Index
Abandoned mines 72
Absolute duty to ensure secure fencing of machinery 356
Absolute (strict) liability 90, 350, 356, 357, 362
Access and facilities for the fire service 100
Accessory for lifting (definition) 227
Access requirements 194
Accident (definition) 393
Accident and emergency services 176
Accidents at work – routes through the courts 8
Accident Book 57
Accident and incident investigation 393–6
Accident statistics 419
Accommodation for personal protective equipment 267, 268
Acoustic signals 221
Activities determining enforcement arrangements 216–18
Act or default of some other person 56, 239, 285, 286, 332, 363
Adapting work to the worker 339
Administration of Justice Act 1982 5, 25, 30
Administrative Courts 2
ADR 327
Adverse or hazardous environments 193
Advertisements for substances dangerous for supply 108
Advice etc from persons at work 136
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) 14, 15
Aerosol (definition) 327
Affidavits 25
Agent (definition) 122
Aggravating factors (offences) 88
Air pollution control by local authorities 63
Air quality 72
Air Quality Management Areas 72
Air testing 154
All reasonable precautions and all due diligence 157, 177, 194, 286, 332
All reasonable steps and all due diligence 239
All reasonable steps to prevent the contravention 207
Alterations to exempted premises 49, 50
Annual paid leave 339
Appeal procedure – criminal courts 11, 12
Appeals to tribunals 12
‘Applicable requirements’ 99
Appointed persons 297
Apportionment of liability 359
Approved Classification and Labelling Guide 107
Approved Codes of Practice 38, 39, 416, 417
Arbitration procedures 14
Arraignment 11
Arrangements (disabled persons) 82
Arrangements for accidents, incidents and emergencies 151, 152
Asbestos (definition) 144
Asbestos areas 153
Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations 1983 148
Asbestos, duty to prevent or reduce the spread 152
Asbestos, notification of 157
Asbestos, risk of exposure to 147
Assembly (pressure equipment) (definition) 269
Assessment of exposure (noise) 259
Assessment records (noise) 259
Associated offences 86
Attendance allowance 78
At work (transportable pressure vessels) (definition) 328
Atypical workers 339
Auditing (definition) 377
Auditing and reviewing performance 377
Authorisation (definition) 62
Authorised employees (Fire and Rescue Authorities) 198–200
Authorised employees (ionising radiation) 226
Authorised persons 406
Authoritative precedents 2
Automatic discovery 24
Average working time 339
Avoiding potential risks 423
Bail 10
Balance of probabilities 4
Benefits for sickness and disability 77
Benefits of health surveillance 426
Bereavement 5
Best available technology not entailing excessive cost (BATNEEC) 63
Best practicable environmental option (BPEO) 62, 63
Binding decision of precedent 2
Binding precedent 351
Biological agent (definition) 165
Biological agents 166, 169, 170, 176, 312, 324
Biological effect monitoring 424
Biological monitoring 424
Blood-lead concentrations 162
Breach of duty of care 362, 363, 368
Breach of statutory duty 7, 356, 357, 358, 361
British Standards 417
Broker (waste) (definition) 197
Building Regulations 2000 98–103
Bulk storage (highly flammable liquids) 223
Bundle of cylinders (definition) 327
Bund walls 223
Burden of proof 353
Capabilities and training 248, 249
Capability of electrical equipment 192
Carcinogen (definition) 165
Carcinogens 169
Carcinogenic (classification) 118
Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004 177–80
Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) Regulations 1994 109
Categories of vessels 321
Category A processes 62
Category B processes 63
Category of danger (definition) 104, 107
Cavity insulation 100
Central Arbitration Committee 15
Certificates of exemption 220
Certificate of Insurance 26
Chancery 6
Change of process 406
Changing clothing facilities (workplaces) 347
Check list systems 384
Chemical agents, conditions due to 324
Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 1994 103–20, 123, 165, 166, 180
Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 120
Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2002 120, 121
Child (definition) 240
Children (Protection at Work) Regulations 1998 121, 122
Children, unofficial employment of 363
Child-resistant fastenings 112, 113
Claimants 7
Classification of sites 161
Cleaning of machinery by young persons 358
Cleaning of windows (workplaces) 344
Cleaning work (definition) 122
Cleanliness of premises and plant 152
Clients and agents of clients 125
Circuit conductor (definition) 191
Classification of hazardous substances (supply requirements) 115–19
Classification of substances and preparations 106, 107
Cleaning schedules 378
Client (definition) 122
Client’s duties 138
Clothing accommodation (workplaces) 347
Combined Heat and Power 73
Commercial waste (definition) 334
Commission for Racial Equality 76
Committee stage (statutes) 39
Common duty of care 20
Common law nuisance 30
Common law principles 84
Company rules 14
Compatibility of personal protective equipment 266, 267
Compensation 4
Compensation order 4
Competence criteria (HSE) 226
Competence of planning supervisor, designers and and contractors 127, 128
Competent authority 159, 161, 178, 264, 265
Competent contractor 338
