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Nebosh Definitions

This document defines key terms related to workplace health and safety including ergonomics, negligence, motivation, accident incident rate, hazard, risk, health, safety, and welfare. It also defines accident and near miss. The final section outlines the key elements of the ILO-OSH 2001 framework including having a clear health and safety policy, organizing roles and responsibilities, planning and implementing arrangements through risk assessment, evaluating effectiveness, taking action for improvement, and conducting independent audits.

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Nebosh Definitions

This document defines key terms related to workplace health and safety including ergonomics, negligence, motivation, accident incident rate, hazard, risk, health, safety, and welfare. It also defines accident and near miss. The final section outlines the key elements of the ILO-OSH 2001 framework including having a clear health and safety policy, organizing roles and responsibilities, planning and implementing arrangements through risk assessment, evaluating effectiveness, taking action for improvement, and conducting independent audits.

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Ergonomics: The Study of how the workplace relates to human functions.

Negligence: Breach of common law legal duty of care to exercise


reasonable care towards others, resulting in loss, damage or injury.
Motivation: The way in which people can be persuaded to perform an act
willingly.
Accident incident rate: IR= Number of accident during a specific
period of time
Average number of workers over the
same period of time
Hazard: Something with the potential to cause harm.
Risk: The likelihood that the harm from a particular hazard will be realized.
Health: The absence of disease.
Safety: The absence of Risk.
Welfare: Access to basic facilities.
Accident: An unplanned unwanted event which lead to injury, damage or
loss.
Near miss: An unplanned unwanted event that had the potential to lead to
injury, damage or loss but did not actually do so.
Key Elements of ILO OSH 2001:
Policy: Clear statement to commitment to Health and Safety.
Organizing: Roles and responsibilities for Health and Safety
Planning and Implementing: Detailed arrangements to manage Health
and Safety
Risk Assessment.
Evaluation: Methods to monitor and review the effectiveness of the
arrangements
Action for improvement: Steps to correct issues found in the review
process
Audit: Independent, critical and systematic review of the management
system.

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Audit

Planning and
Implementing
Action for
Improvement
Evaluation

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