Health and Safety on Work Experience

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Health and Safety on Work Experience
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Health and
Safety on Work Experience
What is an accident ?
'any unplanned event that results in injury or
ill-health to people, or damages equipment,
property or materials but where there was a risk
of harm Health and Safety Executive
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Health
and Safety on Work Experience
Some information
Accidents at work-some statistics 2008. 229
People killed whilst at work. 299,000 Serious
injuries (broken bones, absence from work for 3
days, concussion etc) 2.1 Million people were
suffering from an illness they believed was
caused or made worse by their current work. 34
Million days lost due to injury or work related
ill health.
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Health and Safety on Work
Experience-Types of Accidents
Struck by a moving vehicle
Struck by a moving falling object
Slips, trips and falls
Trapped by something collapsing/overturning
Falls from a height
Electric Shock
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Health and Safety on Work Experience-Types
of Injuries
Eye Chemicals, sharp objects.
Cuts and bruises.
Knocked unconscious
Injury to back due to lifting.
Broken bones.
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Health and Safety On Work Experience-
Responsibilities
Employers responsibility- Students are given
clear instruction on dos and donts at work and
make sure you are given any necessary training
i.e.. Fire procedure First Aid. Your
responsibility- Obeying those Instructions and
ask if you dont understand what you are meant to
do i.e.. no running at work, Employers
responsibility -To make sure that floors and
other surfaces are cleaned up properly. Your
Responsibility- To report any spills to your
employer.
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Health and Safety on Work
Experience-Responsibilities
Employers responsibility-To supply proper
Protective Equipment such as hard hats. Your
responsibility -To wear the equipment and tell
the Employer if they dont fit properly, are
broken etc. Employers Responsibility- Make sure
that you are not expected to lift anything too
heavy ,and make sure that there is equipment and
guidance on what you are allowed to lift. Your
responsibility- To obey the guidance and not to
lift anything heavier than you think you can
safely lift.
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Health and Safety on Work
Experience What the Employer
will expect from you ?
To take reasonable care of your own Health and
Safety. To take reasonable care towards others
in my workplace - Act in a mature manner. To
cooperate with the Employer in any Health and
Safety measures they have put in place. To be
clear what you are and are not allowed to do, and
who you need to ask-You may be prohibited from
doing certain thinks like working from heights,
or using certain machinery. To be clear how to
use any Protective Equipment that you are given,
and know when to use it. i.e. hard hat ,gloves,
shoes, masks, overalls etc
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Health and Safety on Work
Experience What you can
expect from the employer.
To provide a safe work place. To provide a safe
means of access to the workplace-Including
keeping you and vehicles apart. To provide safe
systems of working. To provide the findings of
the companies Risk Assessment i.e.. what the
dangers to you are and what steps they have taken
to protect you from them. To protect staff from
unnecessary risk of Injury.
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Health and Safety on Work
Experience What you can
expect from the Employer
To explain to you where you can and cant go.-You
may not be allowed in certain areas, for instance
areas where vehicles are. To tell you what
Machinery you can and cannot use and ensure you
are trained on what you can use. To tell you
what to do in the event of a fire. To Tell you
what to do in the event of an accident.
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Have a great Work Experience -Remember
to contact your School immediatelyif you feel
that you are being put at risk