Competent persons 194, 204, 243, 244, 245, 278, 281–4, 297, 400–3, 406
Competent workers 3
Complaints relating to health and safety issues 12
Complaints to a court 67
Compliance Notice 196
Components (definition) 190
Compression and decompression requirements 339
Conciliation procedures 14
Conditions causing deterioration (lifting equipment) 230
Conditions for pressure equipment and assemblies 277
Conductor (definition) 191
Conductors, insulation, protection and placing 193
Confidential counselling services 368
Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 122
Conformity assessment procedure (lifts) 235, 236, 237, 238
Conformity assessment procedure (pressure equipment and assemblies) 275
Conformity marking (transportable pressure vessels) 332
Conformity with EU requirements 290
Connections (electrical) 193
Consents 72
Consideration 3
Consolidating Act 41
Constant attendance allowance 79
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 121–39, 402, 410
Construction (Head Protection) Regulations 1989 139, 265
Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996 139–43, 203, 402, 403
Construction phase (definition) 122
Construction phase, start of 131
Construction work (definition) 123, 338
Constructive dismissal 13
Constructive manslaughter 56
Consultation with employees 209
Consumer Protection Act 1987 57, 196
Consumer safety 61
Container and pipe marking 187
Containment 405
Contaminated land 72
Contract 3
Contract law 3
Contract medical adviser 339
Contractor (definition) 123
Contributory negligence 22, 356
Continuous employment (young persons) 46
Control elements (health and safety management) 373
Controlled areas 226
Controlled operation 406
Controlled Waste Regulations 1992 333, 334
Controllers of premises 54, 337
Control limits 145
Control measures 150, 151, 165, 170, 171
Controlling mind 57
Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002 144–59, 265
Control of Lead at Work Regulations 2002 162, 163, 265
Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) Regulations 1999 159–62
Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986 163, 164
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002 121, 164–80, 265, 411, 421, 423
Control systems (work equipment) 292
Control systems and controls (work equipment) 292
Control test 3
Co-operate, duty to 208
Co-operation (competent persons) 243
Co-operation and co-ordination (shared workplaces) 204, 246, 247
Co-ordination (shared workplaces) 187
Corporate killing 56
Corporate liability, etc. 55, 363
Corporate manslaughter 56
Corporate offences 52, 55, 239, 240
Corporate persons 56
Corrective appliances 212
Corrosive (classification) 117, 179
COTIF 327
Council for Registered Gas Installers (CORGI) 207
Council of Ministers 15
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 7
Court orders 67
Court procedures 7–12
Crime (definition) 3
Criminal court procedure 10,
Criminal courts 5
Criminal Justice Act 1991 88–90
Criminal law 3
Criminal liability 4
Cross examination 11
Crown Courts 5
Daily personal noise exposure 256
Daily work routine 211
Damage giving rise to liability 60
Damage to property 7
Danger areas 248
Dangerous for the environment (classification) 118
Dangerous fumes etc 41
Dangerous occurrences 301, 308, 309
Dangerous parts of machinery 290, 291
Dangerous Preparations Directive 120
Dangerous substance (definition) 180, 181
Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 180–90
Dangerous Substances (Notification and Marking of Sites) Regulations 1990 180, 222
Danger zone (machinery) (definition) 291
Daughter Directives 17
Death 7
Death of an employee, reporting requirements 301
Declaration 125
Declaration of conformity 235
Defamation 31
Default arrangements 89
Defect (definition) 59
Defective work equipment 356
Defences 35, 36, 59, 115, 157, 177, 207, 252, 285, 286, 332
‘Defence with evidence’ 7
Defendants 10
Department of Social Security 418
Deposits, prevention of build up (highly flammable liquids) 225
Dermatitis 361
Design (definition) 123
Designated areas (asbestos) 153
Designated use 47
Designer (definition) 123
Designers, requirements on 131, 132, 138
Developers, requirements on 126
Devices (definition) 190
Directives 15–18, 98, 349, 416
Directive waste (definition) 335
Direct observation 419
Director of Public Prosecutions 10
Disability and Discrimination (Meaning of Disability) Regulations 1996 81
Disability living allowance 78
Disabled people (definition) 103
Disabled people, access and facilities for 102
Disabled person (definition) 80
Discharge consent procedures 63
Disclosure of information 24–6
Disclosure of information by enforcement officers 26
Diseases, reporting of 302
Display screen equipment (definition) 210
Display screen requirements 213
Disposable weekly income 89
Disregard of danger 356
Docks Regulations 1988 203
Documentation and record keeping requirements 377–80
Domestic client (definition) 124
Doors, protection against impact from and trapping by 102
Double-barrelled action 23, 357
Drive shafts 295
Drowning, prevention or avoidance of 141
Drum storage requirements 224
Due diligence 363
Due diligence under the OSRPA 358
Duty of care 20, 196, 197, 333, 337
Duty holders 139, 140, 145, 192
Duty to co-operate 208
Duty to manage asbestos in non-domestic premises 145, 146
