Introduction to Health and Safety at Work

see
Health and Safety at 
Work Act
Human body, routes of entry 225–7
Human errors 56–7
ICC 
see
Incident Contact Centre
Ignition sources 205
Ill-health effects of poor 
ergonomics 251–4
ILO-OSH 2001, international health and 
safety management system 
409–11
Incident Contact Centre (ICC) 123
Incidents:
causes 118–21
data analysis/collection 123–4
investigation 118–21
recording and reporting 121–3
legal recording and reporting 
requirements 121–3
Incidents/accidents, reasons for 
investigation 117–18
Individual capability, manual handling 
assessment 147–8
Induction training 61
Information:
customers 37
risk control 75–82
work equipment hazards and 
control 161
Information for Employees Regulations 
1989, 358–9
Information gathering, review and 
audit 110
Infra-red radiation 268
Injuries:
see also
accidents
accident investigation 118
electricity 189–94
manual handling 143–4
report forms 126–7
risk reduction 146–8
Inspections:
construction site, report 298
electricity, strategies 197
equipment for work at height 296
excavations 297–8
frequency 107, 198
hand tools 165
lifting equipment 154
proactive monitoring and measuring 
performance 105–7
Provision and Use of Work 
Equipment Regulations 
1998 162–3
reports 106
standards 106–7
work equipment hazards and 
control 162–3
Inspectors powers:
enforcement 12–13
HSW Act 311
Instruction, work equipment hazards 
and control 161
Insulating materials 218
Insurance:
accidents/incidents 124–5, 128–9
claims 128–9
companies 15
Internal infl uences 62–3
International aspects, health and 
safety 402–16
International health and safety 
management system:
HSG 65, 406–7
ILO-OSH 2001 409–11
OHSAS 18001 407–9
Interview techniques 120
Investigations:
alcohol problems 273
drug problems 273–4
incidents 118–21
forms 121
interview techniques 120
Ionising radiation 226–7
Ionising Radiation Regulations 
1999 360–2
Isocyanates 230
Job safety analysis form 100
Job training 61–2
Ladders 292–3
Lasers 267–8
Lead 230–1
Legal arguments 17–18
Legal framework 3–4
Legal guidance 11
Legal reasons, incidents/accidents 
investigations 117
Legal requirements:
safe systems of work 87
summary 307–401
Legal system:
England and Wales 4–5
Scotland 5
Legionella 231
Legislation enforcement 64
Leptospirosis 231
Liability, statutory levels 7–8
Licences, waste management 317–9
Lifting equipment:
cranes 152–3
fork lift trucks 150–2
safe use 148
statutory examination 154–5
types 149–53
Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment 
Regulations 1998 (amended 
2002) 362–5
Lifting tackle, cranes 153
Lifts 153
see also
hoists
Lighting:
means of escape from fi re 216
workplace environment 258–9

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Index
447
Limitations, portable electrical appliance 
testing 200
Load, manual handling 
assessment 145–6
Lone workers:
risk assessment 75
safe systems 87
Machinery:
hazards 171–3
safeguards 173–5
Maintenance:
chemical and biological hazards 243
electricity, strategies 197
equipment with specifi c risks 161
equipment for work at height 
296–7
fi re fi ghting equipment 219–20
work equipment hazards and 
control 162
Management:
commitment 58, 62–3
construction activities 285–91
framework 19–21
HSW Regulations 1999, 14
occupational road safety 137–41
organizing for HSW 31–43
road safety, benefi ts 138
training 62
vehicle movements 137
Management of Health and Safety 
at Work Regulations (MHSW) 
1999 14, 80, 307, 365–7
Manager responsibilities 44–5
Manual handling:
checklist 156–8
hazards 143–55
hierarchy of measures 144–5
injuries 143–4
loads 156–8
risk assessment 144–8
risk assessment forms 156–8
training 148
Manual Handling Operations 
Regulations (MHO) 1992 
(amended 2002) 307–9
MDF, 
see
wood dust
Measuring failure, reactive 
monitoring 105
Measuring performance, observation 
techniques 106
Mechanical handling:
equipment types 149–53
hazards 143–55
Mechanical machinery, hazards 
167–9
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