Safety and Health Posters

FIGURE 6.1 Safety and health poster. (Source Courtesy of the National Mine Health and... 

FIGU RE 22.4 Job Safety and Health Poster. (Courtesy of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.)... 

Available safety training Safety inspection findings Emergency phone numbers Any violation cited by OSHA It s the Law OSHA job safety and health poster... 

What Makes an Effective Safety Poster , National Safety and Health News, 134 32-34 (1986). 

Safety and health protection poster (OSHA Poster) displayed on the job. 1 2 3 4 N/A... 

Job Safety and Health Protection workplace poster (OSHA 3165) or state equivalent (see Eigure 22.4)... 

A job safety and health protection poster (OSHA 3165) is posted on a bulletin board that is visible to all workers. 

Is the required OSHA job safety and health protection poster displayed in a prominent location... 

New job safety and health (OSHA 3165) poster developed by OSHA to be posted in the workplace (see Figure 16.6). 

This free poster available from OSHA-The Best Resource for Safety and Health... 

The Job Safety and Health Protection workplace poster, OSHA 3165 (or 2203) or state equivalent, informing employees of their rights and responsibilities under the OSH Act. Also, if there are Spanish speaking employees, form 3167 must also be posted. 

Inquiries with respect to health and safety at the workplace should be directed to the local area office of the HSE or the local authority s Environmental Health Department. The name of the authority responsible for the health and safety in the organization should be displayed prominently within the premises on the poster Health and Safety Law, What You Should Know. This poster gives a brief guide to health and safety law and specific details on key points must be obtained from the relevant legislative documents. 

The Health and Safety Law poster is displayed at/ leaflets are issued by... 

The HeaHh and Safety Infonnation for Employees Regulations 1989 require employers to display a poster (or to provide leafl s) telling employees what they need to know about health and safety... 

Are risk assessments and method statements available and up to date Is the following information posted/displayed Insurance Certificates Safety Policy Statement Environmental Loading Chart SOLAS 1 Health and Safety Law Poster Emergency Contact Numbers/Channels ... 

Under the Health and Safety at Work Act, the employer is responsible for ensuring that adequate instruction and information is given to employees to make them safety conscious. Part 1, Section 3 of the Act instructs all employers to prepare a written health and safety policy statement and to bring this to the notice of all employees. Figure 1.2 shows a typical Health and Safety Policy Statement of the type which will be available within your company. Your employer must let you know who your safety representatives are, and the new Health and Safety poster shown In Fig. 1.3 has a blank section into which the names and contact information of your specific representatives can be added. This is a large laminated poster, 595 x 415mm, suitable for wall or notice-board display. 

Figure 1.3 Health and Safety law poster. Source HSE Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and Her Majesty s Stationery Office, Norwich.

The Health and Safety Poster and other HSE publications are available from www.hsebooks.com... 

The policies and structures were not the only BR health and safety initiatives. Running alongside the hierarchical structures for health and safety were training programmes and documentary sources of information such as videos, posters, publications, and a variety of general and local health and safety campaigns. There were also monitoring procedures. At the time of data collection... 

A wide range of documentary sources of health and safety information were referred to by those interviewed. The most frequently mentioned were as shown in Table 6.1. In addition to these, a variety of other documents were mentioned by just a few respondents, including the legislation, departmental instructions, safety data sheets, weekly notices, and posters. Managers were the most likely to refer to Board and local policy statements whereas most members of the workforce and safety representatives who could refer to documentary sources most frequently mentioned the rule book. Supervisors referred to five main documentary sources which in descending order of frequency were local policy documents health and safety booklets the rule book BRB policy and policy booklets . 

Figure 1.5 Health and Safety Law poster — must be displayed or brochure given to employees. Specimen.

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