Health & Safety

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• Health Safety
• (Theory)

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Health and Safety Induction

• Why is it important?
• Provide information and raise awareness of health
  and safety.
• Legal requirement under the Management of Health
  and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (HMSO, 1999)
• Theory and Practice of Health Safety

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Health and Safety (Main Legislation)

• Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
• Management of Health and Safety at Work
  Regulations 1999
• Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
• Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations
  1992 (PPE)
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
  Regulations 2002 (COSHH)
• Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous
  Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR)
• Display Screen Regulations 1992

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Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

• Employer obligations
• To safeguard as far as reasonably practical, the
  health, safety and welfare of all employees.
• Provide a safe working environment.
• Provide safe systems of work.
• Provide information, instruction, training and
  supervision.
• Provide equipment which is safe to use.

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Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

• Provide adequate welfare facilities.
• Ensure articles and substances are moved, stored
  used safely.

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Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

• Employee obligations (Section 7)
• Co-operate with the employer on health safety
• Correctly use the equipment provided
• Ensure the health safety of themselves and
  others.
• Not interfere with or misuse anything provided
  for health safety purposes.
• Bring to the employers notice any doubts about
  their health safety

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Manual Handing Operations Regs 1992

• Regulations introduced to deal with the single
  most common cause of injury in the workplace.
• What is manual handling?
• What injuries can be caused?
• How can risks be reduced?
• How might this be applicable to you?
• Basic manual handling techniques.

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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• What is PPE?
• Why is PPE worn?
• How might this be applicable to you? Examples of
  PPE.
• When should you wear PPE?

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Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)

• What is COSHH?
• How might this be applicable to you?
• Hazards Risks
• Control Measures

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RIDDOR 95

• Reporting of work-related accidents, diseases and
  dangerous occurrences.
• Exemption given to Football for training or match
  related injuries.
• Injuries caused by defective equipment would
  still be reportable to HSE, DWP DfES

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Analogous Industrial Injuries Scheme (AIIS)

• The Department for Education and Skills (DfES)
  runs the AIIS
• What is it?
• A Cash benefit that you will be entitled to if
  you receive injuries to the degree of 14
  disability.
• Form AF3 must be completed to access this benefit

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Injury

• We (The club) provide private medical healthcare
  as required under the terms and conditions of
  your Apprenticeship agreement.
• Suspension of Apprenticeship Agreement.
• The PFA provide Accident Insurance for members
  whose careers are cut short by injury.

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Display Screen Equipment (DSE Regs 1992)

• Misuse can cause injury.
• Eye strain, upper limb disorders (ULD), repetitve
  strain syndrome (RSS), fatigue stress.
• DSE Regs apply only to workstations, users
  operators as defined in the Regs.
• May not apply to apprentices.
• However, employer must ensure the work station
  activity remain safe.
• Club must carry out Risk Assessment on work
  station equipment.
• Risks identified must be adequately controlled.
• Regular breaks must be built into DSE activity.

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Health and Safety in the workplace

• Club Health and Safety Policy
• Health and Safety (First Aid) Regs 1981
• Evacuation Procedures
• Supervision Arrangements
• Restrictions/Prohibitions
• Hazards Risks
• Be Safe!

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Health and Safety (Practical)

• Practical Health and Safety
• Hazards and Risks
• Risk Assessment
• Control Measures
• Safe Systems of Work
• ES8