Search results Waste and Environment Health and Safety in Offices Waste / Environment The accumulations of materials and packaging is wasteful, untidy and unsafe; Packaging and combustible materials greatly increase the fire loading and risk of fire. Companies should: Segregate different... E23-waste-environment Introduction CDM Regulations Designers Designers have a unique opportunity to make early and fundamental design decisions which reduce construction risks. Research suggests that a high percentage of accidents could have been designed out and if this opportunity is missed,... b4-designers-introduction HSE Task guidance Asbestos Working with Asbestos Containing Materials (ACMs) Carrying out work not requiring a licence (whether or not notifiable) HSE Task Guidance The task guidance sheets give practical guidance on how common tasks can be safely carried out. It is important... c5-hse-task-guidance General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Synopsis of Other Legislation General Data Protection Regulation - GDPR Health and safety departments collect ‘sensitive personal data’ by way of managing health and safety; particularly the health records associated with surveillance and occupational... B7-gdpr Workers at Particular Risk SPECIALIST/SPECIFIC PROCESSES, RISKS AND COMPONENTS Electromagnetic Frequency Workers at Particular Risk The magnitude of an electromagnetic field will decrease rapidly with distance from its source. Worker exposure can be reduced if it is possible to restrict... e24-workers-at-particular-risk Risk Assessments and Method Statements Managing Health and Safety in a Construction Business The Principal Elements of a Good Management System Risk Management - Risk Assessments and Method Statements Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations and the Control of Substances Hazardous... a1-risk-assessments-and-method-statements Introduction Managing Health and Wellbeing in Construction Fatigue Management Introduction Construction workers are often required to work long or unusual shift patterns, particularly night work. When this is combined with a constantly changing, potentially hazardous construction... c1-fatigue-introduction References Managing Health and Wellbeing in Construction References Legislation Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015The Control of Substances Hazardous... c1-references Introduction Compressed Air and Ionising Radiation Introduction The Work in Compressed Air Regulations 1996 apply to tunnelling and other construction work where the ambient atmospheric pressure is higher than normal air pressure. It does not apply to any diving operation... c8-introduction Health risks and medical surveillance COMPRESSED AIR AND IONISING RADIATION Compressed Air Health Risks and Medical Surveillance The health risks of working in compressed air are: Barotrauma – damage caused by increased atmospheric pressure to the air-containing cavities in the body which... c8-health-risks-and-medical-surveillance 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
