Sunday, May 18, 2008

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Health, Safety, Welfare and Environmental Protection Health and safety at work is a general term to cover a wide range of effects which may be created by activities and events which occur at the workplace. Health relates to the physical condition of both body and mind, of all people at the workplace (workers, contractors and visitors) and their protection from harm in the form of injury or disease. This broader concept of welfare is not a specific concern of health and safety at work, but effective health and safety measures may contribute to the conditions which promote it. The second type is not generally considered to be part of health and safety at work, since its focus is not on the protection of people at the workplace. Accidents and Other Events It is useful to define several types of event commonly considered in relation to health and safety. Incident: An event that gave rise to an accident or had the potential to lead to an accident (the term incident includes accidents and near misses (see below)). Commuting accident: an accident resulting in death or personal injury occurring on the direct way between the place of work and: (i) the worker's principal or secondary residence; Work-Related Ill-Health It is easy to equate personal injury with accidents, but work-related ill-health may also be the outcome of a type of accident. Physical accidents happen very quickly, whereas health accidents tend to occur slowly, often over a long period of time, and equally health issues relate to illness whilst safety issues relate to injuries. Physiological problems are those diseases or injuries suffered as a result of long-term exposure to dangerous substances in the workplace (such as various types of dust or fumes) or to damaging working practices (such as repetitive movements or excessive noise). For example, a trailing cable in the workplace constitutes a hazard and the associated risk is the chance of a trip or a fall over the cable, accompanied by a particular degree of injury. The same hazard may therefore present different magnitudes of risk, depending on the arrangements: Hazard Position of Cable Magnitude of Risk (likelihood x severity) Tripping over cable and falling Fastened to wall Zero Trailing around edge of room Low Trailing across the floor Medium Trailing across head of stairway High The identification of hazards and the assessment of associated risks has become the cornerstone of modern health and safety law.
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If you've missed any episodes or just want to watch Lost again, get the DVDs through Netflix. If you get one DVD at a time, that's about 8 DVDs a month. Divide this by 8 DVDs a month and it's .25 per DVD.
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