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The safe working load racking regulations is contained in the OSHA’s Safety and Health Regulations for Construction regulations. However before I lost the OSHA’s racking regulation, lets recap on what Safe Working Load. Safe Working Load It is sometimes stated as the Normal Working Load (NWL) is the maximum safe force that a piece of … Read more
Safe Work Environment Law – The Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1970, requires employers to provide a safe work environment for their employees. The Act is enforced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) which takes employee complaints about hazardous workplaces and conducts on-site inspections. The Act gives employees the right to notify … Read more
Auto Safety Improvements: Ten United States senators are seeking an update on a series of auto safety improvements called for in the landmark Bipartisan Infrastructure bill, which was signed into law one year ago today. The senators’ letter inquires about the status of a total of 10 safety improvements called for in the year-old infrastructure … Read more
Health and safety policy should be reviewed on a regular basis in order to ensure that the workplace is as safe as possible for everyone who works there, and this includes contractors, visitors and any other people who might find themselves there during their working day. The exact schedule will vary depending on the nature … Read more
List of health and safety legislation is a “MUST KNOW” for Health and Safety Professionals. I will give some indispensable documents/link which you need to store/save in your archive as a Safety Professional for reference purpose. THIS SHOULD BE YOUR SAFETY ENCYCLOPEDIA Read Also: RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995) This list … Read more
What Is The Occupational Health And Safety Act The Occupational Health and Safety Act is the cornerstone of legislative and administrative measures adopted to improve occupational health and safety; it is also represented as “The OHS act”. According to Wikipedia, “The Occupational Safety and Health Act is a US labor law governing the federal law of occupational health and safety in the private … Read more
RIDDOR is the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995. The regulations requires responsible persons to report deaths at work, major injuries caused by accidents at work, injuries to persons not at work that require hospital treatment and dangerous occurrences. The aim of RIDDOR is to create a record of the number and type … Read more
In this article, we are going to highlight the “Employers responsibilities for health and safety“. As you already know, The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 is the primary piece of legislation governing workplace health and safety in Great Britain which act defines the general duties of everyone from employers (section 2) and employees (section 7,8) to … Read more
What Is Reportable Incidents In law, you must report certain workplace injuries, near-misses and cases of work-related disease to HSE. This duty is under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations, known as RIDDOR. Incidents are said to be Reportable Incidents only when: The incident is work-related It results in an injury of a type … Read more
What Is COSHH COSHH is an acronym which means – Control of Substances Hazardous to Health. It is covered under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulation of 2002. COSHH is the law that requires employers to control substances that are hazardous to health and includes nanomaterials. COSHH Essentials sets out basic advice on what … Read more