Health & Safety 1 by Peter Baxter https://padlet.com/p_baxter/htnhahpeo4nc Points to note en-us 2018-12-02 17:09:27 UTC 2018-12-03 09:42:28 UTC hello@padlet.com Potential costs of poor health and safety: https://padlet.com/p_baxter/htnhahpeo4nc/wish/310320796 Direct Costs: 
  • Legal fines
  • Compensation
  • Paying out to replace or repair damaged equipment and property
  • Sick pay
  • Employment cover
  • Other legal costs 
Hidden costs: 
  • Delays of projects and schedules
  • Equipment damage
  • Investigation of actions and implementation to correct them
  • Cost of other government benefits required by injured workers
  • Loss of skilled workers 
 A hit to reputation due to an incident can lead to a loss of both existing and new customers, clients, investors and partners.
 A poor safety record will also make it difficult to hire quality staff who expect a certain level of care from the company they work for.
An unsafe work place, whether an incident has occurred as a result or not, has proven to lower levels of employee morale and ultimately, productivity.
 The average cost of health and safety fines in 2016 far outstripped the cost of compliance, according to a new study from health and safety consultants, Arinite.
The research found that businesses paid an average of £115,440 in fines after being found guilty of health and safety breaches in 2016. 
Of all the fines issued in 2016, half of them were for the manufacturing industry (£16,816,673) and the average fine was over £112,000. 
Extractive and utility supply companies then paid out the second largest amount (£7,375,120 total and £409,729 on average), followed by those in construction (£4,824,983 total and £74,231 on average).
A total of £32,438,677 worth of fines were issued in 2016 across the UK.


 


]]> 2018-12-03 09:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/p_baxter/htnhahpeo4nc/wish/310320796 Negligence 30057194 https://padlet.com/p_baxter/htnhahpeo4nc/wish/310320831 When the employer doesn't take proper care of the employees.
E.g. 
- Doesn't make sure the equipment is working
When the employer doesn't take enough care of the premises and his employees and something (injury etc) might happen to them.]]> 2018-12-03 09:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/p_baxter/htnhahpeo4nc/wish/310320831 due diligence https://padlet.com/p_baxter/htnhahpeo4nc/wish/310320911 due care: the conduct that a reasonable man or woman will exercise in particular situation in looking out for the safety of others. if one uses due care then an injured party cannot prove negligence. 

]]> 2018-12-03 09:30:04 UTC https://padlet.com/p_baxter/htnhahpeo4nc/wish/310320911 common causes of accidents: https://padlet.com/p_baxter/htnhahpeo4nc/wish/310320974 occupational - knives, equipment
environmental - lights, ventilation
human - not paying attention]]> 2018-12-03 09:30:22 UTC https://padlet.com/p_baxter/htnhahpeo4nc/wish/310320974 The law https://padlet.com/p_baxter/htnhahpeo4nc/wish/310321093 Health and Safety comes under criminal law and regulations that comes under this is some risk assessments needing to be taken, health surveillance checks and of course, the law states that you should be working in a clean, safe environment]]> 2018-12-03 09:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/p_baxter/htnhahpeo4nc/wish/310321093 Management of Health and Safety Regulations 1999 https://padlet.com/p_baxter/htnhahpeo4nc/wish/310322127 Regulations 1 and 2 cover the introduction to the regulations, certain definitions and that the regulations do not apply to seagoing ships.
Regulation 3 is one of the most important - as it is requires general assessment of all risks to health arising from work.

]]> 2018-12-03 09:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/p_baxter/htnhahpeo4nc/wish/310322127 responsibilities for employers https://padlet.com/p_baxter/htnhahpeo4nc/wish/310322209 attend training provided 
enforce training correctly 
ware ppe provided 
report any faulty equipment 
use equipment correctly 
 ]]> 2018-12-03 09:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/p_baxter/htnhahpeo4nc/wish/310322209 responsibilities of an employer make the workplace safe prevent risks to health ensure that plant and machinery is safe to useen sure safe working practices are set up and followed make sure that all materials are handled, stored and used safely provide adequate first aid facilities tell you about any potential hazards from the work you do - chemicals and other substances used by the firm - and give you information, instructions, training and supervision as needed set up emergency plans make sure that ventilation, temperature, https://padlet.com/p_baxter/htnhahpeo4nc/wish/310322789 2018-12-03 09:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/p_baxter/htnhahpeo4nc/wish/310322789 https://padlet.com/p_baxter/htnhahpeo4nc/wish/310322858 specify what you're doing that breaks the law.
say what needs to be done to correct the issue and why


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