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A1.1 Learning outcome
Explain the moral, legal and economic reasons for the effective management of health and safety.
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Read: A1.1 Moral, legal and economic reasons for effective management of health and safety.
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Statistics
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How accidents affect real lives
Practice activity
Calculating the cost of incidents
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The law
Exam questions:
Costs and consequences of incidents
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Web links
Statistics
- HSE statistics
www.hse.gov.uk/statistics
Practice Activity
Web links
The law
- Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/37 - Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3242/contents/made - Lofstedt review: Reclaiming health and safety for all: An independent review of health and safety legislation, November 2011
www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/lofstedt-report.pdf
Exam questions
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Explain why organisations often
identify the costs of health and safety control
measures much more easily than they identify the
costs that can arise from poor health and safety
standards.
(6 marks) -
Outline, with examples, the meaning
of the terms 'insured' and 'uninsured' costs in
connection with accidents and incidents at work
AND outline the relative size of
these two costs in an organisation as demonstrated
by accident costing studies.
(4 marks) -
A large public limited company (plc) has recently
experienced a fire and explosion resulting in
multiple fatalities and extensive environmental
damage. Outline a range of
consequences that may affect the company as a result
of this incident.
(5 marks)
Web links
The law
- Health and Safety at Work Act 1974:
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/37 - Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999:
www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3242/contents/made - Lofstedt review: Reclaiming health and safety for all: An independent review of health and safety legislation, November 2011:
www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/lofstedt-report.pdf