Duty to manage health and safety 372
Duties to non-employees 358, 359, 408, 409
Ear protection zones 262
Earthing or other suitable precautions 193
Eating, drinking and smoking, prohibition of 163
EC declaration of conformity 227, 229, 277
EC mark 322
EC surveillance 322
EC-type examination or certificate 206
EEC-type cylinder (definition) 327
Effective dose limits (radiation) 226
Electrical equipment (definition) 191
Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994 195, 196
Electricity Act 1989 73
Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 191–5, 401
Elimination or reduction of risks 184, 185
Emergencies, prevention and control 141
Emergency arrangements 122, 163, 175, 185, 366
Emergency routes and exits 203, 204
Employees’ duties 55, 176, 192, 226, 249, 262, 263, 268, 364
Employers’ defences (common law) 22
Employer’s duties at common law 20, 353
Employers’ liability 367
Employers Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 21, 26–8
Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 1999 26, 27, 28, 29
Employers’ Liability (Defective Equipment) Act 1969 26, 35
Employer’s liability in tort 20
Employment business (definition) 240
Employment Medical Advisory Service 94, 220
Employment Protection Acts 11, 13, 14
Employment Protection Act (Amendment) Regulations 2002 13
Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 13
Employment Rights Act 1996 44, 45, 251
Employment tribunals 12, 75, 82, 83, 317, 3318
Enclosure (containment) 405
Enforcement arrangements 114, 115, 137, 205, 326
Enforcement committees 161
Enforcement Notice 64, 205, 206
Enforcement officers 198–200
Enforcement Order 205
Engineering controls 171
Enquiries by a suitably qualified person 425
Environment (definition) 62
Environment Act 1995 71–3
Environment Agency for England and Wales 71, 74
Environmental control 405
Environmental Protection Act 1990 61–71, 332, 333
Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) Regulations 1991 196–8
Equal Opportunities Commission 76
Equal Pay Act 1970 13
Equipment and protective systems (explosive atmospheres) 189, 190
Escalators and moving walkways 345, 346
Escaping vapours (highly flammable liquids) 225
Essential health and safety requirements 235
Essential safety requirements 18, 269, 320
Essential safety and health requirements 326
Establishments (definition) 159, 160
European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road 2003 (ADR) 177, 178
European approval for materials or European approval for pressure equipment materials 269
European approval of materials 276
European Commission 14
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (CENELEC) 18, 19
European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) 18, 19
European Court of Justice 6, 15
European Directives 15–18, 98, 349, 416
European Environment Agency 74
European Parliament 15
European Union 15
EU legislative process 16
EU standards 15–19
Evaporative condensers 263, 264
Examinations by a suitably qualified person 425
Excavations, cofferdams and caissons 140, 143
Exceptionally severe disablement allowance 79
Exemption certificates 114
Examination (pressure systems) (definition) 278
Examinations and tests 150, 151, 282
Examination scheme (definition) 227
Excess current, protection from 193
Exhaust ventilation equipment 150
Experimentation (definition) 276
Explosive atmosphere (definition) 181
Explosive atmospheres 183, 188
Explosive (classification) 116, 179
Explosive or inflammable dust, gas, etc. 42, 43
External fire spread (buildings) 100
External services 245
Extra low voltage 195
Extremely flammable (classification) 116
Eye and eyesight tests 211, 212
Factories Act 1961 41
Fair dismissal 13
Falls and falling objects 343, 344
False alarms 200
Family division 6
Fatal accidents at work 30
Fatal Accidents Act 1976 5, 30
Fire and Rescue Authorities 198
Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 198–200
Fire certificates 47, 48, 49, 201, 225
Fire Certificates (Special Premises) Regulations 1976 201, 202, 203
Fire detection and alarm systems 222
Fire escapes 225
Fire fighting and fire detection requirements 203
Fire fighting equipment 226
Fire officers 198–200
Fire Precautions Act 1971 47–9
Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997 202–6, 241, 246
Fire Precautions (Sub-surface Railway Stations) Regulations 1989 202
Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 47, 49–52, 202
Fire safety legislation 46–52
Fire safety requirements 99, 100
Fire safety signs 222
Fire service (access and facilities for) 100
Fire warning signs 222
First action level (noise) 256
First Aid (definition) 219
First Aid boxes 220
First Aid facilities 175, 185, 219
First Aid provision 219
First reading (statutes) 39
Fixed penalty notices 87
Fixed term contract of employment (definition) 240
Flammable (classification) 117
Flammable liquid (classification) 179
Floors (workplaces) 343
Fluid (definition) 269
Fluid in Group 1 (definition) 269, 270
Fluid in Group 2 (definition) 270
Foreseeable injury, disease or death 20
Fork-lift trucks, overturning of 294
Forseeability 367
Framework Directives 17
Fumigations 177
Gas Act 1986 206
Gas Appliances (Safety) Regulations 1992 206
Gas appliances, safety of 207
Gases (classification) 179
Gas incidents, reporting of 302
Gas pipelines 208
Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 206, 207
Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996 207–9
General damages 5
General fire precautions (definition) 205
General principles of prevention 242, 253
General safety certificate 51
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) 68, 70, 71
Given birth (definition) 240
Glazing requirements (buildings) 103
Gross misconduct 14
Guards and protection devices, inspection of 297
Guidance Notes (HSE) 39
Hand signals 221
Harm (definition) 62
Harmful (classification) 117
Harmonisation of laws 15
Hazard (definition) 165, 181, 397
Hazardous environments 193
Hazardous places (explosive atmospheres) 189
Health and safety arrangements 242
Health and safety assistance 204, 243
Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974 1, 51–7, 337
Health and safety cases 44
Health and Safety Executive 38, 39, 216–18
Health and Safety Commission 1, 38
Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996 209
Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 209–15, 412
Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1998 215, 216
Health and safety file 131, 139
Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 219, 220
Health and Safety (Information for Employees) Regulations 1998 220, 413
Health and Safety Information for Employees (Modifications and Repeals) Regulations 1995 220
Health and safety law poster 220
Health and safety plans 133, 134, 138, 378
Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 221, 222
Health and Safety (Training for Employment) Regulations 1990 45
Health records 154–6, 173, 423
Health review 174
Health surveillance 165, 172–4, 243, 407, 420–6
Heat control 215
Heat producing appliances (buildings) 101
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Pollution (HMIP) 62
Higher rate incapacity benefit 78
Highly flammable (classification) 116, 117
Highly flammable liquid (definition) 223
Highly flammable liquids 222, 223
Highly Flammable Liquids and Liquefied Petroleum Gases Regulations 1972 222–6
High or very low temperature risks 292
Hired and leased work equipment 300
Holidays (young persons) 46
Host employers’ undertakings 204, 247, 248
Hot water storage (buildings) 101
Household waste (definition) 333
Human capabilities 248
Human patients or animals 170
Humidity levels 215
Hygiene (buildings) 101
Hygiene measures 169
Identification of type of asbestos 146
IEE (Wiring) Regulations 191, 195
Ill-health data 419
Illuminated signs 221
Imminent danger, action in case of 284
Imminent risk of serious pollution of the environment 64
Impairment 80
Imprisonment provisions 89
Improvement Notices 9, 12, 50, 93–6
Incapacity benefit 78
Incident recall 420
Indication of danger (definition) 104
Indictment 9
Indirect discrimination 75
Industrial Tribunals Act 1964 12
Industrial waste (definition) 334
Information and training 135
Information, disclosure of 23–6
Information, instruction and training 148, 149, 163, 174, 175, 187, 204, 212, 246, 248, 263, 268, 289, 406, 407–20
Information, keeping of 231, 298
Information requirements 131, 280, 410
Information on hazardous substances 425
Inhalable dust (definition) 165
Injuries and dangerous occurrences, notification and reporting 301
‘In motion’ (machinery) 355
Inspection charges (HSE) 161
Inspection of documents 25
Inspection by a suitably qualified person 425
Inspection etc requirements 142, 143, 195, 288, 289
Inspection following notifiable accidents, etc. 316
Inspection of documents and the provision of information 316
Inspection of guards and protection devices 297
Inspection of workplaces 315, 316
Inspection (work equipment) (definition) 287
Installed system (definition) 279
Installation conditions (lifting equipment) 229
Installation instructions 206
Installation of a lift (definition) 233
Installation of pressure systems 281
Insulation 193
Insurance 26–9
Insurance companies 418
Integrated pollution control and air pollution control by local authorities 62–5
Interface between computer and operator/user 215
Internal fire spread (linings) 99
Internal fire spread (structure) 100
Internal linings (definition) 99
International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID) 178
‘In use’ (machinery) 355
Investigation of fires 199
Involuntary manslaughter 56
Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 226, 265, 413
Irritant (classification) 117
Isolation from sources of energy 292, 293
Job descriptions 419
Jury trial 11
Justification (definition)
Keyboard requirements 213, 214
Key elements of successful health and safety management 375
Label dimensions for substances and preparations dangerous for supply 112
Labelling of substances and preparation dangerous for supply 109
Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act 1948 21
Lead persons 162
Liability of another person 239
Liability without proof of negligence 362
Libel 31
Lift (definition) 233
Lifting equipment (definition) 227
Lifting equipment for lifting persons 228
Lifting equipment, marking of 229
Lifting operations (definition) 227
Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 227–40
Lifting operations, organisation of 229
Lifts, placing on the market, etc. 234
Lifts Regulations 1997 229, 232–40
Lifts, safety components and components 234
Lifts, specific duties 236
