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Aim Understand some aspects of the Health and Safety Act 1974 Fill out an accident form correctly Follow the correct procedure for emergencies in your setting (fire, missing children and incident) Complete a room plan concentrating on health and safety issues

Objective Break down the Health and Safety Act into four part (buildings, environment, equipment and self) Discuss the different issues for fire, missing children in the setting and on a outdoor trip and an incident in school Complete an accident form following the correct procedure set out by RIDDOR Complete a room plan of your setting looking at health and safety issues

Health & safety Act 1974 This is a fundamental piece of legislation that affects everyone in college, in your work place and even when you go out shopping It came into force in 1974 but is updated regularly. In 1974 we did not have computers or mobile phones. Your work place should have a health and safety policy that you should have read

It is broken up into four parts The building (e.g. door, windows, floors, steps) The environment (e.g. temperature, The equipment (e.g. tables, computers, stapler) Yourself (e.g. washroom facilities, are you trained)

Health and Safety Act 1974 This Act of Parliament is the main piece of UK health and safety legislation. It places a duty on all employers "to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work" of all their employees. Risk assessments must be in place Ref www.hse.co.uk

Activity Now think about your work and look at the hazards in your building, using the four headings. Also look at the NOS on MOODLE to see what you should be doing in your setting

Your employer Make sure the place of work is safe Make sure the equipment you are using is safe Items are stored correctly Provide welfare facilitates Provide information and instruction Provide a health and safety policy

Health and safety Act 1974 Included in the Act is Manual handling This includes pulling, pushing, lowering and carrying a person or object Incorrect lifting accounted for 25% of all injuries in 2008

Manual Handling Around 10% of major injuries are linked to manual handling. It is estimated 12.3m working days are lost annually due to work-related Manual handling. Anyone involved in the moving and handling of goods and people could be at risk. Injuries and suffering can be linked to any work involving handling of loads. There are risks in handling even light loads if a repetitive task is being carried out in poor conditions.

Health & Safety Act 1974 RIDDOR 1995 (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations) Deaths Major injuries Over-3-day injuries – where an employee or self-employed person is away from work or unable to perform their normal work duties for more than 3 consecutive days Injuries to members of the public or people not at work where they are taken from the scene of an accident to hospital; Some work-related diseases Dangerous occurrences – where something happens that does not result in an injury, but could have done

RIDDOR In your work place there should be an accident book both for the adults and children For major accidents parents will need to be informed and signed the accident form (confidentiality) LEA or CSSIW need to be informed

COSHH 2002 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 The law requires employers to control exposures to hazardous substances to prevent ill health Employers should provide PPE (Personal protection equipment)

COSHH How does your work place deal with:- The disposal of Bodily fluids Storage of chemicals Medication