Unit 8 Health And Safety M3

accidents M3
Prevention means the act or practice of stopping something bad from happening. In the cause of workshop safety the controls are used to prevent injury and fatalities. All workers have a right to work in workplaces where risks to their health and safety are properly controlled. The control method seen in my risk assessment prevent electrocution. The control measure for example for sharp shavings PPE is needed this protect the user and others around. This is the same philosophy used for all health and safety measures. They are implicated to protect and serve employees and employers. Health and safety is about stopping you getting hurt at work or ill through work, control measure are put in place to do this.
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It is important that health and safety is regulated. Without the relevant legislation and applications in place workplaces, especially those with dangerous chemicals, heavy machinery would be an extremely dangerous place to be in. Due to
During P1 I discussed the range of hazards in two working environments. This lead on showing a connection to the risk assessment by analysing the risk of a specific task, also this risk assessment contained prevention control measures for workers working on the task. The main reason for health and safety methods, financial, legal and moral reasons. Accidents and ill-health impose significant costs to businesses as payments may have to be given out if any accidents are the businesses fault. Legal reasons are that that workplaces are legally required to Concord with the legislations talked about in my report. The moral reason being that it will help employers prevent injuries and ill-health at work, increasing safety as work while workers carry out