The seven modules of a Managing Safely course: why safety matters, assessing and controlling risks, responsibilities, hazards, investigating incidents and measuring performance.

Contents

• Module 1 · 4 pages · 7 min readIntroducing Managing SafelyWhy safety is part of every manager's job: the human, legal and financial cost of getting it wrong, and what you personally are responsible for.
• Module 2 · 5 pages · 10 min readAssessing RisksWhat risk is, why we assess it, and the five steps of a practical risk assessment: identify the hazards, estimate and evaluate the risk, record the findings and review them.
• Module 3 · 4 pages · 7 min readControlling RisksHow to bring a risk down: change the likelihood, the consequence or both, choose controls with the hierarchy of risk control, and decide when you have done enough.
• Module 4 · 4 pages · 9 min readUnderstanding Your ResponsibilitiesWhat the law expects of a duty holder, how criminal and civil law differ, how enforcement works, and what a health and safety management system looks like.
• Module 5 · 11 pages · 28 min readUnderstanding HazardsThe six groups of hazard, and what a manager can do about the common ones: violence, asbestos, bullying, chemicals, computer workstations, confined spaces, drugs and alcohol, electricity and the rest.
• Module 6 · 5 pages · 10 min readInvestigating AccidentsWhy incidents and near misses are investigated, how immediate, underlying and root causes fit together, and a structured way to carry out an investigation and learn from it.
• Module 7 · 3 pages · 7 min readMeasuring PerformanceHow to tell whether your safety management is working: proactive and reactive measures, the injury incidence rate, the safety pyramid and the iceberg, and how auditing checks the whole system.

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