Lighting requirements 194, 214, 293, 342
Light work (definition) 121
Limitations Act 1980 23
Limitations of actions 23
Liquefied flammable gas (definition) 223
Liquefied petroleum gas (definition) 223
Liquefied petroleum gas (specific provisions) 224
Litter offences 67
Local authority enforcement 215
Local exhaust ventilation (LEV) 171
Long-term incapacity benefit 78
Loss of, or defect in (personal protective equipment) 268
Lower rate short-term incapacity benefit 78
Lower tier sites 161
Low voltage (definition) 195
Machinery and plant maintenance 406
Machinery cleaning (young persons) 46
Machinery guards and protection devices 290, 291
Magistrates Court Act 1980 11
Maintenance etc of control measures 163, 171, 188, 204, 262, 267, 284, 293
Maintenance (workplaces, etc.) 341
Maintenance (work equipment) 288, 365
Major accident (definition) 160
Major accident prevention policy 160, 161
Major injuries, notifiable and reportable 308
Management (definition) 371
Management process 371
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 240–53, 337, 349, 350, 372–4, 401, 402, 413, 421
Management systems 372
Manifestation of glazing (buildings) 103
Manual handling injury (definition) 254
Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 254–6
Manufacturers, designers, etc. of articles and substances 54, 263, 409, 418
Manufacturer of the safety components (definition) 233
Manufacturer’s instructions (pressure vessels) 319, 320
Marking and labelling packages 111
Marking of containers and pipes 175, 187
Marking of pressure systems 281
Marking of pressure vessels 286
Marking of work equipment 293
Master and servant relationship 21
Material changes to building or process 201
Maternity leave 84
Maximum allowable pressure or PS (definition) 270
Maximum allowable temperature or TS (definition) 270
Maximum exposure limit (definition) 165
Maximum exposure limits 166, 170
Meals and rest breaks (young persons) 46
Meals, facilities for eating (workplaces) 347
Means for fighting fire 47
Means of warning and escape 99
Measuring (definition) 376
Measuring performance elements (health and safety management) 376
Medical examination (definition) 145
Medical examinations 424
Medical surveillance 154–6, 163, 173, 425
Medical suspension payments 12
Memorandum of Guidance 191
Mental impairment 79
Merchantable quality 76
Method statements 378
Micro-organism (definition) 165
Minerals planning permissions 73
Mines and Quarries Act 1954 203
Mines (dangerous occurrences) 309
Miscellaneous (classification) 179
Miscellaneous conditions 324
Misconduct 14
Mitigation measures 365
Mobile system (definition) 279
Mobile work equipment 294
Model lift (definition) 233
Model lift 237
Modification and repair (pressure systems) 284
Monitoring elements (health and safety management) 373
Mutagenic (classification) 118
Murder 56
National emergency telephone number 208, 209
National Parks Authorities 72
National Rivers Authority 63
National waste strategies 73
Nature conservation 71
‘Near misses’ 393
Network Emergency Co-ordinator (NEC) 208
New or expectant mother (definition) 240
New or expectant mothers 250, 251
New workplace (definition) 340
Night workers 339
‘No evidence to be called’ 7
No-fault liability 29
Noise Abatement Notices 85
Noise Act 1996 86
Noise and Statutory Nuisances Act 1993 84–6
Noise at Work Regulations 1989 256, 259–63, 266, 400, 414
Noise complaints 86
Noise control 215
Noise exposure record 261
Noise in a street emitted from vehicles, etc. 85
Noise offences 87
Non-refillable gas containers 206
Normal size or DN (definition) 270
Notice of a derogation 110
Notices (features of) 97
Notifiable and reportable major injuries 308
Notification (offices, shops) 46
Notification and reporting of injuries and dangerous occurrences 301
Notification of Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers Regulations 1992 263, 264
Notification of major accidents 161
Notification of New Substances Regulations 1993 264, 265
Notification of project 129, 130
Notification of the constituents of certain preparations 114
Notification of work with asbestos 148
Notification to competent authority 160
Notified bodies (lifts) 238
Notified bodies (pressure systems) 276
Notified bodies (transportable pressure vessels) 331
Nuisance, tort of 30
Obligations on insurers 28
Obstruction (employee of a FRA) 199
Obtaining information 199
Occupation (definition) 32
Occupational deafness 359
Occupational exposure standard (definition) 165
Occupational exposure standards 166, 170
Occupational exposure limits 162
Occupational health professionals 173, 421, 422
Occupiers’ liability 31
Occupiers’ Liability Acts 1957 & 1984 32–5, 337
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 46
Offshore Installations and Pipelines Works (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1995 203
Offshore workplaces (dangerous occurrences) 309
Off-site emergency plan 160
On-site emergency plan 160
Open windows, protection from collision with 102
Operation of pressure systems 284
Operator (display screen equipment) (definition) 210
Organisational elements (health and safety 373
management
Organisational measures 188
Organising for health and safety 375
Other flammables (classification) 179
Overturning of fork-lift trucks 294
Oxidisers (classification) 179
