Workplace first-aid provision: assessment or prescription?
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Two-thirds of the companies responding in a UK survey on first-aid in the workplace believed risk assessment would be a more appropriate method of determining their first-aid needs than a government-prescribed ratio. In proposed revisions to workplace first aid rules, the consultative document provided risk factor assessment guidelines while stating the prescribed ratio of 1 first-aider for every 50 employees would not be legally required. Survey data indicated 51% of the companies found the 1:50 ratio acceptable, while 19% found it excessive. Even 28% of the companies favoring the risk assessment method found the 1:50 ratio acceptable.
Publication Name: Health and Safety Bulletin
Subject: Law
ISSN: 1358-2208
Year: 1995
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First aid at work: a HSB survey
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A survey of 1,000 UK firms indicated 80% had the minimum number of first-aid-trained staff and met the recommended average ratio of one first-aider per 50 workers. Citing a variety of reasons, 31 responding companies failed to comply with the 1:50 ratio, while 15% of the complying companies had first-aid staff with out-of-date certificates. Almost 100 companies had a separate first aid policy to complement their health and safety policies. Survey data also covered various risk factors, availability of first-aid equipment, employee information methods, training, and the special needs of home and peripatetic workers.
Publication Name: Health and Safety Bulletin
Subject: Law
ISSN: 1358-2208
Year: 1995
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Integrating quality and safety management in engineering
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A survey of the UK's Engineering Employers' Federation (EEF) members indicates nearly all have introduced quality improvement programs and the majority have integrated health and safety policies into their programs. While some companies have encountered problems in implementing these strategies, the survey concludes that there is a relationship between ensuring safety and promoting quality. Questions covered company objectives, services' availability, liaison agencies, and regulatory compliance, as well as companies' ways of monitoring and implementing health and safety policies.
Publication Name: Health and Safety Bulletin
Subject: Law
ISSN: 1358-2208
Year: 1997
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