Legislation- + and - Flashcards
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+ Health and Safety at Work Act
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- The HSE regulator ensures workplaces protect employees health, safety and welfare
- Protects against injury and harm by having up- to- date training and safe equipment
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- Health and Safety at Work Act
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- Legal notices, prosecution, fines and closure of business can occur if not followed
- Could result in the spread of infection due to lack of PPE
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+ Management of Health and Safety at Work
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- Risk assessments identify the hazard, identifies those at risk, provides a risk rating using a measurable scale and puts in place control measures to lower the risk to an acceptable level
- Training and supervision of high risk activities ensures employees safety
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- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations
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- If regulations are not followed accidents could take place leading to harm/ injury and possibly legal implications or job loss
- Having risk assessments is a legal requirement, not having them could lead to harm and legal action
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+ Date Protection Act
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- Ensures data is used for the purpose intended and only accessed on a need to know basis with written consent
- Data is only kept for as long as necessary
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- Date Protection Act
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- Written consent is needed before data can be used or shared with relevant people, this can take a while
- Records could be used maliciously if not secure
- Breaches could lead to stress and anxiety, and put individuals at risk of abuse and harm
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+ COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health)
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- Protects staff and service users from harmful substances
- Displays posters, signs and labels of hazardous substances to remind staff of this regulation
- Provides staff with risk assessments to follow
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- COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health)
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- If COSHH is not followed, hazardous substances could cause injury, illness and death
- Increase the risk of infection due to biohazardous waste being incorrectly handled/ disposed of
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+ Manual Handling Operations Regulations
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- Reduces the risk of injury, such as back injuries to workers
- All manual handling has been risked assessed and control measures have been put in place
- Staff are trained on correct handling techniques
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- Manual Handling Operations Regulations
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- Increased risk of injury to spinal cord, joints and back if not followed
- Could lead to musculoskeletal injury
- Loss of confidence and reputation if poor manual handling has occurred
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+ RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Regulations)
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- Works to protect employees from unsafe working practises
- Protects individuals from contagious infection
- Allows employers to assess who was at fault for the injury and interview witness
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- RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Regulations)
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- Requires more policies and procedures to follow and more training for staff to take
- If reports are not filled in straight away, facts can be forgotten/ confused and reports may be inaccurate
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+ Food Safety (General Hygiene Regulations)
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- Risk assessments identify hazards and implement control measures to reduce them
- Reduce the risk of food poisoning from contaminated food
Ensures unwell staff do not come into work and transmit infections to food
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- Food Safety (General Hygiene Regulations)
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- If not followed, cross contamination can occur leading to food poisoning, time off for staff and legal action from customers
- Loss of business, reputation and fines from customers
- Spread of infections from staff to food items
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+ Food Safety Act
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- Ensures peoples health is not put a risk due to food they consume
- Promotes good personal hygiene of staff working with food
- Ensures records are kept to trace any cases of illness