Oxidising (classification) 116
Package (definition) 104
Packaging (definition) 104
Packaging of substances and preparations dangerous for supply 108, 109
Particular labelling requirements for certain preparations 111
Peak action level (noise) 256
Periodic inspection procedures (definition) 327
Periodic inspection and repeated use (transportable pressure vessels) 330, 331
Periods of employment (young persons) 46
Permanent joints (definition) 270
Permit to work systems 378
Personal capability assessment 78
Personal experience 419
Personal health file 425
Personal injury (definition) 23
Personal protective equipment (definition) 145, 268
Personal protective equipment 150, 170, 192, 265–8, 407, 425
Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992–2002 150, 265–8, 414
Personal suspension equipment 143
Persons in control of premises 31
Persons placing a lift or safety component on the market 238
Pesticide approvals 164
Pesticide consents 164
Physical agents, conditions due to 324
Physical agents and the physical demands of work 312
Physical or mental impairment 79–81
Pipeline (definition) 279
Pipeline marking 221
Pipework (definition) 279
Piping (definition) 270
Places where explosive atmospheres may occur 185
Planned preventative maintenance 405
Planning (definition) 376
Planning requirements 376
Planning supervisors 126, 132, 138
Plans of work 148
Poisons Advisory Centre 104, 114
Policy elements (health and safety management) 372
Policy requirements 374
‘Polluter pays’ principle 72
Pollution of the environment (definition) 62
Positioning and installation (lifting equipment) 228
Potentially explosive atmosphere (definition) 190
Power presses, guards and protection devices 296, 298–300
Practicability of precautions 354, 355
‘Practicable’ requirements 90, 91, 353, 355
Precautions against falls 140
Precedents 1
Pre-employment health screening 422
Preparation (definition) 104, 165, 181
Preparation dangerous for supply (definition) 104
Prescribed diseases 323
Pressure (definition) 270
Pressure accessories (definition) 270
Pressure equipment (definition) 270
Pressure equipment and assemblies (requirements) 271–6
Pressure equipment classification 275
Pressure Equipment Regulations 1999 269–78, 328
Pressure system (definition) 279
Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000 278–86, 400, 414, 415
Pressure vessels, marking of 286
Pressure vessels, requirements for 320–2
Pressurisation precautions 285
Pre-trial review 7
Prevention and control strategies 404–7, 425
Prevention or control of exposure to lead 163
Prevention of control of exposure to substances hazardous to health 168
Prevention or reduction of exposure to asbestos 149
Preventive or protective measures (definition) 241
Primary and secondary monitoring 422
Principal contractors 126, 134, 135, 138
Principles of prevention 242, 253, 404
Prior authorisation (processes) 63
Private nuisance 30
Privileged documents 25
Process (definition) 62
Producer (definition) 58
Producer responsibility 73
Product (definition) 58
Product complaints 420
Products containing asbestos for use at work 157
Prohibited conditions (insurance) 28
Prohibition Notices 64, 93, 96, 97, 205
Prohibition on advertising, selling, etc. 164
Prohibitions (substances) 166
Prohibition signs 319
Professional institutions 418
Project (definition) 124
Project (notification of) 127
Prosecution 3, 9, 93, 205, 206
Protection from falling (buildings) 102
Protection from falling, collision and impact (buildings) 102
Protective clothing 151
Protective devices (definition) 279
Protective systems (definition) 190
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 287–300, 415
Provision for health and safety 128
Public, release of information to (pesticides) 164
Public nuisance 31
Published information 418
Quarries (dangerous occurrences) 309
Queen’s Bench 6
Race Relations Act 1976 76
Racial discrimination 76
Radiation 215
Radioactive Substances Act 1960 67
Raw asbestos, requirements for 156, 157, 158, 159
Reasonable excuse 85
Reasonable forseeability 356, 357, 367
Reasonable man 91
Reasonable steps (disabled employees) 83
‘Reasonably practicable’ requirements 91, 353, 355, 360
Receptacle (definition) 105
Reckless manslaughter 56
Recognised trade union (definition) 314
Record keeping 52, 171, 197, 259, 284, 285, 289, 303, 308, 377–80, 425
Reduced earnings allowance 79
Referenced conductors 193
Reflections and glare 214
Regional Environment Protection Advisory Committees 74
Registrar 7
Regulated stand 51
Regulations 1, 38, 40, 349, 416
Relator action 31
Released (definition) 62
Relevant doctor 173
Relevant conformity assessment 329
Relevant essential health and safety requirements (lifts) 233, 234, 235
Relevant fluid (definition) 279
Relevant person 124
Relevant statutory provisions 9, 45, 241, 243, 247, 350
Relevant training 45
Relevant transport systems (dangerous occurrences) 309
Remote-controlled self-propelled work equipment 295
Removal of stereo/audio equipment 85
Reportable diseases 311–13
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 301–13
Reporting requirements, summary of 310, 311
Reporting the death of an employee 301
Report of a case of disease 306, 307
Report of an injury or dangerous occurrence 304, 305
Reports and defects (lifting equipment) 230, 231
