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Safety specialists:
He has responsibility for giving correct advice and guidance to the organization and its workers The typical responsibilities of the safety specialist include: Promoting a positive health and safety culture Advising management on accident prevention Developing and implementing policy Overseeing the development of adequate risk assessments Identifying training needs Monitoring health and safety performance Overseeing accident reporting and investigations
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Workers
Have duty to take reasonable care of their own health and safety and others who might effect by thing they do. They have also responsibilities to cooperate with their employers
Controller of Premises:
They are responsible for ensuring that the premises that they control are safe to use as a workplace and that access of workplace is safe.
Self Employed:
They have duty to take reasonable care of their own and other who might effect by their work.
Outline the areas of responsibility placed on people in the supply chain for the articles and substances which the supply to workplace? Suppliers, manufacturers and designers: have duty to ensure that:
Any plant or equipment that they provide for us at work is safe for its intended purpose and comes with appropriate instructions Any substance that they provide for us at work is appropriately tested packaged, labeled and comes with appropriate information.
Contractors:
They are responsible for their own safety and safety of others who their work might affect. However, the client who takes on contractors is also responsible for ensuring that those contractors do not endanger anyone. A client must therefore choose contractors carefully and must plan and monitor the contractors work to ensure safety
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Before selecting contractor client should carefully check their health and safety competence. To help in this you can ask to see evidence of competence such as: A copy of their health and safety policy Examples of risk assessments The qualifications and training records of staff Membership of a professional organization or certified body Record of maintenance and test for plant and equipment Names of previous or current clients Accident history records Records of enforcement action taken by authorities against them Proof of adequate resources such as access to specialist safety advice
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Planning Work:
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Client should ensure that contractor complies with safe working practice
Explain the importance and means of consulting with employee on health and safety issues and the means to achieve effective consultation? Consult with employees:
Employers should consult with their workers on health and safety matters. It is legal duties in many countries even where there is not legal duty it is recognized as a good practice
Consulting:
The two way exchange of information and opinion between employer and workers
Informing :
Providing information to workers in a form they can understand. This information flow is one way The two methods which employers normally use to consult workers are: 1. Direct consultation 2. Through worker representatives Consultation is usually achieved by establishing a health and safety committee made up of key managers and workers. The workers involved in this committee are usually representing groups of workers.
Discussed the use of a health and safety committee as a method of consultation with workers and looked at the various issues that must be in order to make committee work effectively?
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