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What Regulations are about risk assessment ?
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Regulation 3 Risk assessment - places an absolute duty on the employer to make a suitable and sufficient health and safety risk assessment of the risks that.. 1. employees are exposed to at work 2. persons not in there employment are exposed to. Regulation 4 principles of prevention - requires employers to implement preventive and protective measures on the basis of the principles specified in schedule one of the regulations. schedule one Avoid risks Evaluating the risks which can't be avoided Combating the risk at source Adapting work to individual Adapting to technical progress Replacing dangerous with non-dangerous or less dangerous Developing prevention policy Giving collective protective measures priority over individual protective measures Giving appropriate instructions to employees
Regulation 5 Health Safety arrangements - employer is required to implement appropriate management controls to ensure the affective planning, organisation, control, monitoring and reviewing of the preventive protective measures. |
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What Regulations are about health and safety surveillance and assistance
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Regulation 6 - Health surveillance requires employer to ensure that employees are provided with any necessary health surveillance appropriate to the identified risk Regulation 7 - Health and safety assistance requires employer to appoint a competent person to assist in undertaking the measures necessary to comply with the requirements of the legislation |
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What regulations are about emergence procedures ? |
Regulation 8 - procedures for serious and imminent danger for danger areas. Employer must; implement appropriate procedures in event of serious danger. appoint competent person to implement procedures restrict access to danger areas Regulation 9 - contact with external services, required to arrange contact with external services. |
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What Regulations are about supporting employees?
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Regulation 10 - information for employers Risk to health preventive and protective measures procedures for serious and imminent danger
risk created by other employer whilst sharing work place Regulation 13 - capabilities and training take into account employees capabilities before appointing them employees provided with adequate H&S training on recruitment and when exposed to new or increased risks Regulation 14 - Employers duties use machinery, equipment, dangerous substances in accordance with health and safety training and instruction. Inform employer of any work situation which may cause serious or immediate danger inform employer of any short comings in the protection arrangements |
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What Regulations are about protecting people other than those at work ?
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Regulation 11 - cooperation and coordination with other employers steps to coordinate control measures with other employers inform other employers of risks Regulation 12 - persons working in host employers' or self-employed persons' undertakings when third parties (contractor) visits workplace must be provided with information on risks to their health and safety |
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what Regulations are about specific types of employees?
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Regulation 15 - Temporary workers Regulation 16 - Risk assessment in relation to new and expectant mothers Regulation 17 - certificate from registered medical practitioner in respect of new expectant mothers Regulation 18 - Notification by new or expectant mothers Regulation 19 -protection of young people Regulation 20 - Exemption certificate |
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What Regulations are about liability?
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Regulations 21 - Provisions as to liability
No defence in criminal proceedings for a contravention caused by the act or omission of any employee Regulations 22 - Restriction of civil liability for breach of statutory duty. |
