Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Foundations in
Health and Safety
- Definitions
- Accident - an unplanned event that results in
damage, loss or harm, such as when
someone injures their hand when using a drill
- Hazard - the potential of
something to cause harm, such
as a drill
- Risk - the likelihood of something
to cause harm, such as an
unguarded drill
- Civil Law - Duties of individuals to each
other
- Criminal Law - Duties of individuals to
the State
- Welfare - provision of facilities to maintain health
and well-being of people in the workplace, such
as toilets or first aid
- Residual Risk - the remaining risks
after controls applied
- Near miss - any incident that
could have resulted in an accident,
such as a small oil spill that was
cleaned up quickly
- Dangerous occurence - a near miss
that could have resulted in an accident,
such as scaffolding collapse in which
nobody was injured
- Common Law - is law based
on court judgements
- Statue Law - law based on
Acts of Parliament