Health and safety organisation

The HSWA established two bodies, the Health and Safety Commission and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). These were merged in 2008 to form a single body, the HSE. The HSE is a statutory body established by the HSWA (as amended) which consists of a chairperson and between 7 and 12-executive directors. 

The HSE s mission is the prevention of death, injury and ill health to those at work and those affected by work activities . 

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HSE s aims are to protect the health, safely and welfare of people at work, and to safeguard others, mainly members of the public, who may be exposed to risks from the way work is carried out HSE s statutory functions include  

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There is a role in regulatoiy law and a role for government action. But these roles should be predominantly concerned not with detailed prescription for innumerable day to day circumstances but with influencing attitudes and creating a framework for better health and safety organisation and action by industry itself ... 

HSO, Health and Safety Organisation (1995) Business Plan 1995/96. Government of Victoria, Melbourne. 

Your health and safety policy statement sets out how you manage health and safety in your organisation. It is a unique document that shows who does what and when and how they do it. 

The health and safety policy statement is your starting point to managing health and safety in the workplace. By law, (Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 section 2(3)) if you employ five or more people you must have a written health and safety policy. This contains your statement of general policy on health and safety at work and the organisation and arrangements for putting that policy into practice. 

This guidance is split into three parts. It contains a statement of general policy based on your legal duties under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. Then you can record your organisational responsibilities and your arrangements to ensure the health and safety of your employees. Notes are included alongside each section to help you. Some useful publications are listed in the notes and at the end of this guidance. 

Shallow innovation can appear to be an attractive strategy. Particularly where a specific ingredient is a cause for concern, finding a substitute looks like the quickest and most cost-effective solution. Organisations like the Environmental Protection Agency in the US have collated tables of known substitutes for materials where the environmental or health and safety profile have caused concern. This approach is particularly used for solvents, and has been quite effective. ... 

Study by Ministry of Social Affairs of the State of Hesse Status report and future of ASCA - Evaluation of results of 670 corporate studies on the organisation of occupational health and safety and implementation of occupational health and safety regulations Wiesbaden, 2000... 

In the 13 case studies documented processes and experiences of attempts to substitute hazardous substances in the 1980s and 1990s were examined. The aim of the choice of cases was to cover a wide spectrum of substitution conditions consumer-close and consumer-remote products, product auxiliary materials and process auxiliary materials, SMEs and large-scale industiy, environment, consumer and occupational health and safety subjects, technical and organisational iimova-tions. 

OECD (2008) Environment, Health and Safety Publications Series on Testing and Assessment, No. 43. Guidance Document on Reproductive Toxicity Testing and Assessment. Environment Directorate, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. http //www.oecd.org/ officialdocuments/ displaydocumentpdficote=env/jm/mono%2 8 2008%29168tdoclanguage=en. Accessed 12 Feb 2012... 

Hazard Study 3 (Hazard and Operability study, HAZOP) is carried out when the design of the process is finalised and detailed. The basic premise of a Hazard and Operability study is that hazards may occur on chemical plant when situations arise which the designer had not thought about. HAZOP sets out to identify these situations. There are many books and publications giving instruction, advice and background to these studies, and some organisations make these freely available (for example, the Royal Society of Chemistry Environmental Health and Safety Committee s Notes on Hazard and Operability Studies 13 March 2001). 

The web is a vast resource for hazard information and advice on safe practices in the chemical laboratory. Many UK and US. university chemistry departments have posted their safety policies and guidance for laboratory workers on the web and added links to other health and safety websites. The websites of the following organisations are also useful sources of hazard information ... 

OECD Environment, Health and Safety Publications, Series on Testing and Assessment, No. 29, Environment Directorate, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, April 2001. 

The UK Department of Transport Dangerous Goods Division and the UK Health and Safety Executive were consulted to discuss the classification of this liquid for transport. ()). Based on discussions with these organisations, their opinion was that fast pyrolysis liquid would be classed as a "dangerous good" or hazardous material, due to the chemical conplexity and composition. 

The GEMI is a non-profit organisation located in Washington, whose membership is drawn mainly from US companies. It is dedicated to improving environmental, health and safety performance worldwide in order to help business achieve environmental excellence. 

Facility Organisation and layout Space Environmental control Temperature Humidity Air quality Electrical zoned Cflame proof) Barrier protection GMP Health and safety Product sensitivity to Temperature Moisture Particulates/micro-organisms Allow solvents for cleaning Operator protection... 

These are issues to which we will return in our discussion in the final chapter of this book, but it is sufficient to note that the existence of business networks for production, supply and demand do not automatically lend themselves to a role in enhancing health and safety - indeed in some cases they owe their existence to attempts by business organisations to off-load responsibilities for health and safety. Furthermore, current research findings on risk communication in relation to chemical hazards suggest that user s understanding and use of safety information is the result of a more complex set of factors than merely the failure to supply the information in the first place. ... 

The Inspectorate has close co-operation and collaboration with other organisations and government departments which also have an interest in the subject of health and safety at work. These are ... 

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