Health and Safety Training, 1 Mount Pleasant, Blackwood (2025)

24/02/2021

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07/02/2021

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The following should be present in a First Aid Box:
Guidance leaflet
Individually wrapped sterile
plasters
Sterile eye pads
Triangular bandages
Safety pins
Sterile dressings of various sizes
Disposable gloves

Specific hazards will mean additional contents and extra
facilities e.g. emergency showers

No tablets or medicines

All employees should be –notified of kit locations and appointed
persons/first aiders.

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28/01/2021

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Risk assessment:
Identify all hazards
Identify who is at risk
Evaluate risks
Implement further control measures
Record the assessment
Review when necessary
Communicate to staff.

Hazard:
Anything having the potential to cause harm
Risk:
Likelihood of hazard causing actual harm
Control Measures:
Items or actions to remove the hazard or reduce the risk

Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
Risk assessment:
• Every employer shall make an assessment of the risks to employees and others
• A systematic assessment of:
The business and how it affects others
The work activities
Condition of their premises
• The assessment must be reviewed when no longer valid or if there has been significant change.
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19/01/2021

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Health and Safety - The Stress Response

Whitehall II Study:
Civil Servants: High/Med/Low grades

The lower grades showed highest percentage of CHD than the other grades due to stress

In many species, subordinate animals are more stressed than dominant ones.

The stress response is initiated by our senses, which our brain sees as a threat on homeostasis and instructs the body to take appropriate action

The stress response involves the release of Adrenaline, Noradrenaline and Cortisol into the bloodstream. The hormones are synthesised and released from the Adrenal Glands.

During short term stress, only Adrenaline and Noradrenaline are released which:

Increase Heart Rate
Increase Blood Pressure
Increase Breathing Rate
Increase Blood Glucose
Increase Metabolic Rate

Decrease Digestive Activity
Decrease Excretory Activity
Decrease Reproductive Activity.

During Long Term stress apart from Adrenaline and Noradrenaline, Cortisol and Aldosterone are released:

Aldosterone increases salt/water retention
Increases Blood Volume which
Increases Blood Pressure

Cortisol increases Blood Glucose
Increases catabolism of fat/protein
Decreases Inflammatory Response
Decreases Immune Response.

The overall effect of the stress response is to shunt blood away from the skin, digestive system, kidneys, liver and send it to the:
Brain, Heart and Skeletal Muscles in readiness to:
Fight or Flight

The glucose in the blood provides the energy required for the response.

Short Term Stress
Is an effective method for coping with a short term crisis:

It enhances alertness
It increases memory formation
It activates the immune system.

Long Term Stress

Reduces immune system functioning and increases susceptibility to infectious diseases

CHD can be caused by hastening formation of artherosclerotic plaques

Stomach ulcers caused by the interaction of the physiological changes of stress and Helicobacter pylori

Suppresses reproductive function

Loss of memory function

Weight loss.

Behavioural symptoms:
find it hard to sleep
change in eating habits
smoking or drinking more
avoiding friends and family
sexual problems

Physical Symptoms:
tiredness
indigestion and nausea
headaches
aching muscles
palpitations.

Psychologically:
be more indecisive
find it hard to concentrate
suffer loss of memory
feelings of inadequacy
low self esteem
get irritable or angry
be anxious
feel numb
be hypersensitive
feel drained or listless.

Stressors vary in severity. The Holmes-Rahe scale use Life Change Units (LCU’s):
Top 5:
death of a spouse
marital separation
death of a close family member
personal injury or illness
marriage

Bottom 5:
change in sleeping habits
change in number of family get-togethers
change in eating habits
holiday
minor violations of law.

Stress levels can be reduced by:
good job design
good working conditions
good feedback and communication
support for employees at risk
healthy lifestyles and relaxation.

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14/01/2021

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What is an accident?
Unplanned, uncontrolled event leading to actual or potential injury, damage or loss.

Accidents and consequences
Major injuries, fatalities, damage or loss
Minor injuries, damage or loss
Near-misses (no injury, damage or loss)

Prevention
Remove the cause

Protection
Minimise the consequences.

Slips, trips and falls are due to:
Slippery or contaminated floor surfaces
Uneven or damaged flooring
Uneven or damaged stairs
Inappropriate footwear
Poor lighting
Human behaviour.

Reasons to investigate accidents
Legal requirement
Identify the factors that contributed
Insurance
Enforcement authorities
Prevent it happening again,

Employee's responsibility:
Report all accidents to manager/designated person

Employer's responsibility:
Records: accident book or company report form and copies kept on site
Report certain accidents to the Enforcement Authority (HSE/Local Authority).

