Health and Safety legislation

What Act is the basis of all health and safety regulations and guidelines?

• Food Safety Act 1990

• Health And Safety At Work Act 1974

• Data Protection Act 1998

• Manual Handling Regulations 1992

How does the Data Protection Act 1998 protect the security of health and safety information?

• It requires that health and safety information collated is accurate and up to date and that information collated is kept secure.

• Your information can be left on a table for everyone to see

• Anyone can have access to your private information

• It means a member of staff can share information with unauthorised people

What Act requires that good personal hygiene is maintained when working with food so that it is safe to eat?

• Food Safety Act 1990

• Civil Contingencies Act 2004

• COSHH 2002

• RIDDOR 2013

What Regulations require employers to have procedures in place for safe working with hazardous substances?

• RIDDOR 2013

• Food Safety Regulations 1995

• COSHH 2002

• Food Safety Act 1990

Why is the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 relevant to health and safety?

• Sets rules on how to implement infection control

• Provides staff for personal care

• Sets policies for how to deal with manual handling

• Sets out how organisations must work together to plan and respond to local and national emergencies.

What does RIDDOR stand for?

• Reporting of Infections, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations

• Reviewing of Infections, Danger and Dangerous Occurrences Requirements

• Regulations of Injuries, Disclosing and Dangerous occurrence's regulations

• Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations

COSHH is the control of what?

• Chemicals

• Care Plans

• Classrooms

• Criminal checks

What does DBS stand for?

• Disclosing and Barring Service

• Disclosure and Barr System

• Divulging and Barring Service

• Disclosure and Blame System

What policy comes from Manual Handling Operations regulations

• Health and Safety

• Manual Handling

• Lifting and moving

• Moving and handling

The 5 steps of a risk assessment are

• Identify the hazards, decide who might be harmed and how, evaluate the risks and decide on precautions, record your findings and implement them, review your risk assessment and update if necessary.

• Identify the hazards, review what it is, evaluate who can be at risk, recall the information, review and update.

• List the hazards, identify who is at risk, identify the precautions, let everyone know, review.

• State the risks, identify the hazards, list who can be hurt, record the consequences and review and update