A Manager's Guide to Health and Safety at Work

This book covering all aspects of health and safety at work, is aimed at managers who have a legal responsibility for ensuring the safety, health and welfare of staff and visitors. It includes important advice on: principal legal requirements, reporting, recording and investigating accidents, principles of accident prevention, occupational diseases and conditions, ergonomics, first aid, dangerous substances, machinery safety, fire prevention, electrical safety, structural safety, constructors and contractors, mechanical handling, the working environment and office safety. A list of statutes, regulations, codes of practice, British standards and other information sources is also included.