Representatives of employee safety 209
Res ipsa loquitur 36
Resistance to passage of sound (buildings) 100
Respirable dust (definition) 165
Respiratory protective equipment 149, 150, 171
Respirator zones 153
Responsible person 41, 201, 233, 270
Rest breaks 339
Rest facilities (workplaces) 347
Rest periods 339
Restricting exposure (ionising radiation) 226
Retention of classification data 113
Retirement allowance 79
Review elements (health and safety management) 374
Reviewing (definition) 377
RID 327
Risk (definition) 165, 181, 397
Risk analysis (workstations) 209, 210, 211
Risk assessment 145, 146, 147, 350, 365, 377, 378,
Risk assessment (dangerous substances) 182, 183
Risk assessment (fire) 204
Risk assessment (general duty) 241, 242
Risk assessment (ionising radiation) 226
Risk assessment (lead) 163
Risk assessment (manual handling operations) 254–58, 366
Risk assessment (new or expectant mothers) 250, 251
Risk assessment (new substances) 264
Risk assessment (noise exposure) 259
Risk assessment, principles of 396–9
Risk assessment (personal protective equipment) 267
Risk assessment (substances hazardous to health) 167, 168, 425
Risk assessment under other Regulations 399
Risk assessment (young persons) 241
Risk phrase (definition) 105, 107
Risk reduction (noise) 259
Risk taking 34
Room dimensions (workplaces) 342, 348
Royal Assent (statutes) 40
Royal Commission on Environmental Protection 62
Safe (definition) (lifts) 234
Safe (definition) (pressure equipment or assembly) 270, 271
Safe (definition) (pressure vessels) 319
Safe condition signs 319
Safe operating limits (definition) 279
Safe operating limits (pressure systems) 281
Safe places of work 140
Safe system of work 122, 192, 378
Safety accessories (definition) 271
Safety audits 383–91
Safety cases 208
Safety certificates 51
Safety clearance (pressure vessels) 321
Safety components, placing on the market etc. 235
Safety data sheets 107, 108, 119, 121, 181
Safety Data Sheets Directive 120
Safety inspections 382
Safety instructions, provision of 359, 360
Safety monitoring 382–92
Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 50, 51, 202
Safety organisations 418
Safety phrase (definition) 105
Safety reports 160
Safety representative (definition) 314
Safety representatives 12, 44, 314–18
Safety representatives, appointment of 314
Safety representatives, functions of 315
Safety representatives, time off for training 318
Safety representatives, training 359
Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1977 12, 209, 314–18, 415, 416
Safety sampling exercises 391, 392
Safety signs 221, 222, 318, 319
Safety Signs Regulations 1980 318, 319
Safety surveys 382
Safety tours 383
Sale and Supply of Goods Act 1994 77
Sale of Goods Act 1979 76
Sanitary conveniences and washing facilities (buildings) 101
Sanitary conveniences (workplaces) 346, 348
Scheduled processes 62
Scheme of examination 279
Scottish Environment Protection Agency 71
Seating requirements (workplaces) 343
Second hand electrical equipment 196
Second action level (noise) 256
Second-hand, hired and leased work equipment 300
Second reading (statutes) 39
Seizure and disposal (pesticides) 164
Seizure of equipment emitting noise 87
Self-employed persons’ duties 53, 54, 241, 247
Self-propelled work equipment 294, 295
Sensitising (classifications) 117, 118
Separation 405
Series manufacture (definition) (pressure vessels) 320
Serious and imminent danger 44, 45, 245
Sex Discrimination Act 1975 75
Sex Discrimination Act 1986 75
Shift work 46
Shift workers 339
Sickness absence 426
Sickness benefit 5
‘Significant exposure) lead 163
‘Significant harm’ 72
Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) Regulations 1991–94 319–22
Single European Act 18
Skylights 344
Slander 31
Smoking controls (highly flammable liquids) 225
Social Security Act 1975 57
Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975 5
Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985–2003 323–5
Software ergonomics 215
Software requirements 215
Sound, resistance to passage of (buildings) 100
Space requirements 214, 342, 348
Special corrective appliances 212
Special damages 5
Special premises 201
Specific risks (work equipment) 289
Specific safety certificate 51
Specified hazards (work equipment) 291, 292
Specified inscriptions (pressure vessels) 322
Spills and leaks (highly flammable liquids) 224
Stability (work equipment) 293
Stability and solidity (workplaces) 341
Stairs, ladders and ramps (buildings) 102
Standard (definition) 271
Standards for analysis (asbestos) 154
Standard or standard referred to in Article 5 (definition) (lifts) 234
Stare decisis 351
Statement of Health and Safety Policy 53, 377, 380–2
Statement of Means 89
Statement of Policy on the Safety of Disabled Employees 83
State of scientific or technical knowledge 60
Statistics 419
Statute law 1
Statutory nuisances 65, 66, 69
Steam boilers 43
Stock bar (definition) 291
Store rooms and containers, marking of 224
Strength and stability (lifting equipment) 228
Strength of electrical equipment 192
Stress at work cases 366–9
Structural defects 34
Structure (definition) 124
Structures, work on 140
Substance (definition) 105, 165, 181
Substance dangerous for supply (definition) 105
Substance hazardous to health (definition) 166
