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NEBOSH International GeneralCertifcate in Occupational Saety
and Health
Unit IGC1
Element 1:Foundation in Health
and Saety
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earn n" u comeOn completion of this element, you should beable to demonstrate understanding of the
content through the application of knowledgeto familiar and unfamiliar situations. Inparticular you should be able to:
• Outline the scope and nature of occupational
health and safety• Explain the moral, social and economic
reasons for maintaining and promoting goodstandards of health and safety in the
workplace• Explain the role of national governments and
international bodies in formulating aframework for the regulation of health andsafety
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Unit IGC1Element 1#1
The cope and !ature of Occupational"ealth and afety
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Scope and Nature oHealth and Saety
#ulti$%isciplinary
&arriers to 'ood tandards
%e(nitions
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$ulti%&iciplinary
"ealth and safety practitioners need to be familiar with:
)hemistry*+hysics* &iology
Engineering
+sychology
ociology
egislation
- tandards which apply
- trengths and weaknesses of options
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Barrier to GoodStandard
)omplexity of the orkplace)on/icting %emands
- Timescales
- tandards
- &udgets&ehavioural Issues
- +eople failing to act as
desired or makingmistakes
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&efnition
• Health $ absence ofdisease
• Saety $ absence ofrisk of seriouspersonal in0ury
• 'elare $ provision offacilities
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En(ironmental )rotection:
+revention of damage to air, land,water and living organisms
&efnition
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Group Syndicate E*ercie
hy might the management of anorganisation not consider health and safety
to be a priority1
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roup yn ca e *erc e %+n,er
2ey points include:
)ompetes with other business aims
- 3e4uires time and resourceseen as a 5cost6 to business
- Ignorance of true costs of
in0ury*illnessIgnorance of legal duties
Ignorance of ha7ards
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8. hat barriers might there beto good health and safety
practice19. %e(ne the terms
• "ealth
• afety• elfare
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Unit IGC1Element 1#/
3easons for #aintaining and +romoting'ood tandards of "ealth and afety
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'hy $ana"e Health andSaety0
egal or social;reasons
#oral reasons
Economic reasons
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he Si.e o the )ro2lem
'lobal statistics from the Internationalabour Organisation IO; afeork+rogramme:• 9= million
diseases a year due to work
• 9 million fatalities a year
• ?@ of global '%+ islost
• ABB,=== on$the$0obfatalities each year
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Cn employee at your workplace hasbeen seriously in0ured in a workplaceaccident.
In groups, as indicated by the tutor,list the possible eDects andimplications of this accident on:
• The in0ured employee
• The company• The line manager
Group Syndicate E*ercie
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2ey points include:• In0ured Employee- +ain and suDering, lost time*wages,
impact on family, ongoing impact onwork
• The )ompany- +ayment of sick pay, overtime cover for
employee, recruitment costs forreplacement, insurance claims,
(nes*prosecutions, increased insurancepremiums
• The ine manager- oss of skills from team, time and cost of
retraining replacement, eDect ofovertime cover on shifts
Group Syndicate E*ercie% +n,er
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E*pectation
International standards from the Internationalabour Organisation
C countrys own health and safety standards
"ealth and safety law is usuallybased on:
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'ho3 4eponi2le orHealth and Saety0
• afe place of work
• afe plant ande4uipment
• afe systems ofwork
• Training andsupervision
E(ery2ody $ but most of theresponsibility lies with the
employer to provide:
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he Buine Cae
• Cccidents and ill$health cost money
• )osts may be:- &irect $ measurable costs arising directly
from accidents- Indirect $ arise as a conse4uence of the
event but may not directly involve money.Often diFcult to 4uantify
• "G failure can aDect the
broader economy as well asindividual companies
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• Cn employee has been in0ured
at work• Identify potential
- %irect costs of the accident
- Indirect costs of the accident
Group &icuion
Gro p &ic ion
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• %irect costs include
- Hirst aid treatment, sick pay, lostproduction time
- Hines and compensation
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Indirect costs- ost time for investigation
- ost morale and damaged workerrelationships
- )ost of recruitment ofreplacements
- ost reputation
Group &icuion %+n,er
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'or5
£8 - £36
£1
ninsured )osts
• oss of raw materials due toaccidents
• ick pay• Overtime• E4uipment repairs
• ost materials
Insured )osts• Hire• orker in0ury*death• #edical costs
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8. hat are the A main reasonsfor managing health andsafety1
9. hat should an employerprovide to ensure health andsafety:• afe place of JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
• afe plant and JJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
• afe JJJJJJJ of work• Training, JJJJJ and competency
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Go(ernment and
International Bodie
International !a2ourOr"aniation 7I!O8• Cgency of nited
!ations• #ost countries are
members• ets international
standards for "G bypublishing:- )onventions- 3ecommendations
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Frame,or5
Con(ention
• )reate binding obligations orpolicies to implement theirprovisions
• !o legal authority, unless rati(edby the member$state into its ownlegal structure
4ecommendation• +rovide guidance on policy,
legislation and practice
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E*ample o 4e"ulatoryInternational Frame,or5
3egulations adopted by the Internationalabour Organisation IO;:
Occupational afety and "ealth )onvention
