This induction provides the basic information to ensure you are able to do your job safely, and should be completed alongside learning on site where you will understand the specific safety elements associated with the role and tasks.
Please ensure you read through this thoroughly.
Take notes, think about some of the points raised and highlight any areas that you want to know more about, these can be discussed with your Manager.
It helps to reduce harm and save lives!!
We have a moral Duty of Care:
Nobody should be harmed whilst working
How would an injury affect your friends and family?
Helps to save cost:
Insurance claims and increased premiums
Staffing: loss of staff through injury / extra staff needed / extra training needed / time required to investigate
Repair of machinery or facilities
Improves our reputation:
People want to work for us
A good reputation promotes business
But ultimately……..it’s the Law
It stipulates your employer must…
Ensure the workplace is safe and without risks
Ensure plant and machinery are safe and that safe systems of work are set and followed
Ensure articles and substances are moved, stored and used safely
Provide adequate welfare facilities
Provide information, training and supervision
Your Health & Safety Responsibilities are to…
Fully comply with the Health & Safety Policy Statement
You must take reasonable care of yourself and others
Co-operate with your employer and each other
Correctly use items in accordance with training or instruction
Not interfere with health and safety equipment
Report accidents, incidents, hazards, faults etc
Follow safe practices
Use PPE and safety equipment
It will give you further details, and names of the Appointed Health and Safety responsible persons within the site and organisation.
Fire can have a damaging impact on people, property and business. A number of measures are in place to prevent fire:
What do you need to start a fire?
The Fire Triangle
What can you do?
ο prevent build-up of combustible materials
ο tidy away trailing cables and ensure walkways are clear
ο unplug and turn off electrics when not in use
Emergency Action Plan (EAP)
Refer to your sites Emergency Action Plan for details of what to do if you discover a fire or what to do if you hear the alarm.
Accident – is an occurrence whereby either an employee or a member of the public suffers a personal injury, however minor.
Incident – is any occurrence outside normal operations of the site / facility which results in damage to property, equipment or a ‘near miss’. Incidents have the potential to cause personal injury.
Near Miss – an event that, while not causing harm, has the potential to cause injury or ill health.
All accidents, incidents and near misses are recorded. This ensures that they can be investigated / reviewed, and measures put in place to prevent them from happening again.
Certain records will need to be reported to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE):
Treatment given to a casualty to preserve life, to limit the effects of injury or illness and/or to promote recovery.
A duty is owed towards staff (legally) and members of the public (duty of care) to have a First Aid provision available at all times.
First Aid administered is recorded on an Accident/Incident Report Form.
You will see a wide range of signs around the workplace.
A number of these signs are related to safety and are in place to provide information or instruction.
Some are in place by law:
Lone Workers are those “who work by themselves without close or direct supervision”. It includes alone, separate, in remote areas, at home, outside normal hours, away from their fixed base.
Some of the risks involve:
If you undertake Lone Working there will be a Risk Assessment in place with suitable controls which you will be advised of, and trained in.
The following can be signs of abuse, if you suspect any of the following talk to a Duty Manager or the Centre Manager.
Physical Abuse – may involve hitting, shaking, throwing, poisoning, burning or scalding, drowning, suffocating, or otherwise causing physical harm, including by fabricating the symptoms of, or deliberately causing, ill health.
Emotional Abuse – is the persistent emotional ill-treatment of a child or vulnerable adult such as to cause severe and persistent adverse effects on the victim’s emotional development or self-esteem.
Sexual Abuse – involves forcing or enticing a child or vulnerable adult to take part in sexual activities, whether or not the victim is aware of what is happening.
Neglect – is the persistent failure to meet a child’s or vulnerable adult’s basic physical and/or psychological needs, likely to result in the serious impairment of their health or development, such as failing to provide adequate food, shelter and clothing or neglect of, or unresponsiveness to basic emotional needs. In vulnerable adults this may appear to be as a result of self-neglect but still requires action.
Financial Abuse – is particularly relevant to vulnerable adults and may include theft, fraud, exploitation and pressure in connection with wills, property or inheritance or financial transactions.
What do I do if a child or vulnerable adult discloses to me that they are being abused?
Stay calm:
Do not:
Remember that you are not responsible for deciding whether or not abuse has occurred. This is the task of the police and child and adult protection agencies following referral to them.
What do I do if I have suspicions that a colleague may be abusing a child or vulnerable adult, or not following good practice?
The Duty Manager should then take appropriate action to ensure the safety of the child or vulnerable adult and any other people who may be a risk.
Any work equipment used by staff is covered by this term and includes:
The risks of using these are controlled by considering the following:
Manual Handling is defined as “Any transporting or supporting of a load by hand or by bodily force”.
It includes:
Incorrect manual handling is one of the most common causes of injuries at work but is sometimes a necessary part of the job.
If you need to undertake a Manual Handling task, follow these steps:
Most people will come into contact with substances whilst at work.
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) ensure that necessary measures are in place to protect people:
You must:
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