Substances, conditions due to 313
Substances hazardous to health 168
‘Substantial and long-term adverse effects’ 80
Substitution 149, 163, 168, 184, 405
Successful health and safety management [HS(G)65] 374–6
Suitability (work equipment) 288
‘Suitable for use’ approach 72
Suitable head protection (definition) 139
Summary of reporting requirements 310, 311
Summons 10
Supervised areas 226
Supplementary powers (authorised employees) 199, 200
Supplier (definition) 105
Supply (definition) 105, 234, 271
Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1991–1994 325
Supreme court Act 1981 25
Supreme Court of Judicature 6
Suspension from work on health grounds 174
Sustainable development 73
Suspension levels (lead) 162
Symbol-based signs 221
System (definition) 192
System failure (definition) 279
Tactile warning devices 112, 113
Task analysis 419
Technical dossier (new substances) 265
Temperature in indoor workplaces 342
Temporary employment 363
Terms of employment 13
Third reading (statutes) 39
Thorough examination (lifting equipment) (definition) 227
Thorough examination (power presses, etc.) (definition) 287, 296, 297, 299, 300
Thorough examination and inspection (lifting equipment) 229, 231, 232
Top tier sites 161
Toxic (classification) 117
Toxic for reproduction (classification) 118
Toxics (classification) 179
Toxic substances (buildings) 100
Trade associations 418
Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993 83, 84
Traffic route (definition) 340
Traffic routes, vehicles, doors and gates 141, 343, 345
Training and supervision (young persons) 46
Training (definition) 408
Training requirements 142, 212, 248, 290
Transfer notes (waste) 197
Transparent or translucent doors, gates and walls 344
Transportable pressure vessel (definition) 327
Transportable Pressure Vessels Regulations 2001 326–32
Transportable pressure vessels, requirements for 328–30
Transport of dangerous goods 177–80
Transposed harmonised standard 234, 271
Treaty of Rome 15
Trespass, tort of 31
Trespassers 33
Trends in health and safety legislation 349, 350
Triable either way offences 9, 10
Tribunals 12
Tube (definition) 328
Undertaking (definition) 371
Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 3, 21, 33
Unfair dismissal 13
Unit fines system 88–90
Unlawful discrimination against women or men 75
Unlawful indirect discrimination 75
UN number (definition) 328
Unreasonable precautions 354
Urinary lead concentrations 162
Use (display screen equipment) (definition) 210
Use (work equipment) (definition) 287
User (display screen equipment) (definition) 210
User (pressure systems) (definition) 280
User inspectorate (definition) 277
Vehicle (definition) 328
Vehicle barriers and loading bays (buildings) 102
Vehicles 141
Very toxic (classification) 117
Vessel (definition) 271
Ventilation (buildings) 101
Ventilators 344
Vessel (definition) 320
Vessels, categories of 321
Vessels, requirements for 320, 321
Vicarious liability 21, 358, 359, 363
Visitors 32
Volume or V (definition) 271
Voluntary assumption of risk (Volenti non fit injuria) 22, 361
Vulnerable persons and groups 354, 422
Warning and other communication systems 176, 186, 407
Warning diamonds 180
Warnings (work equipment) 293
Warrant to enter premises 199
Washing and changing facilities 156, 169
Washing facilities (workplaces) 346
Waste (definition) 333
Waste Collection Authorities 336
Waste Disposal Authorities 336
Waste Management Licence Regulations 1992 334
Waste management licences 65, 334
Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 334, 335
Waste materials (workplaces) 342
Waste Regulation Authority 63, 197, 334–6
Waste Regulatory Authorities 335, 336
Waste strategy 73
Water conservation 73
Water quality 73
Weekly rest period 339
Welfare facilities 141
Windows, safe access for cleaning 103
Windows, safe opening and closing 103
Women of reproductive capacity 162
‘Work’ 177
Work activities 192
Work away from base 336–8
Work desk or work surface requirements 214
Work equipment (definition) 227, 287
Work in compressed air (definition) 338
Work in Compressed Air Regulations 1996 338, 339
Working environment 169
Working platforms 143
Working space, access and lighting 194
Working Time Regulations 1998–2002 339, 340
Work on equipment made dead 194
Work on or near live conductors 194
Work on third party premises 21
Workplace (definition) 314, 340
Workplace and work process requirements 187, 188
Workplace fire precautions legislation (definition) 205
Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 222, 340–9
Workplace inspections 315, 316
Work process (definition) 181
Work routine 211
Workstation (display screen equipment) (definition) 210
Workstation requirements 213–15
Workstation risk analysis 210, 211
Workstations and seating 342
Workstations, requirements for 211
Work study techniques 418
Writ of Summons 7
Written Declaration of Conformity 196
Written information 418
Written instructions (work equipment) 289
Written instructions (work away from base) 337
Written notice of intent 205
Written opinion of a fire authority 205
Written report of thorough examination (lifting equipment) 230
Written scheme of examination (pressure systems) 281, 282–4
Young person (definition) 241
Young persons 41, 45, 46, 162, 241, 252
Zone classifications (explosive atmospheres) 189