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see also
workplace inspections,
conduct of
Safety installation, individual testing,
231
Safety legislation, requires provision of
information to employees, 45
Safety management, benefi ts of
monitoring and measuring, 269
comparative data enables internal
and external benchmarking, 269,
270
Safety management, principles of
prevention, 101–3
adapting to technical progress, 102
development of a coherent overall
prevention policy, 102
giving appropriate instructions to
employees, 102
protective measures, collective
prioritised over individual, 102
replacing the dangerous by non- or
less dangerous, 102
Safety management roles and
responsibilities, 37–44
the competent safety adviser (safety
assistance), 39–40
directors and senior managers, 38–9
employees and self-employed
persons, 42–3
employers, 37–8
fi re alarm verifi er, 42
fi re incident controller, 42
fi re safety coordinator, 41
fi re safety manager, 40–1
fi re wardens/marshals, 42
middle managers and supervisors, 39
persons in control of premises, 43–4
the responsible person (RP), 37
Safety management systems:
effective, 31
guidelines and procedures for safety
management, 33–4
Safety monitoring procedures, active,
269–72
methods and techniques, 271–2
audits, 271
health or medical surveillance, 271
safety inspections, 271
safety sampling
safety surveys, 271
safety tours, 271
proactive monitoring, 269–71
informal monitoring of workplace
precautions and risk control
systems, 270
key factors to be addressed, 270–1
portfolio of approaches, 270
purpose, 269–70
responsibility for undertaking, 271
Safety performance, 268–9
proactive monitoring techniques, 269
reactive monitoring techniques, 269
sample of performance indicator
data, 282
Safety policies, 30–6, 63
best are integrated with human
resource management, 31
importance of setting policy, 30–2
avoiding loss, 31–2
maximising staff involvement, 31
satisfying the law, 30
key features of, 32–4
arrangements section, 33–4
organisation, roles and
responsibilities, 32–3
review and revision, 34
statement of intent, 32
policy statement, 36
key health and safety objectives,
36
Safety Representatives and Safety
Committees Regulations 1977
see
SRSC
Safety reviews, reviewing performance,
278–80
Safety sampling, 271
Safety standards, good, reasons for
promotion, 2–4
fi nancial (economic costs), 3–4
cost of fi res to British economy, 3
costs of settlements to insurers, 4
direct and indirect costs of
accidents, 4
uninsured and non-recoverable
costs, 4
legal, 4–5
legal rules and standards refl ected in
civil and criminal law, 4
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety)
Order 2005, 4
moral (humane), 2–3
guilt of failing to manage safety
effectively, 3
impact on families/dependants of
those suffering injury/ill health, 2
physiological disorders of
colleagues/witnesses of work-
related injuries, 2
Safety surveys, 271
Safety tours, 271, 273–4
Safety training, 69–70
induction training, 60
jobs or skills training, 69–70
common topics, 69–70
main objectives, 68
refresher or continuation training, 70
remedial or corrective training, 70
Security lighting, reducing incidence of
arson attacks, 144
Self-employed persons, duties of in the
workplace, 44–5
Sensory impairments, 244
Sensory perception, principles of,
240–1
detection, 241
interpretation, 241
takes place in the brain, 241
interpretation vs reality, 241
failure to perceive risk of a small
fi re, 241
key principles of recognition, 241
perception varies with individuals,
241
Services, all to be regularly inspected
and maintained, 231
Severity rating of events, 93
SIESO (Sharing Information and
Experience for Safer Operations),
fi ndings, 24–5
Signs and signage, 105–6, 213–15
compliance of all fi re safety signs,
214
display of signage, 214
escape routes, 214
distinctively and conspicuously
marked, 214
use of photoluminescent signs,
214
Smoke control and ventilation, 210–11
additional smoke control to protect
vulnerable stairways, 210
mechanical ventilation, 211
natural ventilation, 211
Smoke extraction systems, mechanical,
effect of fi re growth less, 125
Smouldering, effects of, 118
Sound, resistance to, 357–8
Special Waste Regulations 1996, 320
Spontaneous combustion point, 122–3
Spontaneous ignition/auto-ignition
temperature, 121
Sprinkler heads, 218
choice of sprinkler head, 218
colours and operating temperatures,
218
SRSC (Safety Representatives and
Safety Committees Regulations
1977), 15, 46–7, 393–5
appointments, 393–4
employer duties, 394
employers required to provide
facilities and assistance as
needed, 47
functions of representatives, 46–7
guidance on number appointed, 46
inspections, 394
safety committees, 394–5
SSCPR (Social Security (Claims and
Payments) Regulations), 291
SSOW (Safe systems of work), 104,
107–12, 157
communication, 111
typical training programme, 111
Index
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SSOW (Safe systems of work),
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