Month: April 2018
NEBOSH IGC 1 | Health & Safety Management Systems – Measuring, Audit & Review
NEBOSH IGC 1 Examiners Reports | Questions & Answers Element 5: Health and Safety Management Systems: Measuring, Audit & Review Question: Outline the reasons why an organization should monitor and review its health and safety performance. Reasons such as To identify both good and substandard health and safety practices and conditions; To identify trends in relation to different types of incidents by analysis …
NEBOSH IGC 1 | Health & Safety Management Systems – Planning
NEBOSH IGC 1 Examiners Reports | Questions & Answers Element 4: Health and Safety Management Systems: Planning Question: Give two reasons why visitors to a workplace might be at greater risk of injury than workers. Identify precautions that could be taken to reduce the risk of injury to visitors to a workplace. Part (a) Reasons include: Their unfamiliarity with the processes carried out at …
NEBOSH IGC 1 | Health & Safety Management Systems – Organizing
NEBOSH IGC 1 Examiners Reports | Questions & Answers Element 3: Health and Safety Management Systems: Organizing Question: Outline the health and safety roles & responsibilities of Directors & Senior Managers Supervisor Workers A person with primary health and safety function Such as health and safety officer. Director: The main health and safety responsibilities of directors and senior managers are to prepare and …
The Hazard Assessment Checklist
HAZARD ASSESSMENT CHECKLIST The following checklist can be used to identify and evaluate hazards in your workplace. This checklist covers a wide variety of workplace safety and health hazards. All of the topics covered in this checklist may not apply to your particular workplace. When evaluating your workplace use the sections of the checklist that apply to your workplace and …
Manual Handling Hazards and Injuries
The term ‘ manual handling ’ is described as the movement of the load by the human effort solely. This effort or force may be applied directly or indirectly using the rope or the lever. The Manual handling may involve the carrying of the load or the direct support of the weight or load including the pulling, pushing, moving using …