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Topic: Health and safety


  
  University of Southampton Health and Safety Policy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Council, Senate and Vice-Chancellor consider the health and safety of the employees and students of the University of Southampton to be of paramount importance, and are committed to continual improvement in standards of health and safety.
In recognition of the Health and Safety Commission’s guidance on Directors’ responsibilities for health and safety, members of Council, Policy and Resources Committee and all Policy Committees will be informed in writing of their health and safety responsibilities at the beginning of each academic year.
Health and Safety should be regarded as an integral part of all their activities; it is a condition of employment or student registration, and is required by law.
www.hr.soton.ac.uk /safety/asp/safety_policy.asp   (2748 words)

  
 hsedirect - health and safety executive, health and safety legislation, health and safety executive guidance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Developed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in partnership with LexisNexis Butterworths Tolley, hsedirect builds upon the HSE’s reputation for authority in the field of health and safety and Butterworths Tolley’s reputation and extensive experience of publishing practical web based and CD Rom information solutions.
Safety, Health and Environment Cases Practical summaries of key cases, recent cases and cases of special interest.
As such, HSE is interested in the health and safety of people at work - that includes people who may be harmed by the way work is done (for example because they live near a factory, or are passengers on a train).
www.hsedirect.com   (1237 words)

  
 Health and Safety Training - Tailored and Open Courses with IOSH Accreditation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
This course trains workers to ensure that their actions contribute to Health and Safety in the workplace and that individual responsibilities are clearly understood.
This course is approved by the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and is intended for Executive and Key Managers who wish to raise their awareness of Health and Safety Legislation.
This course is designed to provide persons with the skills and knowledge required to implement a safety management system to a recognised health and safety standard such as OHSAS 18001 or HS(G) 65, in order to effectively manage their organisation's risks and ensure compliance with legislation.
www.environmental-safety.co.uk   (472 words)

  
 UNISON the public service union - Health and safety
Aimed at all members on everything from women's health and safety in the workplace to smoking at work and reporting hazards.
It encourages the development of a realistic action plan for recruiting and developing health and safety reps. The pack is designed to be used alongside the branch development and organisation tool kit.
UNISON health and safety reps and officers who need specialist advice can get support from their branch.
www.unison.org.uk /safety/index.asp   (578 words)

  
 health and safety consultant uk, health and safety consultants uk, health and safety consultancy uk, health and safety ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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Whether your business needs help answering health and safety questionnaires from clients or insurance companies, you have had a visit from an enforcement officer or you are just concerned that you haven't got the right documentation or training in place - please e-mail me for immediate personal support.
I provide certificated health and safety training, help with health and safety risk assessment, health and safety policy drafting and the Health and Safety Advisor Service noted below.
www.companysafety.co.uk   (294 words)

  
 AFSCME Health and Safety - Index
Staffed by full time health and safety professionals, supported by AFSCME’s legislative, public affairs, legal, research and collective bargaining and political action departments, and assisted by physicians and outside experts, AFSCME has put together an effective program to defend your health and safety.
But the most important element in making your workplace safe is YOU: the thousands of active, informed local union activists and health and safety committees that organize to fight these day-to-day battles in workplaces across the country.
Only with your support are we able to urge the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue the legal protections that we need, and to fight successful battles in Washington D.C. to defend and expands our rights.
www.afscme.org /health   (452 words)

  
 NTP: Chemical Health and Safety
For agents nominated to the NTP for study there is a requirement to have a health and safety plan in place to protect the workers conducting the studies.
Currently, the responsibility for assembling the appropriate health and safety information is that of the testing laboratory.
The set of Health & Safety files on the NTP website was made available at a time when there was no other single comprehensive web source, especially for safety information.
ntp.niehs.nih.gov /index.cfm?objectid=03610FA5-C828-304B-FE31F1182E8F764C   (218 words)

  
 South African Occupational Health & Safety
In view of the current Occupational Health and Safety and Environmental Legislation, employers are being confronted in having to implement a management system in a workplace to sustain employee wellbeing, minimizing risks to the bare minimum and to effectively protect and control the utilization of our resources.
Besides the heavy fines that could be imposed for non-compliance, safety, health and environmental governance is acknowledged as being fundamental to business strategies to enhance profitability.
Safety, Health and Environmental Management should thus form part of management’s and employee’s day to day activity.
www.health-safety.co.za   (266 words)

  
 Health & Safety Review (HSR) magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Health and Safety Review (HSR) is a magazine providing comprehensive coverage of occupational health and safety and environmental issues as they affect the workplace.
HSR is aimed at those who manage, advise on and implement occupational health and safety and environmental policies and legal standards.
It’s mission is to keep you and your company informed by providing concise, well researched information that will be of assistance in understanding health, safety and environmental issues in the workplace.
www.healthandsafetyreview.ie   (256 words)

