Editable PowerPoint Slides for Lecturers

1. Editable PowerPoint Slides for Lecturers By Phil Hughes MBE and Ed Ferrett

2. Introduction Health & Safety Overview

3. Introduction to International Health and Safety at Work is basically designed to: • 1. cover the syllabus of the NEBOSH International General certificate in • Occupational Health and Safety and other level 3 OSH awards 2. go beyond the NEBOSH syllabus in covering occupational road risks • 3. provide a good basis in OSH for students who wish to progress to the • NEBOSH Diploma or a University first or second degree • 4. provide a text which more than covers the IOSH Managing Safely • syllabus or other similar awards • 5. show the reader how some major OSH frameworks cover the subject • including the USA, Europe and the UK • 6. give summaries of national OSH legislation from 21 countries • particularly where there are the most candidates for the IGC courses 7. help students study, revise and sit the examinations 8. provide guidance to students who carry out the practical assessment • 9. provide guidance for searching the internet and supplying a range of • significant web sites • 10. provide a good updated reference text for managers with OSH • responsibilities and OSH practitioners in industry and commerce

4. Health & Safety overview and link to NEBOSH IGC syllabus

5. How to use this book and what it does

6. How to use this book and what it does

7. How to use this book and what it does

8. How to use this book and what it does

9. 1 Chapter Health & Safety Foundations

10. 1 Chapter • After studying this chapter you should be able to: • 1. Outline the scope and nature of occupational health and safety • 2. Explain briefly the moral, social and economic reasons for maintaining and promoting good standards of health and safety in the workplace • 3. Outline the role of national governments and international bodies in formulating a framework for the regulation of health and safety • 4. Identify the nature and key sources of health and safety information • 5. Outline the key elements of a health and safety management system

11. Table 1.1 Numbers of global work-related adverse events

12. Table 1.2 Estimates of work related occupational accidents and diseases for several countries in 2001

13. Table 1.3 Distribution of fatal occupational Injuries and incidence rates around the world (2001)

14. Table 1.4 Global estimates of work-related fatalities caused by occupational accidents and diseases for 2001

15. Table 1.5 Causes of global work-related fatalities

16. Figure 1.2Economic reasons for good health and safety management “... Prevention is paying not only in human terms but also in better performance by businesses and national economic strength. Together we can make sure that decent work is safe work...”. (ThaksinShinawatra, former Prime Minister of Thailand) In 2000 the costs of occupational accidents in the EU was €55 billion ILO in 2000: annual deaths in EU 120,000 from work related disease & 6000 from work related accidents

17. Figure 1.3Insured and uninsured costs

18. Figure 1. 4Diagramatic view of ‘reasonably practicable’ • Levels of Duty • Absolute • Practicable • Reasonably practicable

19. Worker rights and responsibilities • Worker rights: 1998 ILO • Declaration of Fundamental • Principles and Rights at Work • 1. Freedom of Association • 2. Forced labour • 3. Discrimination • 4. Child labour • Responsibilities • a) Take reasonable care • b) Comply with instructions • c) Use safety devices • d) Report hazards • e) Report accidents or injury • to health

20. Figure 1.6Typical health and safety legal framework

21. Figure 1.8Good Standards Prevent harm and save money

22. Table 1.6Essential elements of any national occupational health and safety management system • * Relevant occupational health and safety legislation • * One or more authorities responsible for occupational health and safety • * Regulatory compliance mechanisms, including systems of inspection • * A national advisory body to advise on occupational health and safety • issues • * A national occupational health and safety information and advisory • service • * National occupational health services • * An organization for the collection and analysis of data on occupational • injuries and diseases • * Provision of relevant insurance or social security schemes covering occupational injuries and diseases • * Research budgets for occupational health and safety topics • * Formal systems for the provision of occupational health and safety training

23. Figure 1.9Key elements of HSG 65

24. Figure 1.10Key elements of OHSAS 18001

25. Figure 1.11Key elements of ILO-OSH 2001