The following information must be entered in the Accident Book:
Person affected/injured
Home address
Person reporting the incident
About the accident/incident
Description of the accident/incident
Must comply with data protection legislation.
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 2013
Fatalities, injuries and dangerous occurrences should be notified to the authorities by the quickest practicable means and have a full report submitted within 10 days.
Accidents that result in the incapacitation of workers for over seven days must be reported within 15 days from the day of the incident.
In occupational diseases, a report of the diagnosis should be sent without delay.
All reports are made to the HSE and can be reported online using the appropriate RIDDOR form.
Once completed, the form will be submitted directly to the RIDDOR database.

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11/01/2021

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Health and Safety is Everybody's Responsibility

Factors affecting health and safety such as:
Occupational factors
Chemicals, equipment, working methods

Environmental factors Such as:
High noise levels, poor lighting, dusty atmospheres, hot or cold temperatures

Human factors such as:
Behaviour of people affecting their safety and that of fellow workers, customers and visitors.
carelessness
lack of attention
inexperience
lack of training.

Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 covers:
Risk assessments
Competent persons
Training

Other regulations
Workplace safety and welfare
Work and display screen equipment
Manual handling
Personal protective equipment
Substances hazardous to health
Noise
First aid
Consultation with employees.

Employer's responsibilities are:
So far as is reasonably practicable:

Ensure health, safety and welfare of employees
Provide, maintain safe plant and systems of work
Make arrangements for safe use, handling, storage and transport of articles and substances
Provide information, instruction, training and supervision
Provide a safe place of work and safe entrance and exit
Provide a safe working environment with adequate welfare facilities.

A written Health and Safety Policy Document must be provided where there are 5 or more employees.
This must be communicated to all staff.

Welfare facilities
What must be provided:

Toilets
Washing (soap and water) and drying facilities
Drinking water
Place to eat if meals provided

Employees Legal Responsibilities:

Take care of your own health and safety
Take care of health and safety of others
Co-operate with your employers
Do not misuse or interfere with anything provided for health and safety

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08/01/2021

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Health and Safety Law

Criminal
Prosecution by the state in a criminal court
Purpose to punish
Prosecutor and defendant
Innocent until proven guilty
Beyond reasonable doubt
Heard by a judge and jury
Magistrates/Crown court
Fines and/or prison sentence
(compensation for injured party may be ordered).

Civil
Action for damages in civil court
Purpose to compensate
Claimant and defendant
Balance of probability
Heard by a judge
County/High Court
Compensation

Health and safety law

Is the Responsibility of:

Employers
Employees
Self employed
Manufacturers, Suppliers, Installers

Enforcement is carried out by:
EHPs
HSE Inspectors
Fire Officers

Powers of inspectors include:
Enter premises at any reasonable time
Examine and investigate as necessary
Direct that premises remain undisturbed
Take measurements, photos, records etc
Retain evidence
Take statements
Test
Dismantle.

Enforcement Action Hierarchy

Informal advice during inspection
Formal letter or advice issued after an inspection
Improvement notice
Prohibition notice
Initiate prosecution.

Penalties

Magistrates court:
Up to £20,000 fine and/or up to six months imprisonment

Crown court:
Unlimited fine and/or up to 2 years imprisonment

Higher penalties for manslaughter

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07/01/2021

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Why is health and safety important?

There is a moral obligation on employers, employees and every
other person in a workplace to look after themselves and others.
Financial impact on employers, employees and every person in a workplace, e.g. compensation, fines, lost earnings etc.

Legal obligation on the employer, employee and every person in a workplace to ensure the health, safety and welfare of others.
Personal loss and distress to families, loss of earnings.

The costs of poor health and safety management
Staff morale and dissatisfaction, increased turnover – staff may
feel unsafe at work and leave. Extra staff – more employees needed or use agency to replace.
Loss of reputation – loss of business or closure, difficult to gain a good reputation, easy to lose it when the media carry stories of your business. Includes staff and customers losing confidence.

Loss of production – who does your job if you are not there?
Sometimes colleagues have to cover, increasing stress and leading to more mistakes. Companies will have to rearrange production.

Fines, compensation – and legal costs
Legal fines resulting from prosecutions, add to legal costs of the case, increased compensation claims from accidents, increased insurance premiums to pay for accident compensation claims.
Employer liability insurance, and public liability insurance will increase.

Increased numbers of accidents will occur if safety is not managed.
Cost of treatment – this will include lost time of the injured
person, the first aider and any others involved, the cost of the first aid materials.

Cleaning up – not just literal cleaning up but repairs to
buildings and equipment that may have been damaged.

Personal injury, the suffering, pain, loss of wages and resultant domestic disruption.

Benefits of good health and safety management:
These are opposite to costs; there is a clear link between good management, quality and consistency.
Manage health and safety well and quality improves.

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