance for Specified Substances and Processes – Listed in Schedule 6 of COSHH
• Example of a Visual Display Screen User Assessment Form
• Display Screen Equipment Regulations – Specific Information which should be Provided
• Minimum Requirements for Display Screen Workstations
• Fire Precautions – Reducing the Sources of Ignitions, Oxygen and Minimising the Potential Fuel for a Fire
• Fire Precautions Checklist
• Fire Prevention – Types of Fire Detection and Warning Systems
• Fire Prevention – Types of Fire–Fighting Equipment
• Routine Maintenance and Testing of Fire Safety Equipment – Table of Good Practice
• Fire Risk Assessment Record – An Example of a Simple List
• Fire Prevention – Example of a Fire Training Record Sheet
• Checklist to Assist in Determining First Aid Requirements
• Table suggesting Number of First Aiders / Appointed Persons that may be needed in relation to Categories of Risk and Number of Employees
• Manual Handling Operations Flow Chart
• Example of a Manual Handling Assessment Form
• Summary defining Responsible Persons under RIDDOR
• Summary of Reportable Major Injuries, under RIDDOR (1995)
• Summary of Reportable Specified Dangerous Occurrences under RIDDOR (1995)
• Summary of Reportable Diseases under RIDDOR (1995)
• Example of an Internal Accident Report Form
• Sample of suggested form to be used for recording that an inspection by a Safety Representative(s) has taken place
• Safety Signs and Signals Regulations 1996 – Schedule 1
• Images of the signs and signals referred to in Schedule 1
• Information to be contained in a report of a thorough examination – Schedule 1
• The main elements to consider when designing a safe system of work which may form the basis of a Permit–To–Work
• Confined Spaces - Some Key General Health and Safety Law Provisions
• Standards relevant to Manholes and Other Access to Confined Spaces
• Application of the Pressure Systems and Transportable Gas Containers Regulations 1989
• The Role of the Contract Medical Adviser
• Medical Examinations
• Compression and Decompression Procedures Approved by the Health and Safety Executive
• Fire–Resisting structures
• Hazardous Area Classification
• Risks from Agents, Processes and Work Listed in the Annex to Council Directive 94/33/EC on The Protection Of Young People At Work
• Schedule 2 – Prohibition Of Certain Substances Hazardous To Health For Certain Purposes Regulation 4(1)
• Schedule 3 – Additional provisions Relating To Work With Biological Agents
• Asbestos – Particulars to be included in a Notification to the Enforcing Authority
• Schedule 2 – The labelling of raw asbestos, asbestos waste and products containing asbestos
• Schedule 2A – Principles of Good Practice for the Control of Exposure to Substances Hazardous to Health – Regulation 7 (7)
• Working Time Regulations – Opt Out Agreement from 48 Hour Ruling
• Employer's Fire Risk Assessment