British Safety Council

Various year books and guides are issues by organizations and these are very handy reference books. Some of the more relevant include Encyclopedia of Occupational Health and Safety The Environmental Health Yearbook Health and Safety Directory The Industrial Safety Yearbook The Industrial, Safety (Protective Equipment) Manufacturers Association (ISPEMA) British Safety Council Buyers Guide to Safety Equipment The Health and Safety Marketguide The Health and Safety Officers Reference and Buyers Guide and. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). 

British Safety Council s Five-Star Health and Safety Audit System International Loss Control Institute s International Safety Rating System (ISRS) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (environment, quality, etc.)... 

BRITISH SAFETY COUNCIL FIVE-STAR HEALTH AND SAFETY AUDIT SYSTEM... 

The British Safety Council s audit protocol is applicable to the five sections that make up the five-star audit. Key areas covered by the assessment are ... 

Based on the findings of the audit, a detailed report is produced within 28 days of the visit, summarizing the outcomes of the evaluation. The audit report provides a clear and quantifiahle benchmark of your performance. It recognizes areas of good practice and includes action planning tables for implementation of subsequent recommendations. The quantifiable rating system makes it easy to chart and monitor continual improvement towards best practice. (British Safety Council, 2012)... 

British Safety Council. 2010. https //www.britsafe.org/audit-and-advisory/audits/five-star -health-safety-audit. 

The British Safety Council concentrates on occupational safety matters and those environmental and health issues that are major national concerns. It provides a wide range of training together with an advisory service on safety matters. 

British Safety Council, National Safety Centre, Chancellor s Road, London W6 9RS 071 741... 

MODEL 2.2 The Pearson accident ratio. (From the British Safety Council. 1974/1975 Tye-Pearson theory. With permission.)... 

In 1974-1975, the Tye-Pearson theory was conducted on behalf of the British Safety Council and was based on a study of almost 1 million accidents in Britain (Model 2.2). The ratio showed that for every 1 serious injury experienced, 3 minor injuries occurred, 50 first aid injuries took place, 80 accidents caused damage, and there were in excess of 400 near miss incidents. The study was concluded by stating that ... 

British Safety Council. (In 1974/75, the Tye-Pearson theory was conducted on behalf of the British Safety Council and was based on a study of almost 1 million accidents in Britain.)... 

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (lOSH) and the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) produce monthly journals, as does the British Safety Council, all of which provide a valuable insight into specific safety areas. 

Safety organisations, such as the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) and the British Safety Council, provide information in the form of magazines, booklets and videos on a wide range of health and safety-related topics. 

Studies of accidents resulting in major or lost time injury, minor injuries, property damage and near misses over the last sixty years have produced a number of accident ratios. The principal objective of these studies was to establish a relationship between near misses and other categories of accident. The various accident ratios produced by Heinrich (1959), Bird (1966), the British Safety Council (1975) and the HSE (1993) are shown in Fig. 4.7 (see p. 114). 

British Safety Council, 62 Chancellors Road, London, UK. 

Various studies have identified that a tiered relationship exists between the severity of an incident and its frequency of occurrence (Heinrich 1931, Bird 1966, British Safety Council 1975, UK HSE 1993, lET 2009). These studies have concluded that for major injuries (i.e., fatal or serious), a large number of minor injuries and numerous non-injury events typically occur. A definitive numerical relationship has not be established (e.g., 1 to 30 to 300 or 1 to 10 to 600), but the principle and general magnitudes have been accepted by the industry and safety professionals (See Figure 2.6). One of the more important points this drives home is that there are more oppor-tnnities to identify incident canses by increasing the focus on incidents at the lower end of the triangle where there are statistically more opportunities to learn and apply corrective actions. 

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