Introduction to Health and Safety at Work

see
Maximum exposure limit
MHSW 
see
Management of Health and 
Safety at Work
Microwaves 268
Mistakes, human errors 56
Mobile elevated work platforms 296
Mobile phones, security equipment 272
Mobile scaffold towers 295
Mobile work equipment 169–71
Monitoring:
risk control 73
safe systems 89
Monitoring performance
frequency 107
responsibility 107
review and audit 109
Moral arguments 16–17
Musculoskeletal problems 257
Near miss, defi nition 2, 69, 117
Negligence 6–7
Nervous system 227
Noise:
action levels 262–3
assessments 261–3
construction hazards and control 279
control techniques 263–4
health effects 260–1
physical and psychological hazards 
and control 259–65
Noise at Work Regulations1989 259
Non-ionising radiation 267–8
Non-mechanical machinery hazards 
171
Nursing mothers, risk assessment 74
Objectives, risk assessment 70
Observation techniques, measuring 
performance 106
Occupational ill-health, defi nition 70
Occupational road safety, 
management 137–41
Occupational/work-related ill health 
2, 69
Occupiers Liability Acts 1957 and 
1984 400–1
OEL 
see
Occupational exposure limits
OES 
see
Occupational Exposure 
Standard
OHSAS 18001 international health and 
safety management system 
407–9
Operating environment, equipment 
163–4
Organic solvent hazards 229
Organization 31–43
control 31–2
policy 25–6
responsibilities 32–3
Oxygen, fi re hazards 205
Pedestal drill hazards 172
Pedestrian hazards 132–5
control strategies 132–4
preventative measures 132–5
Pedestrians:
collisions with fl ying objects 133
collisions with moving vehicles 133
collisions with stationary 
objects 133–4
Penalties, health and safety offences 
13, 312
Performance:
audit and review 109–11
measurement 102–7
reason for measurement 103
Performance assessment phase 406
Performance improvement phase 
406
Permits to work 89–92
principles 90
types 90–1
Personal hygiene 243
Personal Protective Equipment at Work 
Regulations 1992 (amended 
2002) 374–6
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
COSHH regulations 238–42
risk control 83
Persons at risk 71
Persons in control of premises 35
Photocopiers:
machinery hazards 171
safeguards 177–8
Physical health hazards 250–74
Planning phase, health and safety 
management systems 406
Plant checklist 29
Policy 23–30
arrangements 26
checklist 28–30
key elements 24–6
review 26–7
statement 24–5
Pollution Prevention and Control 
Act 244, 313
Portable electrical appliance 
testing 197–200
Portable electrical equipment 193–4
Positive health and safety culture 
411–12
Power tools, hand-held 165–7
PPE 
see
Personal protective 
equipment
Practicable, defi nition 8
Precautions, excavations 297–8
Premises:
control 35
joint occupation 42
persons in control 35
Preparation, safe systems 88
Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 
2000 (PSSR) 401
Preventative measures:
COSHH Regulations 236
ergonomic risks 253–4
pedestrian hazards 134–5
Prevention:
risks 80–1
workplace stress 269–70
Proactive monitoring 102, 105
Procedures, permits to work 89–90
Production demands 62
Promotion, health and safety 
standards 58–9
Protection strategies, radiation 268
Protective clothing 182, 242
Protective systems, electrical 
equipment 195–6

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Index
448
Provision and Use of Work 
Equipment Regulations 1998 
(PUWER) 128, 159, 362, 
376–80
Psychological health hazards 250–77
Psychological problems, display screen 
equipment 256–8
Purchase of equipment, risk 37–8
PUWER
see
Provision and Use of 
Work Equipment Regulations 
1998
Radiation:
hazards 265–8
heat transmission 207
protection strategies 268
Radios and pagers 272
Reactive monitoring 102
incidents 116
measuring failure 105
Reasonably practicable, defi nition 8
Recommendations for action, incident 
investigation 121
Records:
Portable electrical appliance 
testing 197
risk assessment 73, 77
Regulations:
alphabetical list 308–9
chronological list 309
Regulatory authorities:
role 414
safety management systems 414
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 
2004 (RRFSO) 202–4
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 
2005 (RRFSO) 351–8
Repetitive strain injury (RSI) 
(tenosynovitis) 251
Report forms, construction site 
inspection 300–1
Report writing, monitoring 107–9
Reporting of Injuries Diseases and 
Dangerous Occurrences
Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) 122–3, 
380–3
Reports, excavations 298
Resistance of structural elements, fi re 
protection 218
Respiratory protection equipment 
239–41
Respiratory system 226–7
Responsibilities:
duty holders 287–8, 289
employees 32
employers 32
managers 44
work permits 91
Rest facilities 393
Retail checkout conveyor
machinery hazards 173
safeguards 183
Retail compactor:
machinery hazards 173
safeguards 182–3
Review:
performance 111
risk control 84
RIDDOR
see
Reporting of Injuries 
Diseases and Dangerous 
Occurrences Regulations 1995
Risk:
control principles 80–97
defi nition 3, 67
evaluation 71–2, 139–41
purchase of equipment 37–8
Risk assessment 67–9, 212, 325
defi nitions 68–9
examples 112–4
fi re 209–12
legal aspects 67–8
level evaluation 71–2
management 70–1
manual handling 144–8
monitoring and review 73
objectives 70
process 71–3
records 73, 77–9
Regulations
confi ned spaces 324–6
dangerous substances 212
legal requirement 307
special cases 73–5
types 68
Risk control
hierarchy 72–3, 81–4
measures 72
performance measurement 104–5
prioritization 73
Risk reduction, injuries 146–8
Road safety management 137–41
Rollover protective structures 
(ROPS) 169
Roofs, fragile 280
ROPS