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Nebosh Diploma Unit A1

The document discusses the reasons for managing health and safety: 1) Moral reasons - Society expects employers to reasonably care for employees and the public. It should not be a condition of work that employees risk their lives. 2) Legal reasons - Laws and regulations define acceptable behavior and punish non-compliance through fines and imprisonment. Regulators can issue notices requiring changes to prevent accidents. Civil law allows compensation for injuries from safety failures. 3) Economic reasons - Organizations need money to operate and control costs, while businesses aim to maximize profits. Managing safety is a measurable cost, but not managing it risks higher costs from accidents.

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Nebosh Diploma Unit A1

The document discusses the reasons for managing health and safety: 1) Moral reasons - Society expects employers to reasonably care for employees and the public. It should not be a condition of work that employees risk their lives. 2) Legal reasons - Laws and regulations define acceptable behavior and punish non-compliance through fines and imprisonment. Regulators can issue notices requiring changes to prevent accidents. Civil law allows compensation for injuries from safety failures. 3) Economic reasons - Organizations need money to operate and control costs, while businesses aim to maximize profits. Managing safety is a measurable cost, but not managing it risks higher costs from accidents.

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RelevantExternalDocuments
Youshouldreadthefollowingsectionsofregulationsandlawinassociationwiththiselement.It'sa
goodideatoreadthesebeforeyoustartontheelement,thenrefertotheminthecourseofstudyingthis
element.YoucandownloadPDFcopiesoftheseviatheHSEwebsite,andIsuggestusingtheMHSWR
1999ApprovedCodeofPractice.
ManagementofHealthandSafetyatWorkRegulations1999Regulations3,4,5and7
HealthandSafetyatWorketc.Act1974section2

Principlesofhealthandsafetymanagement
OneofthefirstquestionsweshouldanswerisWhyspendtimeandmoneyonmanaginghealthand
safety?

MORALReasons:
Societyplacesmoralobligationsonpeopletobehavereasonablytooneanotherandto
takecareofeachother.Thisisdisplayedthroughpublicopinionandcanbeoftenseenin
newspapersandothermediaafteramajorincidentoranactwhichoffendsthemoral
standardofthemajorityofthepublic(suchasmurder,robberyandothercrimes).
Thepublicexpectsemployerstotakereasonablecareoftheiremployees,schoolstotake
careofthechildrenintheircare,hospitalstotakecareoftheirpatients.
Itshouldnotbeaconditionofworkthatanemployeeriskslifeandhealthindoingtheir
job.
Societyalsoexpectsthatthepublicareprotectedfromharm.
Themoralcaseformanaginghealthandsafetyshouldbeenoughyouwouldthink,however
historyhasshownthatnoteveryonehassufficientmoralmotivationandinthosecasesthelegal
andeconomicargumentsreinforcetheexpectationtomanagehazardsandrisks.

LEGALReasons:

PunitiveAsaresultofpublicpressureparliamenthasmadelawsandregulationsto
definethebehaviourexpectedofpeopleandorganisations,toexposethosewhodonot
complywiththesestandardsofacceptablebehaviorandtopunishthemusingfines,
imprisonmentandpublicityoftheirconduct.Inextremecasesawindingupordercanbe
issuedbythecourtsinordertocloseanorganisationandindividualswithinan
organisationcanbeprosecutedandimprisoned.
PreventiveThegovernementappointedregulatorsforhealth&safety(theHSEand
LocalAuthorities)havelegalpowerstoissuenoticeswhichhavelegalstatusandcan
prohibitdangerousactivities(prohibitionnotices)andforcechanges(improvement
notices)topreventaccidents.Failuretocomplywiththesecanalsoresultinfinesand
imprisonmentasaresultofcourtaction.
CompensatoryCivillawallowspeoplewhohavesufferedharmasaresultofhealth&

safetyfailurestosueforcompensationfortheirpainandsufferingandtocompensatefor
futurelossesexpectedtobeincurredasaresultofaninjuryorillhealth.

ECONOMICReasons:

Organisationsrequiremoneytooperateandachievetheiraimsandpartofthisis
controllingcosts.Business'existtomakeaprofitfortheirowners,socontrollingcosts
andmaximisingprofitareofprimeimportance.
Managinghealthandsafetyisareadilymeasurablecost,butlessreadilyavailableisthe
costofnotmanaginghealthandsafety.

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