Nebosh Flashcards

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Direct costs (insured)

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Directly related to accident

  • claims on insurance
  • damage to building and equipment
  • production/business loss
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Direct costs (uninsured)

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Directly related to accident

  • fines
  • sick pay
  • damage not attributable to accident
  • increased insurance premiums
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Indirect costs (insured)

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Costs not directly attributable to accident

  • business loss
  • product or process liability claims
  • replacement staff
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4
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Indirect costs (uninsured)

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Costs not directly attributable to accident

  • loss of corporate image
  • accident investigation time
  • production delays
  • overtime
  • lost time for relevant employees (first aider)
  • training staff
  • morale
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Criminal law

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  • enforced by state (hse local authority etc)
  • guilty or not guilty
  • fine or imprisonment
  • proof ‘beyond reasonable doubt
  • cannot insure against punishment
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Civil law

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  • disputes between individuals or organisations
  • will be sued
  • individuals either liable or not liable
  • award compo and costs
  • proof based on ‘balance of probabilities’
  • must have employers liability insurance
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Common law

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  • judgements made by judges
  • bound by earlier judgements
  • lower courts follow judgments of higher courts
  • duties of care fall under ‘practicable’ and ‘reasonably practicable’
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Statute law

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  • laid down by acts of parliament
  • HASAWA 1974
  • specific duties (regs and stat instruments’
  • takes precedence over common law
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Prosecuting authorities in the uk

Criminal law

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  • crown prosecution service (cps) England and Wales
  • procurator fiscal Scotland
  • public prosecution service Northern Ireland (ppsni)
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10
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Name the two types of criminal offence?

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  • summary: minor offences, no jury in a magistrates court (sheriff court Scotland)
  • indictment: most serious offences, crown court (high court of justiciary Scotland)
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Employers duty of care?

Common law

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  • safe place to work
  • sage plant and equipment
  • safe system of work
  • safe and competent employees
  • supervision, information, instruction and training
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12
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Vicarious liability

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When defendant was acting in normal course of their employment during accident- defence of act then transferred to employer

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13
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What are the three levels of statutory duty?

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Absolute-employer MUST comply with law

Practicable-employer must comply if it is technically possible, difficulty, inconvenience and cost need not apply

Reasonably practicable-small risk, compared with cost, time, effort used to further reduce risk, no action required

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14
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Role of the HSE

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  • development of regulations
  • enforces regulations
  • provides info (acops)
  • investigations
  • advice
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Approved Codes of practice (acops)

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Practical interpretation of regulations

  • produced by hse
  • can be legally binding
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16
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Regulations

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  • state the law

- breach is criminal offence

17
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Hasawa section 2?

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Duties of employers to employees
‘So far as reasonably practicable’

  • safe plant and systems of work
  • info, training etc
  • access egress
  • welfare facilities
  • safety policy
  • safety reps
18
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Hasawa section 3

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Duties of employers to others affected by business

-contractors, visitors, public, patients, students

19
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Hasawa section 4

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Duties of landlords or owners

  • access and egress
  • building and equipment safe
20
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Hasawa section 6

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Duties of suppliers

  • articles designed to be safe
  • substances are safe
  • supply suitable safety information
21
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Hasawa section 7

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Duties of employees

  • take care for health and safety of themself and others
  • cooperate with employer
22
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Hasawa section 8

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No person to misuse anything provided for h and s purposes

23
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Hasawa section 9

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Employees cannot be charged fir h and a requirements

24
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Fee for intervention (ffi)

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-places duty on hse to recover its costs for carrying out work from those found to be in MATERIAL BREACH of h and s

25
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Powers of an inspector?

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  • enter premises at any time, accompanied by police if necessary
  • investigate undisturbed premises
  • access to all records and documents
  • take samples
  • seize and destroy harmful objects and substances
  • take statements
  • improvement and prohibition notices or caution
  • prosecution
26
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Improvement notice

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Issued for specific breach of law

Appeal within 21 days to employment tribunal

27
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Prohibition Notice: summary offences

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  • unlimited fine
  • 12 months imprisonments
  • up to 5 years disqualification for convicted directors
28
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Prohibition notice: Indictable Offences

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  • unlimited fine
  • up to 2 years imprisonment
  • up to 15 years disqualification for convicted directors
29
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Prohibition notice

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  • issues to halt activity
  • appeal within 21 days to employment tribunal

Deferred prohibition- stops activity in time limit

30
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How are work related deaths investigated?

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-first by police for manslaughter
(Culpable homicide Scotland)
Or corporate manslaughter
- if no such charges HSE or Local AIthority takes over