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Document ID (ISN)76949
CIS number 01-1000
ISBN(s) 0-7176-0716-X
Year 2000
Convention or series no.
Author(s)
Health and Safety Executive
Title Essentials of health and safety at work
Bibliographic information HSE Books, P.O. Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2WA, United Kingdom, 3rd ed., Nov. 2000. iv, 61p. Illus. 301 ref. Price: GBP 5.95.
Abstract Revised edition (for previous ed., see CIS 94-830) of a training manual aimed primarily at small enterprises. Contents: organizing for safety (legislative requirements, labour inspection); premises (workplaces, building work); plant and machinery (machines, gas- and oil-fired equipment, maintenance, pressurized plant and systems, handling and transport, noise, vibrations, radiations, electricity); substances (harmful, flammable and explosive substances); procedures (safe systems, accidents and emergencies); people (health care, personal protective equipment, selection and training).
Descriptors (primary) occupational safety and health; training material; United Kingdom; small enterprises
Descriptors (secondary) ionizing radiation; safety guides; protective clothing; national organization; noise; vibration; electricity; non-ionizing radiation; fire, explosions; construction sites; fuel burning equipment; machinery; pressure vessels; handling and storage; maintenance; transport of materials; premises and workplaces; manuals; training manuals; emergency organization; personal protective equipment; chemical hazards; safe working methods; legislation; labour inspection; replaced; comment on law; check lists; dangerous substances
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