Appointed person

Details of the appointed persons must be entered in Register F31. Also, such persons must be instructed in the requirements of the Operations at Unfenced Machinery Regulations 1938 and issued with the precautionary leaflet F2487. General precautions to observe include ... 

As a minimum you must have a frst aid box and an appointed person to take charge of first aid requirements. You can faid more information in HSE s free leaflets First aid at work - your questions answered INDG214 1997 and Basic advice on Frst aid at work INDG347 2002. 

The present report was prepared by a coordinating committee made up of the chairmen of the five panels involved in earlier reports, epidemiologists who had served on those panels, and one newly appointed person. It is based largely on the work of Robert Keehn of the National Research Council s Medical Follow-up Agency, which had primary responsibility for conducting a questionnaire survey of test subjects to evaluate aspects of their current health, family status, and lifestyle. 

Board of Directors—body of appointed persons, including company officers and outside directors, who jointly oversee the activities of an enterprise including ensuring that the enterprise is managing risks properly... 

Both the FAW and EFAW courses will be approved by the HSE and must be taught by HSE-approved first aid training providers. Training for appointed persons may be taught by non-HSE-approved training providers. 

The appointed person has to be adequately trained and competent to do the work. 

The appointed person must sign the daily log certificate kept beside each machine which is an indication that the press is fit for use. Without the signed certificate, the press cannot be operated. 

First aid facilities should be available, in the charge of a first aider or appointed person, on pontoons, barges and near all landing places. 

Is there adequate first aid provision, i.e. first aid kit, stretcher, eye wash bottles, at least one appointed person per shift ... 

A visual inspection will be carried out by an appointed person within a company, such person having been trained to carry out this task. In addition to the user checks described above, an inspection could include the removal of the plug top cover to check that ... 

A first aider may aiso undertake the duties of an appointed person. An appointed person is someone who is nominated to take charge when someone is injured or becomes iii, inciuding caiiing an ambuiance if required. The appointed person wiii aiso iook after the first aid equipment, inciuding restocking the first aid box. 

Appointed persons shouid not attempt to give first aid for which they have not been trained, but shouid iimit their heip to obvious common-sense assistance and summon professionai assistance as required. Suggested numbers of first aid personnei are given in Tabie 1.1. The actuai number of first aid personnel must take into account any speciai circumstances such as remoteness from medical services, the use of several separate buildings and the company s hazard risk assessment. First aid personnel must be available at all times when people are at work, taking Into account shift-working patterns and providing cover for sickness absences. 

Lower risk e.g. shops and offices, libraries Fewer than 50 50-100 More than 100 At least one appointed person At least one first aider One additional first aider for every 100 employed... 

An appointed person controls the CAPA system and takes care of timely determination and execution of actions, and thereby closing of pending problems. System actions that lead to structural changes should be evaluated following the change procedure, to estabUsh the effects of the modification on other parts of the quality management system. 

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