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Document ID (ISN)105658
CIS number 06-1027
ISBN(s) 0-7176-6179-2
Year 2006
Convention or series no.
Title Essentials of health and safety at work
Bibliographic information HSE Books, P.O. Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2WA, United Kingdom, 4th ed., 2006. iv, 95p. Illus. Bibl. ref. Price: GBP 10.95.
Abstract Revised edition of a training manual aimed primarily at small enterprises. Contents: managing health and safety (assessing and controlling risks, labour inspection); safe workplaces; preventing slips and trips; fire safety; work at height; building work; machinery safety; plant and equipment maintenance; gas- and oil-fired equipment; pressurized plant and equipment; workplace transport; lifting and handling; noise; vibrations; electricity; radiations; harmful substances; flammable and explosive substances; managing health (health surveillance, work-related stress, smoking); safe ways of working; selection and training; contractors; special groups of people (young people, disabled workers, new and expectant mothers, lone workers): personal protective equipment; accidents and emergencies. Replaces CIS 01-1000.
Descriptors (primary) occupational safety and health; training material; United Kingdom; small enterprises
Descriptors (secondary) ionizing radiation; safety by design; materials handling; dangerous substances; noise; vibration; electricity; non-ionizing radiation; harmful substances; machinery; pressure vessels; work at height; maintenance and repair; in-plant transport; construction work; hazard evaluation; emergency organization; personal protective equipment; fire protection; safe working methods; medical supervision; safety guides; falls of persons
Document type C - Training manuals, audiovisual material
Country / State or ProvinceUnited Kingdom
Subject(s) Generalities
Broad subject area(s) General safety, health and conditions of work
Browse category(ies) Small and medium-sized enterprises
OSH training