Introduction to Health and Safety at Work

Index

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Index
444
Colour codes, safety signs 384–5
Commercial stakeholders 65
Commitment, management 58, 62–3
Common law 5–6
torts and duties 6–7
Communication:
effective 60, 63
lines 31
safe systems of work 82
Company car driver rules 141
Comparison with relevant standards, 
incident investigation 121
Compensation:
accidents/incidents 124–5
claims 128–9
Competence defi nition 59
Competent persons 33–4
Conduction of heat 206–7
Confi ned spaces 90
Confi ned Spaces Regulations 
1997 324–6
Conformity certifi cates 160
Construction activities:
hazards and control 278–98
management 285–91
Construction (Design and Management) 
(CDM) Regulations 1994/2007 
296–300, 279, 326–337
Construction guards 185
Construction (Head Protection) 
Regulations 1989 281, 337–8
Construction (Health Safety and 
Welfare) (CHSW) Regulations 
1996 332, 338–9
Construction industry scope 278–9
Continual improvement systems 413
Contractors 38–42
authorization 40–1
rules observance 41–2
safety rules 41
selection and control 40, 290–1
Control:
see also
risk control
biological health hazards 223–46
chemical health hazards 223–46
construction activities 278–98
contractors 290–1
COSHH measures 236–42
electrical hazards 187–200
excavations 297–8
fi re hazards 201–21
health risks 84–6
manual handling hazards 143–55
mechanical handling hazards 143–55
organization 31–2
physical health hazards 250–74
psychological health hazards 250–74
risks 72–3
work equipment 159–85
working above ground level 291–2
Control of Asbestos at Work 
Regulations 2002 398–9
Control hierarchy, COSHH 
Regulations 85
Control of Lead at Work Regulations 
2002 400
Control measures for electrical 
hazards 194–5
Control of Pesticides Regulations 
1986 401
Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) 
Regulations 245
Control of risks 80–97
Control strategies, vehicle 
operation 136–7
Control of Substances Hazardous to 
Health Regulations (COSHH) 
2002/2005 37, 339–42
assessments 232–6
principles of good practice 236, 341
requirements 232
role 225
Control of Substances Hazardous to 
Health Regulations (COSHH)
control hierarchy 85
control measures 236–42
principles of good practice 341
Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 
2005 389–91
Convection of heat 206
Conveyors 149–50
Cooperation, workforce 42–3
COSHH 
see
Control of Substances 
Hazardous to Health Regulations
Courts 4–5
Cranes 52–3
Criminal law 4
Crushing hazards 168
Culture:
development 58–9
effective communication 60
promotion of positive health and 
safety 49–65
Customer information 37
Cutting hazards 168
Cylinder mower 172, 179
Dangerous occurrence defi nition 
2–3, 69
Dangerous substances:
fi re hazards 212–14
packaging 322
risk assessment regulations 343
Dangerous Substances and Explosive 
Atmospheres Regulations 
(DSEAR) 2002 342–5
Defi nitions, basic 1–3, 68–9
Demolition hazards and control 281–2
Development, safe systems 187–8
Direct burning, fi re spread 207
Directors responsibilities 32–3
Disabled people, fi re procedures 220–1
Disease rates 17
Display screen equipment (DSE) 256–8
Display Screen Equipment Regulations 
1992 345–7
Document shredders:
machinery hazards 171–2
safeguards 178
Documentation, safe systems of work 88
Doors, means of escape from fi re 
215–16
Drawing-in hazards 168
Drinking water 258
Drivers:
distance 141
ergonomic considerations 140
fi tness and health 140
risk evaluation 139–41
route planning 140
safety equipment 140
scheduling 140
suitability of vehicle 140
time 140–1
training 139–40
vehicle condition 140
weather conditions 141
Drowning prevention 282
Drug abuse investigation 273–4
Drug effects 273–4
DSE