)8BB; $ a goal setting policy for companiesand nations
Occupational afety and "ealth3ecommendation 8KL8 38>?; $ supplements
)8BB and gives more guidance on how tocomply with its policies
eMll talk about these a lot during the courseN
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4eponi2ilitie
+rticle 1 of C1;; identi(es obligations placed
on employers:
• To provide and maintain workplaces, machinery,e4uipment and work processes
• To ensure that chemical, physical and biological
substances and agents are without risk to healthwhen protective measures have been taken
• To provide ade4uate protective clothing ande4uipment to prevent risks of accidents or
adverse health eDects
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4eponi2ilitie
)ro(ide and maintain workplaces, machinery ande4uipment and use working methods that are safe
'ive necessary intruction< trainin" and uper(iion in application and use of health and safety measures
Introduce or"aniational arran"ement relevant toactivities and si7e of undertaking
+rovide ++E and clothing ,ithout char"e to workers
Ensure that work or"aniation, particularly ,or5in"hour and ret 2rea5
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4e"ulatory Frame,or5
IO has also published )onventionsassociated with speci(c ha7ards:
• )88B $ 3adiation +rotection 8K>=;
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)8>9 $ Csbestos 8KL>;• )8>< $ "G in )onstruction 8KLL;
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'hat Employer $ut
)ro(ide• Sae place o ,or5 @ and safe access
and egress
• Sae plant and eAuipment @ the needto inspect, service and replacemachinery will depend on the level ofrisk
• Sae ytem o ,or5 @ should be safein all circumstances $ appropriate review,planning and control ensure continued
safety of methods
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'hat i Competence0
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Group E*ercieCpart from employees, who else must the employer protect1
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Group E*ercie
+nyone aDected by their businessactivities:
• Diitor
- Invited * uninvited- awful * unlawful law diDers
from country to country;
Q ContractorQ $em2er o the pu2lic
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'or5er9 4eponi2ilitie+rticle 1 of C1;; also places
obligations on workers, expanded in 38>?as follows:
• Take reasonable care of their ownsafety and that of other people
• )omply with safety instructions
• se all safety e4uipment properly
• 3eport any situation which they believecould be a ha7ard and which theycannot themselves correct
• 3eport any work$related accident*ill$health
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'or5er9 4i"ht
+rticle 1 of C1;; states that everyworker must be:• 'iven ade4uate information on actions
the employer has taken to ensure safetyand health
• 'iven the right to the necessary trainingin safety and health
• )onsulted by the employer on all mattersof safety and health relating to their work
• 'iven the right to leave a workplacewhich he has reason to think presents animminent and serious danger to his life orhealth, and not be compelled to returnuntil it is safe
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Enorcement +"encie
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!o harmonised global standard• )ountry$speci(c agencies may
include:
- "G Enforcement Cgency- Hire Cuthority- Insurance )ompanies
• +olice may be involved inenforcing "G law in somecountries
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Compliance
&reach of "G legislation is usually a criminal oDence leading to:
Enforcement action
- Improvement
- +rohibition
+rosecution
- Organisation may be (ned
- Individuals may be (ned or
imprisoned
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Claim or CompenationFault%Baed Compenation Sytem
• orker brings claim againstemployer
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)ivil legal system• #ust prove employer was
negligent and therefore to
blame for in0ury*ill$health• 2 and C
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Claim or Compenation
No%ault ytem
• !ational or regionalschemes
• !o need to provenegligence
• %ecided by a panel of
experts• !o lawyers or courts
• !ew Realand and
weden
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Syndicate Group E*ercie
• C technician escapes in0ury by diving under a benchwhen a vessel blows up as a result of a design defect
• C 89$year$old boy breaks his arm falling into a pitwhilst playing on an unfenced building site
• C machine operator is blinded in one eye by acolleague trying to help him remove a 0ammedmachine part using a hammer. There is a safe way toremove the 0ammed part which does not involve theuse of a hammer and the area they are in is a
mandatory eye protection 7one• C scaDolder is electrocuted when the pole he is
carrying touches a live overhead cable. ThescaDolder works for a company contracted to aroo(ng company, in turn contracted to a factory
owner.
%iscuss the criminal and civil law implications of the
following:
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Standard
International Or"aniation orStandardiation
orldMs largest developer ofmanagement standards, for example:
- IO K==8 - Suality #anagement
- IO 8?==8 - Environmental #anagement
- IO 898== - afety of #achinery
These standards are not law, theyMregood management practice
They lead to a worldwide common
approach to good management
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Standard
Internationally recognised standard for Occupational "ealth and afety isOHS+S 1>>1
)ompatible with IO K==8 and IO 8?==8
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Source o Inormation
ources can be
• Internal
• External
... to the organisation
ist all the internal and external sources you can think of and discuss
them
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Source o Inormation
Internal• Cccident records
• #edical records
•3isk assessments
• #aintenancereports
•
afetyinspections
• Cudit reports
•
afety committee
E*ternal• !ational
legislation
•
afety data sheets• )odes of practice
• 'uidance notes
•
Operatinginstructions
• Trade associations
•
afety
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8. hat are the two main standards thatthe IO has produced for health andsafety1 hat do countries do withthese standards1
9. hat are employers responsibilitiesunder 38>?1
A. hat are employees responsibilitiesunder 38>?1
?. hat action could be taken againstorganisations breaking health andsafety law1
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