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How Health and safety behaviour at work can be improved - The main…

- - - - To receive from the employer any information that is necessary them to fulfil their functions
      - To take reasonable time off to perform their functions
      - To attend reasonable training
      - To make a complaint to an employment tribunal if employer has failed to provide the above
    - - Investigate hazards and dangerous occurrences
      - Examine the causes of accidents
      - Investigate complaints by employees
      - Make representations to the employer
      - Carry out health and safety inspections
      - Represent employees in consultation with HSE / local authority
      - Receive information from inspectors
      - Attend health and safety committee meetings
        
        Benefits of having health and safety committee
        
        Demonstrates senior management commitment
        
        Provides a forum for discussing health and safety issues
        
        Easier than consulting with the whole workforce
        
        Demonstrates legal compliance (consultation)
        
        How to ensure the effectiveness of a health and safety committee
        
        Regular scheduled meetings with no cancellations
        
        Balanced representation between management and workforce
        
        Commitment from all parties (management and workforce)
        
        Clear agenda circulated in advance
        
        Relevant topics for discussion
        
        Effective chairmanship
        
        All parties to co-operate and be non-confrontational
        
        Minutes circulated with clear actions and timescales
- - - - Active involvement in developing safe systems and procedures
      - Participation in risk assessments
      - Active involvement in health and safety inspections
      - Hazard spotting / reporting of defects
      - Suggestion schemes for improvements
      - Supervision of other workers, e.g. new employees
      - Participation in accident investigation
      - Active involvement in meetings / safety committees
- - - - Enables employee to meet their health and safety responsibilities
      - Awareness of hazards and controls relating to their work
      - Reduced chance of being injured or made ill at work
      - Personal development
    - - Reduces injury and ill-health
      - Reduces the chance of enforcement action
      - Reduces claims and insurance premiums
      - Meets legal obligations
    - - Hazards and risks
      - Safe systems of work
      - Restricted areas
      - Hazardous substances
      - How to use tools and equipment correctly
      - How to wear PPE correctly
      - Accident reporting procedures
      - Emergency arrangements
      - How induction training can help reduce accidents
        
        Employees are made aware of hazards and risks
        
        Employees are made aware of safe systems of work
        
        Employees are made aware of restricted areas
        
        `Employees are made aware of hazardous substances
        
        Employees are made aware of how to use tools and equipment correctly
        
        Employees are made aware of how to wear PPE correctly
        
        Employees are made aware of accident reporting procedures
        
        Employees are made aware of emergency arrangements
    - - Change in role, e.g. promotion to supervisor
      - Additional responsibilities, e.g. appointment as fire marshall
      - Required refresher training, e.g. first-aid
      - Introduction of new processes or equipment
      - As a result of risk assessments or monitoring
      - As a result of a change in legislation
      - As a result of accidents or near misses
      - To guard against complacency
- - - - Limitation of noticeboards to communicate health and safety information
        
        Information is not often read
        
        Info may be read but not understood
        
        Relies on people being able to read in that language
        
        No opportunity for feedback (one-way communication)
    - - Advantages of using posters
        
        Relatively cheap
        
        Can be visually attractive
        
        Can be displayed in appropriate locations
        
        Can use humour to convey a serious message
      - Disadvantages of using posters
        
        Can be regarded with cynicism if not matched by management commitment
        
        Can quickly become too familiar and therefore ignored
        
        Can become defaced/damaged
        
        Difficult to measure effectiveness
  - - - Unrealistic or ill-considered procedures / expectations
      - Inadequate training or instruction
      - Lack of consultation
      - Ability of the recipient to assimilate information
      - Risks not perceived
      - Complacency or lack of motivation
      - Other priorities and pressures
      - Fatigue or stress