HEALTH & SAFETY – LONE WORKING
HOUSEKEEPING
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Fire Alarms
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Toilets
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Mobile Phones (no cheating)
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Room Cleanliness
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HEALTH & SAFETY – LONE WORKING
Aims & Objectives –
By the end of the session, delegates will have a raised awareness
and understanding of:
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Health & Safety Law & Legislation – Lone Working
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Risk Assessment Process for Lone Working
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Incident Reporting
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The Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974
Employers’ Responsibilities:
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Your employer has a duty to ensure, as far as is
reasonably practicable, your health, safety and welfare at
work
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Your employer must consult you or your safety
representative on matters relating to your health and
safety at work
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Your employer must assess the risks
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Employers’ Responsibilities - cont
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Your employer must draw up a health and safety policy
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Co-operate with other employers where workplaces are
shared – in Health & Safety matters
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Provide Personal Protective Equipment – free of charge
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Appoint someone competent to assist with Health &
Safety arrangements
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Employees’ Responsibilities
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Take reasonable care of themselves and others that their
actions may affect
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Co-operate with their employer, including following
policies and procedures and attending training
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Correctly use work items provided
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Not interfere with or misuse anything provided for H&S
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Report any shortcomings in H&S arrangements
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- REGULATIONS -
 The Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974
 Management of H&S at Work Regs 1999
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What is risk assessment?
“A risk assessment is simply a careful
examination of what, in your work, could
cause harm to people, so that you can weigh
up if you have taken enough precautions or
should do more to prevent harm. Workers
and others have a right to be protected from
harm caused by a failure to take reasonable
control measures.
Source: HSE 5 Steps to risk assessment
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What is a hazard?
A hazard is anything that has
the POTENTIAL to cause harm,
injury, ill-health, damage or loss
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What is risk?
Risk can be defined as the likelihood that
something harmful may occur:
The consequences of the risk depend on
how often it happens and what the result
is:
Risk = likelihood x consequence
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RISK REDUCTION
Risk Management arrangements
Risk Assessment
Policies & Procedures
Emergency Procedures
Mandatory, Induction & other training
eg Conflict Resolution
Incident Reporting
Practice Meetings
Sharing Information
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INCIDENT REPORTING
RIDDOR
THE REPORTING OF INJURIES,
DISEASES AND DANGEROUS
OCCURRENCES REGULATIONS 1995
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INCIDENT REPORTING (IR1)
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What is an incident?
Any unplanned or unexpected event or
omission that has, or could have, led to
death, physical or psychological injury, ill
health, damage or other loss – this includes
the common understanding of accidents.
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INCIDENT REPORTING
• Who’s responsible for reporting
an Incident?
Every member of staff has a duty
– refer to your local Policy
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Summarisation – Handouts &
Any Questions ????
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