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Mind Map by dramaqueen72, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by dramaqueen72
over 11 years ago
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Health and Safety
- The HSE is the Health and
Executive Unit and it collects
reports of accidents within
the company.
- £5 million is lost
through absence,
illness and staff
turn-over.
- RSI stands for
Repetitive Strain
Injury.
- Symptoms of RSI
are wrist ache,
neck ache and
fatigue.
- Call Centres
are open plan
Offices.
- Hot-desking
means first
come, first
served.
- The problem with
Hot-desking is that the
desks, chairs and
computer screens will
be at the wrong height
and this could cause
neck/back ache.
- Sick-building Syndrome is
caused by Sealed buildings
(windows closed) and some
symptons are headaches,
sore throats and a runny
nose/
- 3 ways accidents can
happen in an office are
tripping over wires,
back/neck ache through
computers at the wrong
height and glare from the
Window/Computer.
- Over-work,
public critisism
and setting
un-realistic
targets are
ways of bullying
in an office.
- Stress has increased in the
work place because the
number of employees has
reduced which means there
is more work for the other
employees, causing stress
and if an employee is
stressed it will create a
negative atmosphere,
making the other employees
stressed, too.
- To avoid stress, the employer
should make sure the
employees are doing okay
and make sure they have a
short break after an hour.
- A Health and Safety policy is needed when
there are 5 or more employees.
- To have an accident book, there has to be 10
or more employees.
- A trained first aider is needed when
the company has 50 or more
employees.
- Manual handling, slips, trips and falls and
Safety Equipment are needed for a Risk
Assesment.
- The requirements for the Display Screen
Equipment Regulations are the employee
gets free eye tests from the company if they
use VDU's as a significant part of their work
and if they need glasses, the company pays
for the basic pair.
- Employers are required to give information to the employees about Health and Safety and about the equipment and how to use it.
- If an employer fails to comply with Health and Safety laws, they will be fined.
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