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Organizing for Health and Safety: Responsibilities and Consultation

This chapter walks you through the roles and responsibilities of health and safety in the workplace, emphasizing the importance of consulting with employees about safety issues. Key topics include outlining the responsibilities of employers, managers, supervisors, and employees, and discussing effective consultation methods. Illustrative figures highlight various scenarios, such as potential risks when purchasing second-hand equipment and the role of contractors in maintaining safety standards. Essential for anyone involved in health and safety management, this chapter provides practical insights into workplace safety.

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Organizing for Health and Safety: Responsibilities and Consultation

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

  2. 3 Chapter Organizing for health and safety

  3. Figure 1Organizing for health and safety After reading this chapter you should be able to: • 1. Outline the health and safety roles and • responsibilities of employers, managers, supervisors, employees and other relevant parties • 2. Explain the importance and means of consulting with employees on health and safety issues and the means to achieve effective consultation

  4. Figure 3.1Everyone has health and safety responsibilities

  5. Figure 3.4Typical Supply Chain

  6. Figure 3.5Buying second hand • Examples of problems that may arise when purchasing include: • second-hand equipment which does • not conform to current safety • standards such as an office chair • which does not provide adequate • back support or have five • feet/castors • starting to use new substances • which do not have safety data • sheets • machinery which, while well guarded • for operators, may pose risks for a • maintenance engineer.

  7. Figure 3.6Contractors at work

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