PROGRAMME

European health and safety law

• EU Directives
• approved codes of practice and guidance
• common elements (policy, risk assessments, monitoring)
• burden of proof and compliance requirements
• judicial interpretation
• enforcement/penalties
• an introduction to: the Manual Handling Regulations 1992 and Display Screen Equipment Regulations 1992

Civil (common) law

• trespass, nuisance and negligence, common law duties
• breaches of criminal law conferring rights in civil cases and linking irectives to civil proceedings
  

Managing health and safety

• Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1996
• HSG65 ‘Successful Health and Safety Management’
• BS8800 and OHSAS 18001
  

Health and safety policies and procedures

• Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 Section 2(3)
• supporting regulations

Risk assessments

• basic five-step approach
• the duty to reduce level of risk
• prioritising actions
• managing the programme
• pregnant women
  

Monitoring performance

• accident and incident data
• incidence of ill-health (including RSI, occupational stress, HSE guide to workplace stress and asthma)
• audit (and inspection) programmes
• health and safety committees, the role of health and safety specialists, executive committee and managers

What happens if you have a claim?

Corporate Manslaughter Bill