  
 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Environmental Health, Safety and Radiation Safety Program -- Health and ...
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC): Dept. of Environmental Health and Safety
SUNY at Stony Brook: Environmental Health and Safety
Wisconsin Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (WisCOSH)
www.uwm.edu /Dept/EHSRM/EHSLINKS   (2153 words)

  
 Solihull Council - Health and Safety Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Health and Safety Team's Enforcement Policy is available to view, giving information about how we ensure businesses are achieving compliance with the law.
Many businesses are unaware of their duties under health and safety legislation and do not know where to seek advice and information.
During inspections, we ensure there is management awareness of health and safety issues, and effective policies in relation to safety and training, as required.
www.solihull.gov.uk /wwwes/hs   (680 words)

  
 Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - U.S. Department of Labor
On July 13, 2005, the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) launched "Make the Right Decision," a safety and health initiative that helps miners and mine operators to focus on human factors, such as decision-making, when at work.
The campaign encourages miners and mine management to work together on safety and health issues.
"MSHA will increase its focus on safety decisions during this campaign, which is not a limited-time initiative," said David G. Dye, deputy assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health.
www.msha.gov   (200 words)

  
 DIR Occupational Safety Health Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Pressure Vessel Unit conducts public safety inspections of boilers, air and liquid storage tanks, and other types of pressure vessels.
Provides workplace safety and health assistance to employers and workers through on-site assistance and special emphasis programs, and publishes a wide variety of educational materials on workplace safety and health topics.
CHSWC is a joint labor-management body created by the workers' compensation reform legislation of 1993 and charged with overseeing the health and safety and workers' compensation systems in California, and recommending administrative or legislative modifications to improve their operation.
www.dir.ca.gov /occupational_safety.html   (168 words)

  
 National Safety Council - Your Safety&Health Leader for 90 Years
Nine Elements of a Successful Safety & Health System walks you through nine key steps for implementing and growing a safety and health orientation in your organization.
The physician-led traffic safety advocacy group called End Needless Death on Our Roadways (END) and the National Safety Council issued a ranking of the deadliest states in the country for youth-related driving fatalities.
Safety Communication and Training Techniques will provide small business attendees an understanding and awareness of the elements of communication and the ability to communicate safety messages more effectively.
www.nsc.org   (335 words)

  
 Atlanta Health and Safety CPR Training!
Atlanta Health and Safety is very proud to be an official training center for the American Heart Association, American Safety and Health Institute, American Red Cross, and Action Safety Education.
The owner of AHS presents two country club staff members with the Atlanta Health and Safety "Save Award" for their heroic efforts in saving the life of a club member with CPR and an AED.
Atlanta Health and Safety is your hometown health and safety company.
www.atlantahealthandsafety.com   (345 words)

  
 CAW - TCA CANADA : What We Do
The Workers Health and Safety Centre provides education and training material for workers and joint occupational health and safety committees.
The OHCOW clinics have on staff professionals, such as occupational health physicians, nurses, hygienists and ergonomists to assist individual workers, health and safety representatives, unions andothers in clinic consultations and workplace visits.
If you want to find up-to-date legislation concerning health and safety for your jurisidction, click on www.canoshweb.org Then just click on the map for your jursidiction or choose the "Legislation" heading and choose your jurisdiction.
www.caw.ca /whatwedo/health&safety/index.asp   (630 words)

  
 Open Directory - Health: Occupational Health and Safety   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A complete and organized approach to OSHA safety management that is both comprehensive and cost effective to implement.
Safety Info.Com - A comprehensive source for free safety information for business and industry.
WCB Worksafe Health and Safety Centre - An online resource for injury prevention information from the WCB, and workplace health and safety resources across the Web.
dmoz.org /Health/Occupational_Health_and_Safety   (377 words)

  
 DRUCKER HEALTH & SAFETY
Drucker Health and Safety Management, Inc. is a consulting firm specializing in industrial hygiene, safety, and environmental issues.
Marjorie A. Drucker, President of Drucker Health and Safety, received a Master of Science from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Science from Pennsylvania State University.
She is a Certified Industrial Hygienist, Certified Safety Professional, California Registered Environmental Assessor, California Certified Asbestos Consultant and California Certified Lead Inspector/Assessor, Project Designer and Project Monitor.
www.druckerhealthsafety.com   (176 words)

  
 www.healthandsafety.co.uk
Professional Health and Safety Consultants set up the health and safety help-line service and its internet home pages to assist duty-holders, company directors and safety representatives to have a friendly information access provision and a prompt response to any health and safety related problem.
Health and safety compliance in the workplace has never been more important, the need for enterprises to comply to the increasing raft of legislation is motivated by the Health and Safety Executive, Factory inspectors and the legal profession.
The helpful staff at Professional health and Safety Consultants have many years of experience helping construction companies, manufacturing companies and commercial enterprises to organise or improve their health and safety management policy and routines.
www.healthandsafety.co.uk   (269 words)

