Industrial Health and Safety Guidelines

Safe environment is important to the success of business. All workers have the right to return home each day safe and sound. Organized, well-designed and managed work helps to maintain required environment of workplace. There are some attitudes to follow and mechanical/equipment support to create a safe and healthy workplace.

Bad workplace is dangerous. It creates work and human errors. As a result good work can be lost, work related stress will grow.

There are some guidelines of health and safety in employment regulations 1995 to create safe workplace.

Guidelines of health & Safety in Employment Regulations 1995

 
Part -1: Provisions of Facilities

1.1 Accommodation for clothing 1.2 Air conditioning systems 1.3 Atmospheric conditions 1.4 Common facilities 1.5 Drinking water 1.6 Seating 1.7 Facilities for rest 1.8 First aid 1.9 Lighting

1.10 Maintenance of facilities 1.11 Meals in places of work 1.12 General place of work ventilation 1.13 Removal of steam, fumes, dust and other contaminants 1.14 Toilets 1.15 Washing facilities 1.16 Drainage of floors 1.17 Fire precautions

Part -2: General safety of provision

2.1. Safety general 2.2 Cleanliness 2.3 Prevention of falls 2.4 Safe means of access and egress 2.5 Safety in confined spaces 2.6 Training and supervision 2.7 Overcrowding and airspace 2.8 Traffic control 2.9 Workers employed under loads 2.10 Lifting heavy tools 2.11 Protection from harmful noise and noise control

2.12 Electrical installation safety 2.13 Portable electric equipment 2.14 Signs, color coding and aisle marking 2.15 Duties of designers, manufacturers, suppliers and sellers of plant 2.16 Duties of designers, manufacturers, suppliers and sellers of protective clothing and equipment 2.17 Restriction on the employment of young persons

Part -3: Hazards substance and materials

3.1 Protective clothing and equipment 3.2 Safe work on loose materials 3.3 Vessels containing liquids 3.4 Flame cutting and welding 3.5 Safety in refrigerated compartments and places where electromagnetic or ionizing radiation  is generated 3.6 Precautions with respect to explosive or flammable substances

3.7 Storage of materials 3.8 Storage of hazardous substances 3.9 Eliminating hazardous substances 3.10 Safe use of harmful substances 3.11 Workplace exposure standards 3.12 Work with compressed air and high-pressure equipment

Part – 4: Occupational health

4.1 Identification of occupational health problems in places of work 4.2 General hygiene 4.3 Prevention of infection 4.4 Managing occupational health 4.5 Advice of employees 4.6 Stress

4.7 Occupational overuse syndrome (OOS) 4.8 Ergonomics at work 4.9 Changes in working hours and shift work 4.10 Violence at work 4.11 Language and cultural considerations 4.12 Alcohol and drug dependence