IA1 Principles of Health and Safety Management Flashcards
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Reasons for the effective management of Health and Safety
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Moral, Legal and Economic
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Moral Reasons for effective management of health and Safety are:
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- The concept of reasonable care.
- The unacceptablity of putting the H&S of people at risk.
- Society’s attitude to moral obligations.
- Accident/Incident and ill-health statistics
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Legal Reasons for effective management of health ans Safety are :
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- Preventive, enforcement notices (citations) issued by enforcement inspectors, failure to comply may result in criminal prosecution.
- Punitive, criminal courts impose fines and imprisonment for legal breaches.
- Compensatory, employees are able to sue the employer in civil courts for compensation.
- The principle of self-regulation, employer goes beyond meeting minimum requirements of the law.
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Economical Reasons for effective management of health ans Safety are :
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- The costs associated with accidents/incidents and ill-health and their impact on society and on organisations.
- The insured and un-insured costs.
- The financial benefits of effective H&S Management
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The conditions that must be satisfied in order to establish a breach of duty of care are:
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The claimant (e.g. employee) must show:
- Duty of care was owed by the employer to the claimant.
- The employer was in breach of this duty by not doing everything that was reasonable to prevent foreseeable harm.
- An finally that the loss, damage or injury incurred resulted from this breach of duty of care.
Thus, fault must be proven to gain compensation for injury.
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What is duty of care?
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- Duty of care is the obligation to exercise a level of care towards an individual, that is reasonable in all circumstances to avoid harm.
- Duty of care is the obligation to safeguard others from harm, while they are in your care by doing all reasonable.
- Everyone is expected to consider the impact of their actions on others.
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What is a negligent act?
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- Is an unintentional but careless act that results in loss.
- An employer that does not meet the duty of care it may be considered negligent.
8
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List the direct costs associated with incidents
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- Death.
- Lost time of injured worker.
- Hospital, etc. treatment.
- Permanent disability.
- Sick pay.
- Overtime working
- Damage to buildings, vehicles, machinery, etc.
- Product loses and or damage.
- Material loses and or damage.
- Time and material to clean up.
- Legal costs.
- Courts costs.
- Insurance claims.
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List the indirect costs associated with incidents
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- Lost time by other workers who stop work or reduce performance out of sympathy or due to weakened morale.
- Lost time by supervisor or other managers due to assisting the injured employee, investigating accidents and incidents, arranging and training new employees.
- Investigation costs.
- Fines.
- Hiring or training replacement staff.
- Loss of experience and expertise.
- Lowering of morale.
- Loss of goodwill.
- Loss of image.
- Business interruptions.
- Product liability.
- Production delays.
- Increased premiums
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List the insured costs associated with accidents and incidents.
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- Employee/third party compensation.
- Medical costs.
- Damage to building and plant.
- Damage to vehicles, equipment and tools.
- Legal costs of compensation and prosecution.
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List the uninsured costs associated with accidents and incidents.
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- Raw materials damage
- Product damage
- Emergency supplies and first aid
- Clean up costs
- Production delays
- Delivery delays costs
- Weakened morale
- Loss of experience and expertise
- Investigation time
- Increase in insurance premiums
- Enforcement agency and court fines
- Effects on reputation
12
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Explain the benefits of adopting a self regulatory model
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- Developed by those involved - Ownership
- Quicker to achieve than statutory models
- Can result in higher levels of compliance
- It ensures consistency across different sites, often in different
countries - Industry harmonised standards
- May easily be adapted and revised
- May offer cheaper and quicker means to address issues
- Results in closer relationship between client and industry
13
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Explain the limitations of adopting a self regulatory model
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- All those involved may not operate within the self-regulatory rules.
- Danger of self-interest being put ahead of employee or public interest
- Model may not always fit local circumstances
- May cause or allow lower levels of compliance
- May not be valued by some stakeholders
- No statutory standard to strive for
- There is no third party or independent auditing - may not be valued
- Issues may be missed and this would result in lower levels of compliance
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List the benefits to the organisation of effective health and safety management
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- Reduced costs related to accidents and incidents
- Ensure compliance with health and safety regulation
- Improved employee morale
- Reduced insurance premiums
- Good reputation, ensuring investments by investors, sales by customers, better business position with suppliers and partners.
- Improved CSR
- Contribute to an effective Corporate governance
- Increased productivity
- Employee retention
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List the societal factors which influence an organisation’s health and safety standards and priorities.
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- Globalisation of business, by importing or exporting standars.
- Economical climate, developed countries invest more on H&S.
- Migrant workers, language barriers, beliefs, perception to risk, exploitation.
- Government policy and initiatives, legislation and initiatives like asbestos awareness.
- Business risk profile, high risk activities demand higher standards than lower risk activities.
- Level of sickness absence and incapacity, impacts economy of society, less taxes and more money spend on incapacities and absences.
- Ageing Workforces
- Socieltal expectations of equality, regarding race, belief and gender.
- Effect of media,
- Corporate social responsibility