  
 Health & Safety Laboratory
The Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) is Britain's leading industrial health and safety facility.
Operating as an agency of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), we support their mission to protect people's health and safety by ensuring risks in the changing workplace are properly controlled.
The First International Symposium on Occupational Health Implications of Nanomaterials, organised by HSL in collaboration with HSE and the US National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, took place in October 2004.
www.hsl.gov.uk   (225 words)

  
 Health and Safety, risk assessment, safety training, training, safety and health   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Health and Safety, risk assessment, safety training, training, safety and health
Because health and safety at work is so important, there are regulations that require all of us not to put ourselves or others in danger.
Inspector from the Health and Safety Executive or your local authority.
www.knowles2000.co.uk   (113 words)

  
 health and safety Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Promoting and protecting the health and safety of residents and visitors.
The Health and Safety Authority is the national body in Ireland with responsibility for securing health and safety at work.
The report is being prepared for submission to the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission.
health-care-nutrition.com /directory/health-and-safety.html   (636 words)

  
 USSSP: Health and Safety
Safety Afloat Slide Show - suitable for use at Roundtables and training sessions.
Safe Swim Defense and Safety Afloat - PowerPoint presentation files for use in training or as handouts for unit leaders, developed by James Lowell Fry.
HIking Tips for Diabetics This is a report by a Venturer with Type I Diabetes (Insulin Dependent) on her preparation and experience on a Philmont Trek (pdf).
www.usscouts.org /usscouts/safety.asp   (674 words)

  
 Health and Safety   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
CITB seeks to improve awareness of health and safety issues in the construction industry.
The most important health and safety law for UCATT workers is the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
UCATT safety reps in particular and all building workers in general need to become familiar with two new Regulations which update and modernise construction safety law.
www.bozzle.com /pd_Handsafe.html   (479 words)

  
 LINKS
We are an occupational health and safety training consultant providing site specific confined space programs, policies, procedures and training.
Health and safety for beginners, useful site if you don't know where to find information on H & S studies and UK legislation.
We have a section on health and safety for the small builder at www.uk-builder.com A link would be gratefully recieved.
www.healthandsafety.co.uk /links.htm   (2134 words)

  
 THISDAY ONLINE
As the dictum goes, “health is wealth,” because man’s ultimate pursuit is believed to be happiness, and, illness is regarded as the greatest impediment to happiness and even the prospect of happiness.
Akunyili was on Thursday last week in Abudu, the administrative headquarters of Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State, where she addressed thousands of people at flag-off of the Grassroots Consumer Education and Sensitization Programme for Edo Delta states, organized by NAFDAC.
Dora Akunyili, has done its own part of the job to safeguard the health of the individual citizen in Nigeria, most of who are ofetn at the mercy of greedy professionals and businessmen.
www.thisdayonline.com /nview.php?id=22739   (1713 words)

  
 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Association of Educational Safety and Health Professionals (AESHP)
Health Care Health and Safety Association (HCHSA), Canada
Mines and Aggregates Safety and Health Association (MASHA), Canada
www.steelynx.net /safety.html   (427 words)

  
 Trades Union Congress - Health and Safety
It took union campaigns to deliver the comprehensive health and safety legislation that the UK workforce enjoys.
Gender And Occupational Safety And Health section is focussed on a gender-sensitive approach to occupational health and safety and ensuring equal rights to protection for all workers.
The TUC is urging union safety reps to tackle the workplace stress epidemic, a problem which makes half a million people ill and costs society £3.7 billion every year.
www.tuc.org.uk /h_and_s/index.cfm   (455 words)

  
 Health and Safety Partners
Funded in part by the WSIB to conduct research on what contributes to workplace health and disability, evaluate rehabilitation facilities, and provide information on workplace health and rehabilitation.
The Radiation Safety Institute of Canada is an independent, self-governing, national institute.
The Institute focuses exclusively on radiation safety in the workplace, in the environment and in homes and schools.
www.wsib.on.ca /wsib/wsibsite.nsf/public/PartnersHealthandSafety   (270 words)

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