Responsibilities health and safety

You must also ensure that they are competent to undertake their health and safety responsibilities and have adequate resources to enable them to do their Job properly. 

MSDS Management Service is designed to help you manage your occupational health and safety responsibilities relating to MSDSs and WHMIS requirements. 

In endeavouring to meet all their health and safety responsibilities, employers must also provide comprehensive information and appropriate training for employees, take account of capabilities when allocating tasks, establish emergency procedures and consult with trade union health and... 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission No jurisdiction no health and safety responsibilities or regulations for offshore wind farms. No jurisdiction no health and safety responsibilities or regulations for wind farms on the OCS, commission s jurisdiction only includes hydrokinetic projects on the OCS. 

This section looks at the health and safety responsibilities placed on manj ers and some of the techniques they can use to meet those responsibilities. 

Note that health and safety responsibilities of the employer cannot be delegated, it is only the performance or carrying out of those responsibilities that can be delegated. 

In the vast majority of company health and safety policies the health and safety responsibilities of line and functional management are clearly laid down, together with - in some cases - the mechanism by which the fulfilment of these responsibilities will be monitored. 

It shall be the duty of all employees to take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and other persons who may be affected by their acts of omissions at work. Apart from this general responsibility, certain managers have specific health and safety responsibilities in the execution of their functional duties. 

BR employed a number of specialist health and safety staff. More generally, all staff held various health and safety responsibilities, especially managerial staff who were typically accorded health and safety responsibilities by BR. The research asked two questions to discover which people within the company were perceived to hold a health and safety remit. The first asked whether or not there was anyone working within BR with health and safety responsibilities. The second asked managers and supervisors whether or not they received health and safety queries from their staff, while the workforce were asked to whom they would actually refer health and safety problems. 

Responses to the first of these questions were notable for their diversity. The only level at which there was any real awareness that there were regional and Board personnel with specific health and safety responsibilities was managerial There s a safety organization which adds expert advice very helpfully when a... 

Nearly all safety representatives were aware that there were BR people with health and safety responsibilities, but specialist staff were rarely mentioned by this group and no reference was made to senior BR staff. Safety representatives were much more inclined to emphasize the responsibilities of managers and supervisors. In light of the perceptions of supervisors and the workforce, it is... 

Every person within the workplace has some responsibility for health and safety. Responsibility is general allocated to positions within an organization once specific activities in safety have been identified for each department or work sectiom Responsibilities m be divided as follows. 

Training employees, supervisors and managers to enable them to work safely and to carry out their health and safety responsibilities efficiently. 

Figure 3.1 Everyone from senior managers down has health and safety responsibilities.

Directors need to ensure that the Board s health and safety responsibilities are properly discharged. The Board will need to ... 

The Chairman and/or Chief Executive have a critical role to play In ensuring risks are properly managed and that the health and safety director has the necessary competence, resources and support of other Board members to carry out their functions. Indeed, some Boards may prefer to see all the health and safety functions assigned to their Chairman and/or Chief Executive. As long as there Is clarity about the health and safety responsibilities and functions, and the Board properly addresses the Issues, this Is acceptable. 

The health and safety responsibilities of all Board members should be clearly articulated In the organization s statement of health and safety policy and arrangements. It Is Important that the role of the Health and Safety Director should not detract either from the... 

Outline the main health and safety responsibilities of the following persons within a medium-sized construction company ... 

Introduction to Health and Safety in Construction has quickly established itself, in its first two years, as the standard text for students taking the NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction Safety and Health. It is also of great value to those working in the construction industry at all levels, particularly construction site managers and foremen. As it has become a significant work of reference for managers with health and safety responsibilities, it is a matter of prime importance that it should be kept up to date, as far as is possible, with new legislation and recent developments. 

The book is also intended as a useful reference guide for managers and directors with health and safety responsibilities, and for safety representatives. Chapter 20 summarizes all the most commonly used Acts and Regulations. It was written to provide an easily accessible reference source for students during and after the course, and for many others in industry and commerce such as managers, supervisors and safety representatives. 

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