Health Safety at Work Act

Having established a SIL target it is insufficient merely to assess that the design will meet the Maximum Tolerable Risk target. It is necessary to establish whether further improvements are justified and thus the principle of ALARP (as low as reasonably practicable) is called for as good practice. In the UK this is also arguably necessary in order to meet safety legislation ( all that is reasonably practicable is called for in the Health Safety at Work Act 1974). 

Initially, the Health Safety at Work Act 1974, was designed to make those persons who created and controlled risk responsible for ensuring persons exposed to these risks were safeguarded from them. This meant employers, directors, managers and supervisors etc had direct responsibility for the safety of their work operation. This change was so fundamental because previous legislation such as the Factory Act, based itself on the physical aspects of work, for example, guarding and fall protection. 

Consequently, a large number of new regulations have come into force in recent years covering Health Safety in the work place. These have been introduced under the Health Safety at Work Act 1974 and expand on its requirement to see that those who created risks were responsible for ensuring persons exposed to them were safeguarded. 

The introduction of the Management of Health Safety at work Regulations 1992, reinforced the Health Safety at Work Act 1974 and made Risk Assessments mandatory for ail types of work operations. 

Are you involved m the transport of dangerous substances by road (replaced by IND(G)234L) COSHH and Section 6 of the Health and Safety at Work Act Permit-to-work systems. (Chemical manufacturing)... 

In the United Kingdom, the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) and regulations made under it require occupiers to provide a safe plant and system of work and adequate instruction, training, and supervision. In the European community, occupiers of major hazard sites are required to produce a safety case, which describes how hazards have been assessed and are kept under control. Many other countries have similar legislation, though standards of enforcement vary. 

There is a wide range of legislation laying down standards of safety and health. In the UK, the most notable and wide ranging are the Factories Act 1961, the Health and Safety at Work Act, 1974 and the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Act 1988, breach of any of which can result in liability to civil and/or criminal action against the offenders. 

The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 gives the relevant fire authority the power to designate a place of work as premises requiring a fire certificate. This certificate will indicate the measures to be taken with respect to means of escape in the event of a fire when the structural design of... 

The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 1989 covers virtually all substances hazardous to health. Only asbestos, lead, materials producing ionizing radiation and substances below ground in mines (which all have their own legislation) are excluded. The Regulations set out measures that employers must implement. Failure to comply with COSHH, in addition to exposing employees and others to risk, constitutes an offence and is subject to penalties under the Health and Safety at Work Act, etc. 1974. 

In practice it has been agreed that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will operate as the de facto competent authority and that new Regulations will be made under the Health Safety at Work etc. Act and the European Communies Act - the Biocidal Products Regulations (BPR). 

In the United Kingdom the use of substances likely to be harmful to employees is covered by regulations issued by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), under the Health and Safety at Work Act, 1974 (HSAWA). The principal set of regulations in force is the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health regulations, 2002 known under the acronym the COSHH regulations. The COSHH regulations apply to any hazardous substance in use in any place of work. 

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When a Bill has been debated in Parliament and received Royal Assent it becomes law regulations made under the Acts also become law. The Factories Act of 1961 and the Health and Safety at Work Act of 1974 must be obeyed because they are part of criminal law. 

The fireworks industry in the UK is too small to warrant continuous attention by Parliament, but two corporate bodies have been established in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act that control safe practices within factories, including fireworks factories, and this, in turn, ensures a safe standard of products that reach the general public. 

Anybody who studies the legislation will see that BS7114 makes a notable addition to the Explosives Acts of 1875 and 1923, the Fireworks Act of 1951, the Health and Safety at Work Act of 1974, the Consumer Protection Acts of 1978 and 1987, and the Classification and Labelling of Explosives Regulations of 1983. 

There are stringent controls over emissions of particulate matter and solvent vapours—not only must a factory be of standard sufficient to meet the relevant exposure limits (which are controlled under the Health and Safety at Work Act, 1974, and subsequent regulations) but manufacturers have a legal duty to ensure that exposure and emissions are (in the official phrase) as low as is reasonably practicable . Specific values as limits for emissions of particulates and vapours are laid down under the Environmental Protection Act, 1990. In effect this means that there must be continuing attention to the maintenance of operating standards, and to the improvement of formulations—and on the latter, paint technologists are following two main lines of advance ... 

Aromatherapists need to be aware of a number of legislative regulations. These include The Medicines Act (1968) COSHH, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health HSWA, Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) and CHIP, Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (CHIP 2 1994). The MCA (Medicines Control Agency) also has significant implications and constantly encroaches on the supply and use of products related to health. 

Other relevant legislation is the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, and the Ionising Radiation Regulations 1999. 

Flammable substances used and stored in the laboratory are also subject to further risk assessment and control in UK law under the the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, the COSHH Regulations 2002, the Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 (DSEAR), and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. 

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