2.1: Legislations Flashcards
What does the management of health and safety at work regulations 1999 focus on?
Conducting thorough risk assessments to identify potential hazards in the workplace
What is the employer’s responsibility for the MOHSAWR?
Provide information, training and supervision
Competent individuals must be appointed to manage health and safety and deal with emergencies
Complete risk assessments
What is the acronym for the MOHSAWR?
PREECC
Give and explain the principles for the MOHSAWR
Preventative measures : eliminating hazards, rather than dealing with the consequences
Risk assessments : identify hazards and decide appropriate measures
Employee involvement : ensure employees are informed on risks, access to information and are actively involved
Emergency procedures : have clear procedures for dealing with accidents, incidents and emergencies
Competency and training : monitor and review regularly the health and safety performance, updating procedures, identifying areas for improvement
Communication and consultation : allow open communication between staff for regarding health and safety concerns
Who does the food safety act 1990 apply to?
All businesses involved in the preparation, production, handling or sale of food
Give and explain the food safety acts principles:
Production and handling of food : businesses cannot remove, add or store anything harmful to food that can toxify the customer
must maintain food hygiene, ensure adequate storage conditions like freezing
Standard of food products : the standard of the food sold by a business must be met by the customers expectations
Nature: if a meat is advertised as chicken, it must be chicken and not turkey
Substance: oats would not have dead ants inside
Quality: biscuits would be expected to be fresh and not stale
Presentation and advertisement of food: how the business describes, advertises and markets the food they sell
They must include labelling and information of ingredients, nutrients, and additives
Staff training and cleanliness: employers to provide staff with
Correct training
Prioritise hygiene and cleanliness and safely store foods
What are the 3 offences for the food safety act?
Rendering food injurious to health
Selling food not or nature or quality demanded
Falsely or misleadingly describing or presenting food
What does the health and safety at work act 1974 ensure all employers do?
Provide a safe working environment and look out for the health of their employees
Name and explain the 6 areas to the health and safety at work act 1974
Providing a safe place of work:
Fire safety, cleanliness, waste management
Providing safe equipment
Ensuring staff are properly trained: they need general health and safety training including manual handling and fire
Carrying out risk assessments
Providing proper facilities
Appoint a competent person to oversee health and safety
What does the food safety (general food hygiene) regulations 1995 act ensure?
Food businesses and workers are handling food hygienically
Give the principles to the food safety regulations 1995
Premises: the food premises must be registered with local authority
Hygiene: stored, transported, disposed and handled in a hygienic way
Temperature control: potentially dangerous foods must be at or below 8oc or above 63oc
Handwashing: there needs to be adequate washing facilities with soap, water and drying materials
Ventilation: mechanical airflow from contaminated areas to clean must be avoided
Training: training the staff with appropriate level of food hygiene awareness
Waste disposal
Food protection
What does the civil contingencies act 2004 ensure?
Employers have emergency preparedness and response, and establishing roles and responsibilities
What are the principles to the civil contingencies act 2004?
Triple lock: a mechanism ensuring emergency powers are only used when necessary and in a targeted and proportionate manner
Information sharing: encouraging cooperation, information sharing between organisations involved in an emergency response
Emergency powers: allocating people roles for dealing with the emergency situations
Risk assessment and planning: preparing and maintaining contingency plans to ensure an effective response
What is the employer’s duties when following the manual handling operations regulations 1992?
Avoidance
Risk assessment
Risk reduction
Information
Provide training
Implement and review control measures
Give 2 principles to the manual handling regulations 1992
Follow the 5 ps:
- plan
- position
- pick
- proceed
- place
Not to lift over 10kg
Give examples of reportable accidents and incidents
Fatal injuries
Occupational diseases
Dangerous occurrences
Incidents where an employee has to take time away from work for 7 or more days
Injured public members that are taken into hospital
Gases where people have been taken into hospital
What are the employer’s duties under RIDDOR?
Report the incident within 10 days to HSE
Ensure the employee receives appropriate medical attention
Record details of the incident
If an employee discovers the incident, they must report it asap to a manager/ supervisor
Name substances under COSHH
Mists
Fumes
Vapours
Dusts
Chemicals
Fibres
Gases and asphyxiating gases
Name and explain the employer’s duties for COSHH
Identify harmful substances:
- reading the product’s labels, safety data sheets
Decide which employees are at risk of harm and how:
- look at how a substance can enter the body via inhalation, skin contact or swallow
Decide on precautions to control the risks:
- deciding on how exposure can be prevented like provider a safer alternative
State the employee’s responsibilities under COSHH
Attending COSHH training courses
Reporting and recording incidents
Wearing the correct PPE and wearing and storing it correctly
Follow procedures for prevention of harm and overexposure
What does the RIDDOR law require?
Employers, self-employed people and those in control of work premises to report certain work-related accidents, diseases and dangerous occurences
What does the health and safety at work 1974 act require?
Outlines the general duties of employers and employees to ensure a safe working environment
Is the primary piece of legislation for health and safety in the uk workplace
What does the management of health and safety at work regulations 1995 require?
Requires employers to carry out risk assessments, implement effective control measures and provide information and training to their employees
What does COSHH 2002 require?
Employers to assess the risks associated with hazardous substances, implement control measures and provide employees with information, training and PPE
