Take the tour - the health & safety guide
The health & safety guide lays out in practical terms what every employer needs to know. It covers everything from accidents to manual handling, from assessing risk to working at height.
With a range of specimen documents that can be adapted for use in your own business, the health & safety guide is the essential resource for those charged with managing health & safety.
The health & safety guide includes sections on:
Health in the workplace
> sample the 'managing stress at work' section
> sample the 'hazardous substances' section
- drug and alcohol misuse
- hazardous substances
- health surveillance and screening
- managing work-related stress
- manual handling
- noise and vibration
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- musculo-skeletal disorders
- occupational hygiene and ergonomics
- sickness absence
- rehabilitation
- travel safety
- violence at work
- workplace health
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Occupational health & safety management
- risk assessments
- competence
- CDM - construction (design and management) regulations
- managing contractors
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- health and safety management systems
- investigation by enforcing authorities
- employee involvement
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Register of health & safety legislation
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Your guide to health & safety legislation impacting on manufacturing, engineering and technology-based businesses |
Safety in the workplace
- accidents
- confined spaces
- electrical safety
- fire safety
- first aid
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- lifting operations
- machinery safety
- slips, trips and falls
- transport safety
- working at height
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Your responsibilities
- civil liabilities and insurance
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- managing your occupational health and safety responsibilities
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