ANSWERS [ GRADED A+]
Reasons for promoting H&S? (3) - ✔✔Legal, Financial, Moral
Potential barriers for H&S? (8) - ✔✔Output targets, Role Conflict, Bonuses,
Customs, Peer Pressure, Competence, Management, Technical
Define Health - ✔✔"protection of mind and bodies from illness resulting from
PPM"
Define Safety - ✔✔"the protection of people from physical injury"
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,Define Welfare - ✔✔"the provision of facilities to maintain health and well-being
of individuals at work"
Define Near miss - ✔✔"no harm/loss/damage has occurred but narrowly
avoided"
Define Dangerous occurrence - ✔✔"harm may/may not occur but reported under
RIDDOR"
Define Hazard - ✔✔"potential of SAP to cause harm"
Define Risk - ✔✔"likelihood of SAP to cause harm combined with severity of
consequences"
Define Reasonably Practicable - ✔✔"balance between cost and risk"
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, Example of Reasonably Practicable - ✔✔Section 2(3) of HASAWA or COSHH
Define Absolute Duty - ✔✔"must be achieved at whatever cost/inconvenience"
Example of Absolute Duty - ✔✔LEV must be tested every 14 months
Define Practicable - ✔✔"if possible in the light of current knowledge and
invention implemented whatever cost/inconvenience"
Example of Practicable - ✔✔Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations
(PUWER)
Section 2 - ✔✔*duty of employers to employees*
Section 2(1) - ✔✔*ensure reasonably practicable HSW of all employees*
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