Safety, Health and Environment Management

Safety, Health and Environment Management

Introduction

Many common illnesses in the developing world have been almost eradicated in societies with adequate water disinfection, for example, Legionnaires' disease. There are many reasons for the patterns of disease that we observe, such as making contaminated water available to the local population. It is clear that the quality of the physical environment in which people live is of great importance in affecting rates of disease. The physical environment includes both the natural environment and the built environment. Commonly explored features of the physical environment, which can affect spatial patterns of disease, include air and water quality and sources of pollution that may be point sources (such as facilities releasing toxics into the air), nonpoint sources (such as agricultural runoff), and mobile sources (such as automobile exhaust). Climate is a factor of growing importance due to global climate change, which has the potential to affect the locations where disease vectors, such as mosquitoes that carry malaria, can survive.

Discussion

Q.1 Explain with reference to relevant case law the statutory responsibility placed on Acme Hydrocarbons Ltd and the Contractor Flow Systems Ltd with respect to 'Item 1' of the HSE Letter (Document 2)

Legislations

The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (MHSWR)

Health & Safety Arrangements (Regulation 5):

Business employers shall arrange for the effective planning, enterprise, management, tracking and evaluation of safety and safety actions. Where five or more are employed the agreements shall be registered. The ACoP describes the terms as follows (hse.gov.uk):

Planning: applying an organized strategy, determining goals and establishing goals to remove or minimise risks

Organisation: including workers and their associates in undertaking risk tests, determining on and applying safety actions, establishing efficient interaction, and obtaining proficiency by offering sufficient information, instruction and training.

Control: guaranteeing that: H&S obligations are understood; actions are well co-ordinated; time and resources are available to launch responsibilities; efficiency requirements are met and sufficient and appropriate guidance is provided.

Monitoring & review: continuous development of guidelines, strategies and techniques. This involves: having a plan and making sufficient schedule examinations to check that safety and safety actions are in place and effective; effectively analyzing the immediate and actual causes of injuries and injuries to ensure that restorative action is taken, and that training are discovered. A list of qualified individuals required under regulation .7 should be involved in the 'arrangements' record. A list of qualified individuals required under regulation .7 should be involved in the 'arrangements' record.

Information For Employees (Regulation10) - Employers must notify all his employees

Risks established by the risk assessment

The protection and protection activities

The urgent situation techniques and fire-fighting activities

The recognition of certified individuals for evacuation and those chosen to use fire-fighting activities

Risks advised by others.

Children - Business employers shall, before using a kid (any child under institution making age), provide a parent of the kid with easy to understand and appropriate information on -

? The risks to the kid established by the risk assessment

? The protection and ...