Health and safety regulations in the workplace. These regulations are explained with the workplace in mind being our classroom.

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Unit 14 P1        Wilson Da Vera Cruz

These regulations are explained with the workplace in mind being our classroom.

Electricity at Work Regulations 1989- As we have a lot of electrical equipment in our class this law would apply for sure. As we have a lot of computers is our room, wires and we work with a lot of electrical equipment, it is vital that the wires are isolated and that all the electrical machinery have to be in good mechanically shape. The regulation 12 says, “all electrical equipment (except power sources them) must have secure and safe means of isolation from all sources of electrical energy”. So this would apply to our class, meaning that all the wires in our class should be isolated. A part of this regulation tells us about the access, space and light and the regulation 15 requires the provision of adequate working space, safe access and adequate lighting to enable work on electrical equipment to be carried out safely, this means that when we are working on electronics or any other electric component, we have to be have to be provided with the appropriate space for the work we are doing, with safe access for what we are using and how we are using it and the appropriate lighting, these safety measures have to be controlled  in order to help us doing the work with safety.

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992- The PPE applies for most every situation at every working environment. There are many regulations related to the PPE that would apply in our class when working. The Reg.4 says “Employers to provide suitable PPE to those at risk...” these means that we have to be provided with the right equipment when working, such as goggles, robes, etc. The responsibility to give us the equipment is from the technicians or the teachers. The Reg.10 talks about the use of PPE and it says,” employees to use PPE according to training & instructions given by employer”, in this case the employees are the students and the employers are the technicians or teachers, so we have to use the protective equipment were given correctly as the technicians or teachers explain, this will gives us more chances of making the work without getting injured. The Reg.5 talks about compatibility “any item of PPE worn must be compatible with any other items of PPE worn for other risks, and remain effective” , it means that the protective equipment given have to match, for example if I’m given goggles and a dust mask, however if the dust mask covers my eyes the goggles won’t be used effectively so they won’t be compatible.  

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Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995- This regulation places a legal duty on: employers, self-employed people, people in control of premises to report work-related deaths, major injuries or over-three-day injuries, work related diseases, and dangerous occurrences (near miss accidents). This applies to working in our class, as we are students working and the teacher is like the responsible for us. So it’s the teacher duty to report any accident that happens to us in class when working with machines, electronics or others types of work, also if there are others aggravations derived to a work we ...

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