Introduction to Health and Safety at Work

see
Vibration white fi nger
WAHR 
see
Work at Height Regulations 
2005
Washing facilities 258
Waste disposal 245–6, 285
Waste management licence 317–19
Water pollution 245
WBV
see
Whole body vibration
Weil’s Disease (leptospirosis) 231
Welding hazards 268
Welfare:
defi nition 2
facilities 83, 258, 284
physical and psychological hazards 
and control 258
risk control 83
Wet cement 284
Whole body vibration (WBV) 252, 253
Wood dust 285
Workplace exposure limits 233
Work at Height Regulations 2005 
(WAHR) 279, 394–8
Work equipment:
hand-held tools 164–7
hazards and control 159–85
mobile 169–71
suitability 159–60
user responsibilities 164
Work methods/patterns, risk control 82
Work permits 89–92
see also
permits to work
responsibilities 91–2
Work related upper limb disorders 
(WRULDs) 251–2
Work systems, risk control 82
Workers with a disability 
riskassessment 74–5
Workforce cooperation 42–3
Working above ground level 291–7
Working environment:
equipment 163–4
manual handling assessment 147
Working Time Regulations 
1998 (amended 1999) 
Regulations 401
Workplace environment 258–9
Workplace (Health Safety and Welfare) 
Regulations 1992 (amended 
2002) 392–4
Workplace inspection examples 
112–4
Workstations:
design 250–8
workplace environment 258–9
WRULDs 
see
Work related upper limb 
disorders
Young persons, risk assessment 73–4