PRINCIPLES OF PREVENTION AND CONTROL
Contents of this Resource
PRINCIPLE OF PREVENTION
Avoiding risk
Evaluating risk that cannot be avoided
Combating risk at source
Adapting the work to the individual
Adapting to technical progress
Replacing the dangerous with the non, or less, dangerous
Developing a coherent overall prevention policy
Giving collective protective measures priority over individual ones
Giving appropriate instructions to employees
THE HIERARCHY OF CONTROL
Elimination
Substitution
Engineering controls
Administrative controls
Personal Protective Equipment (and clothes)
SAFE SYSTEMS OF WORK
EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
External threats
Post emergency analysis
FIRST AID
First Aiders: Suitability and Training
Needs Assessment
Determining how many first aiders are needed
Equipment and facilities
The contents of a first aid box
PERMITS TO WORK
Safe systems of work revisited
Typical activities that may require a permit
Why have a permit to work system?
Essential considerations of permit to work systems
Essential features of a permit
CONFINED SPACE ENTRY
Meaning of Confined Space
Reasonably foreseeable specified risk
REGULATION 4 (of the relevant UK regulations)
Supervision
Competence of those entering the confined space
Communications
Atmospheric monitoring
Gas purging and ventilation
Removal of residues
Isolating mechanical and electrical equipment/systems
Isolation from anything that could flow or move in
The selection and use of appropriate PPE and RPE
IC engines, gasses in cylinders or those supplied in pipes and hoses
Access and egress
Fire prevention
Lighting
Static
Smoking
Emergencies and rescues
Time spent in a confined space
LONE WORKERS
MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK REGULATIONS 1999
(summary of the main regulations)
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK REGULATIONS 1992
(summary of the main regulations)
THE HEALTH AND SAFETY (SAFETY SIGNS AND SIGNALS) REGULATIONS 1996
(summary of the main regulations)
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