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14 Cards in this Set
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Year? |
1974 |
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Key points |
- Employer's Duties 'so far as reasonably practicable' - Employee's Duties - Power of Health & Safety Inspector - Power of Gov. to make and amend Regulations |
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Employer's duties are to: |
- Ensure... - Have similar regard to... - Provide and maintain... - Prepare a written... - Provide adequate... |
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'So far as reasonably practicable' can be either ... AND _ |
According to: regulations (if any), approved code of practice, British Standard, any other standard by competent authority, sound engineering based on professional knowledge or in line with current good practice AND dealing with reasonably foreseeable hazards. |
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Employee's duties are to: |
- Take reasonable care... - Cooperate... - Not... |
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Power of H&S inspector are to: |
- Demand... - Demand... - Issue an... - Issue a... - Prosecute... |
x 5 |
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Types of regulation Roughly explain |
Prescriptive Performance |
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Enforcement: |
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) |
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HSE mission |
To work with local authorities to protect people's H&S by ensuring risks in the changing workplace are properly controlled. |
To work with... to protect... by ensuring... |
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HSE role |
To protect the H, S and welfare of workers and safeguard others who may be exposed to risks from work activities. |
To protect... |
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HSE provide and ensure protection of: |
- Framework of law and standards - Assurance to public that risks are properly controlled - Workers and the public from risks of accidents and to their health - All people from catastrophic accidents even when the risk is remote |
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Briefly describe the Flixborough disaster. |
Saturday 1st June, 1974, Flixborough works ofNypro (UK) Ltd demolished by a vast explosion of hot cyclohexane. |
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Consequence of Flixborough disaster? |
28 killed, 53 casualties, 100s unreported injuries. 1812 houses, 167 shops&factories damaged. AdvisoryCommittee on Major Hazards was appointed (1974). |
People, Community, Legal response |
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What is the Advisory Committee on Major Hazards? |
Has narrower remit then HaSaWA: hazardous industries. Report ('76) recommended: - hazardous site identification - incident prevention and control - incident mitigation |
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