Safety practices

• Introduction
• Good safety practices
• Poor safety practices
• Further information

Introduction

Is your business well run, and has regard for safe working practices? Or, is it one in which short cuts are taken at the expense of an injury?

Either way the two sections below will give you some pointers towards good safety practices and poor safety practices.

Good safety practices

• Management awareness
• Good housekeeping/li>
• Development of a safety culture
• Effective reporting procedures
• Good record keeping
• Using the right equipment, in the right way for the right job
• Compliance with health and safety law
• Using Approved Codes of Practice
• Management and staff health and safety training

Poor safety practices

• Management apathy
• Use of un qualified staff
• Poor house keeping
• Ignoring legislation and advice
• Lack of emergency procedures
• Using make-shift or damaged equipment
• Taking short cuts
• Neglecting training, informing, supervision and instruction of staff and managers in health and safety issues

Further information

• www.hsebooks.co.uk