Unit 4222-208: Health And Safety Policies And Procedures

Within my role I have to compile risk assessments that recognise the choice and independence of residents, whilst ensuring the safety of residents and staff members. The risk assessment may be regarding social activities that may involve equipment or actions, which could cause harm or injury.

* Risk assessments – Local and governing authorities make compulsory the use of risk assessments. Risk assessments are carried out to evaluate any potential hazards that may

2.3 Explain the actions to take when health, safety and risk procedures and practises are not being complied with.

2.2- Demonstrate how to deal with hazards to minimise risks to the health, safety and security of children and young people.

Ensuring that staff has been trained in first Aid and that we have the right equipment. To complete accident forms when an accident occurs and getting the

3.4 If you identify a risk you must deal with it accordingly. Depending on the risk will depend on how you would deal with it. For example if you identified the rug would cause an obstruction you would move the rug, if you saw a floor was wet because it had

2. Explain how and when to report potential health and safety risks that have been identified

Reporting of Injuries,Diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations of 1995 requires the reporting of work-related accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences. The Act applies to all work related activities, but not to all work related incidents. The objective of the regulations is to enable the enforcing authorities to identify where and how risks arise and to investigate serious accidents so as to prevent them from occurring in the future and thus providing a safer work environment. The enforcing authorities can then help and advise you on preventive action to reduce injury, ill health and accidental loss,the main points of our own policy that relate to this are:

Understand own responsibilities, and responsibilities of others, relting to health and safety in the work setting.

Risks assessments will identify any hazards and/or dangers and who might be harmed and how this may happen, allow the risks to be evaluated and check if the precautions are

3.8. You should report potential health and safety risks as soon as they are identified because if you leave them there is a chance that an accident occurs from that risk before you reported it, and you could have prevented it. You must report the identified health and safety risk to your supervisor, senior or manager and

Develop health and safety and risk management policies procedures and practices in health and social care (M1)

To adhere with policies and procedures of organisation and health and safety legislation; emergency first aid tasks carried out incorrectly can be dangerous/ increase risks to the individual.

NIOSH investigators concluded to minimize the risk of reoccuring events, fire departments should include pre-plan surveys of buildings throughout the districts. Often times, during the pre-plan phases, fire departments will make suggestions to business owners about the hazardous materials and not following up on the suggestions that they make. Pre-planning older buildings should occur often to promote safety to the firefighters. Basic walk through measures will give the fire personnel a better picture of the building and what hazards are present in the building. Ensure that all the fire crews coordinate ventilation with fire attack. Ventilation should occur prior to interior fire attack, to reduce the heat, smoke and other toxic gases inside the

Provide design information to: the principal designer (if involved), for inclusion in the pre-construction information and the health and safety file