Workplace Health and Safety Training Course

INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH AND SAFETY
• What is health & safety?
• Health and safety at your workplace
• A note about your workspace
• Introduction to health and safety at work””””
• Risk assessments

REPORTING OF INJURIES, DISEASES AND DANGEROUS OCCURRENCES REGULATIONS (RIDDOR)
• Accidents, incidents, and injuries
• The RIDDOR framework
• Accident book
• Health and safety made simple – the basics for your business
• The health and safety toolbox
• Who should report?
o An employer or in control of premises
o Self-employed
o A member of the public, employee, injured person, or a representative
o Gas suppliers
o Gas engineers
o Working offshore
o The responsible person
• What must be reported?
o Deaths and injuries caused by workplace accidents
o Occupational diseases
o Carcinogens, mutagens, and biological agents
o Specified injuries to workers
o Dangerous occurrences
o Gas incidents
o Reportable incidents

FIRST AID
• First aid kit
• Does my first aid kit stand up to the test?
• Wounds
• Heart
• Fractures
• Burns
• Poisoning
• Haemorrhages
• Injuries
• Shock

FIRE SAFETY
• Fire safety
• What are the elements of fire?
• Fuel (Combustible Substance)
• Oxygen
• Heat
• Chain chemical reaction
• How fire spreads?
• Fire protection
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
• COSHH Additional information
• Fire terminology
• Classification of fires
• Types of fire extinguishers
• Extinguishing the fire
• Usage of fire extinguishers
• Employees’ responsibilities
• Actions in the event of a fire

FIRE RISK ASSESSMENT
• Fire risk assessment
• Risks and precautions
• Recording the findings
• Emergency Evacuation Procedures
• The importance of reviews

MANUAL & LONE WORKING
• Manual handling
• Lone working
• Managing clinical waste
• Keeping safe when working alone
• Work Equipment Regulations 1998

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE
• Hazards in the workplace
• Entry points for toxic agents
• Airborne contaminants
• Asbestos hazards
• Hazard recognition, evaluation, and control

STRESS AND SAFETY
• Workplace stress defined
• Sources of workplace stress
• Human reaction to workplace stress
• Measurement of workplace stress
• Shift work, stress, and safety
• Improving safety by reducing stress
• Stress in safety managers
• Stress and workers compensation