Reasons for good management of health & safety Flashcards
What are the 3 reasons for good H&S management
Moral, legal, economic
Give 3 details ref moral reason for good H&S management
expected by society
employer owes duty of care
unacceptable to expose employees to risk
Give 3 details ref legal reason for good H&S management
preventive - enforcement notices
punitive - courts, fines, imprisonment
compensatory - civil litigation
Give 4 details ref economic reasons for good H&S management
cost of injury and ill health
loss of production
loss of orders
more business if good H&S management
Two types of costs of injury & ill health
Direct costs
Indirect costs
Examples of direct costs
Directly related to accident - personal injury claims, fines, damage
Examples of indirect costs
Business disruption, reputation impact, investigation time
Examples of insured direct costs
employers liability claims
public liability claims
damage
Examples of uninsured direct costs
sick pay
repairs
production lost
Examples of insured indirect costs
business interruption
product liability
Examples of uninsured direct costs
investigation costs
hiring / training replacement staff
Typically what is the ratio of direct to indirect H&S costs
1 to between 8 & 36
What are the 3 levels of duty
Absolute
Practicable
Reasonably practicable
What is an absolute duty
says shall or must
What is a practicable duty
comply with requirement if it is technically feasible
What is a reasonably practicable duty
balance between level of risk and time, effort, cost to implement.
gross disproportion = not reasonably practicable
Sources of H&S statistics
RIDDOR
Office for National Statistics (Labour Force Survey)
SWORD - Surveillance of Work Related & Occupational Respiratory Disease)
2016/17 HSE stats
137 fatalities 70116 RIDDORs 1.3 million workers with ill health related to work 2542 mesothilioma deaths 8000+ occupational cancer deaths
