Lecture 1 Flashcards
What are the 3 drivers that encourage organisations to engage in safety?
Moral
Legal
Financial
What are the 3 Moral reasons to reduce;
Accidents
Industrial diseases rates
Ill-health rates
What are the 2 Legal reasons, Poor management can lead to;
Prosecutions
Civil actions for compensation claims
What are the 2 Financial reasons that poor H+S management can lead to;
Direct costs
Indirect costs
What is HASWA and when was it passed?
Health and safety at work act, 1974
What work related deaths fell as a result of HAWSA
Deaths from Pneumoconiosis
According to Labour Force Survey, what illnesses fell between 1990-2012
Work related illness prevalence fell.
Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders fell.
Since the introduction of HASWA to 2010 what percentage did the number of fatal injuries to employees fall by?
84%
Since the introduction of HASWA to 2010 what rate of fatal injury (per 100k employees) fall by?
75%
Recent research suggests that about __% of the reduction in ___-___ injury rate since ___ is due to changes in the ___ __ ____
50%
non-fatal
1986
occupation of workers
What are 4 common health conditions which can be caused or made worse by work?
Work -related stress
Work- related Musculoskeletal disorders
Work-related skin disease
Work- related Asthma
What are 5 Long Latency conditions which can be caused by previous work activity and where symptoms can appear many years after exposure.
Asbestos - Related disease Cancers Other respiratory disease eg COPD Vibration related disease Work - related hearing loss
What is the HSE’s mission statement?
“The prevention of death, injury and ill health to those at work and those affected by work activities”
What is aim A of the HSE’s 4 aims
A) Lead others to improve health and safety in the workplace.
What is aim B of the HSE’s 4 aims
B) provide an effective regulatory framework
What is aim C of the HSE’s 4 aims
C) Secure compliance with the law
What is aim D of the HSE’s 4 aims
D) Reduce the likelihood of low-frequency, high-impact catastrophic incidents
HASWA - what’s happened since it was passed?
Fatal injuries to employees has fallen
Rate of fatal injuries per 100k employees fallen.
Number of non-fatal injuries fallen.
Definition of health?
A state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of infirmity or disease
Definition of safety?
Security, freedom from danger and risk of damage or injury
What are 3 features of HEALTH?
Industrial disease
Ill health
Chronic
36 Fatalities/day
What are 3 features of SAFETY
Accidents
Energy transfer
Immediate
Less than 1 fatality every 2 dates 0.4/day
What are 7 features of OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Lighting Noise Substances Ergonomics Biological PPE Radiation
What are the 6 features of PSYCHOLOGY
Psychology / Psychiatry Human factors Attitude Aptitude Stress Organisation
