Safety at the Workplace

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 pathological outcome of these tests does not only call for further neuropsychiatric and psychological examinations, but it also means that the patient (and if the patient agrees, also the spouse or closest family members) must be fully informed about the situation. Due account must be taken of road safety and/or safety at the workplace in the interest of both the patient and the immediate environment. Extensive psychological test procedures should always be considered if generally important or even bureaucratic and legal decisions have to be taken concerning the patient. 

The safety data sheet should enable the professional user in particular to take the necessary measures as regards the protection of the environment and health and safety at the workplace. The safety data sheet must contain the information necessary for the protection of personnel and the environment The language of the safety data sheets can be prescribed by the competent authorities of the member states every member state requires at least one national language. Multiple language countries like Belgium require more than one language. 

An employer must be in possession of a risk assessment and has to keep records of accidents. Workers have the right to information and consultation by the employer on issues regarding safety at the workplace, i.e. measures or training. 

Unless otherwise stated, references to the Directive in this document means the Council Directive 96/61/EC on integrated pollution prevention and control. As the Directive applies without prejudice to Community provisions on health and safety at the workplace, so does this document. 

Some approaches to the management of safety at the workplace, however, have been and remain successful. When one reviews these stalwart approaches it is clear that they are the difficult route to take and are not one of the many quick-fix solutions to safety problems offered over the years. 

One of the biggest obstacles to safety efforts, the prevention of accidents, and change interventions is the fear factor that snrrounds all aspects of safety at the workplace. Unless this fear factor is identified and the root canses of it eliminated by changing the safety philosophies of the organization, all efforts to introduce a positive safety culture will fail. 

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The focus of study in this paper is the role of the industrial relations systems in improving safety at the workplace. A comparison is made between the industrial relations systems of the offshore oil and gas industry and that of the onshore metal industry. The purpose is to develop a better understanding of how bipartism/ tripartism may play a role in developing sound safety procedure and practice. A comparison across offshore oil and gas and onshore metal industry means to make use of one industry in order to examine and reflect on the other, and vice versa. 

The holistic reality of accident risks has to be brought to people s attention, and personal awakening is needed. At the level of each individual the total risk of all accidents is a key factor of well-being and ability to work. Prevention methods can be better focused on when the causes of accidents and absences are known. One s own proactive approach safety at the workplace, while commuting and at home, is important. Everyone should be involved. 

Beyond this, ergonomics deals with further topics. A suitable representation of all functions of the MME-system between the technical components and the human components must be achieved. This is important, for example, for the determination of the degree of automation. In addition, the relationship between safety at the workplace and the safety of the plant must be emphasized. In many areas of modern technology, the incorporation of systems ergonomics has become imperative. The landing of a manned spacecraft on the moon without a major contribution of systems ergonomics to the Apollo program would have been impossible. 

Walters, D., and Gourlay, S. (1990) Statutory Employee Involvement in Health and Safety at the Workplace A Report of The Implementation and Effectiveness of the Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1977, London HSE. 

The HSE publications Workplace Transport Safety. Guidance for Employers HSG136, and Managing Vehicle Safety at the Workplace INDG199, provide useful checklists of relevant safety requirements that should be in place when vehicles are used in a workplace. 

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