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Document ID (ISN)74721
CIS number 00-356
ISBN(s) 0-901700-77-0
Year 1998
Convention or series no. PHS 010/3
Author(s)
Engineering Employers' Federation (EEF)
Title Think about safety - An employee's guide to safety at work
Bibliographic information Safety & Environment Department of the EEF, Customer Services Department, EEF, Broadway House, Tothill Street, London SW1H 9NQ, United Kingdom, 3rd ed., 1998. 31p. Illus. Price: EEF members GBP: 1.20 per copy, min. order 10 copies; non-members: GBP 1.50 per copy.
Abstract This guide aimed at employees is a reminder of basic safety practices at work. Topics covered: safety signs; moving around safely; safe use of ladders; stacking materials; work at height; in-site transport; hand tools; manual handling; safe work with machinery; electrical hazards; hazardous substances; optical hazards; lone working; working in confined spaces; fire prevention; personal protective equipment; first aid; alcohol and substance abuse.
Descriptors (primary) occupational safety; training material; responsibilities of employees; safe working methods
Descriptors (secondary) falls of persons; safety guides; drug dependence; electricity; alcoholism; work in confined spaces; work in isolation; work at height; in-plant transport; ladders; manual handling; hand tools; training manuals; first aid; personal protective equipment; face and eye protection; fire prevention; hazard identification; mechanical hazards; dangerous substances
Document type C - Training manuals, audiovisual material
Country / State or ProvinceUnited Kingdom
Subject(s)
Broad subject area(s) General safety, health and conditions of work
Browse category(ies) OSH training
Alcohol and drug abuse