1. More information can be found on www.hse.co.uk
Health and Safety
More information can be found on

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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)

6. 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
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7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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.

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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)

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