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Why is it important to
manage safely?
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There are three key reasons to manage
safely:
•moral
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There are three key reasons to manage
safely:
•moral
•legal
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There are three key reasons to manage
safely:
•financial
•moral
•legal
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What are your responsibilities
as a manager?
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You are in the front line of safety!
As a manager, you’re responsiblefor making
decisions about local safety practice
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A manager can assign responsibility, but
can’t give away accountability–
the manager is ultimately accountable
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This course will help you to:
•identify your responsibilities and
accountabilities as a manager
•know when to act, and when not to
•know whether an issue
needs your attention, or
the attention of senior
management
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Quiz
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1. On average, how many people are killed
at work each year?
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1. On average, how many people are killed
at work each year?
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This equates to approximately 20people
each month, or 4 to 5people each week!
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2. On average, how many serious work-
related injuries occur each year?
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2. On average, how many serious work-
related injuries occur each year?
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This is approximately one every 17 minutes!
A further 129,600employees are off work for
over three days for less serious injuries
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3. On average, how many days are lost
each year due to workplace injuries or ill
health?
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3. On average, how many days are lost
each year due to workplace injuries or ill
health?
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4. How many people leave the workforce
each year, never to return to work, due to
harm suffered at work?
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4. How many people leave the workforce
each year, never to return to work, due to
harm suffered at work?
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5. On average, how many managers and
directors are convicted each year?
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5. On average, how many managers and
directors are convicted each year?
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About1,320organisations are convicted each
year and fined an average of £8,600, though
fines of over £100,000aren’t uncommon
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6. What percentage of workplace incidents
is preventable by good management?
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6. What percentage of workplace incidents
is preventable by good management?
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7. A manager is ______ for the day-to-day
management of health and safety risks.
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7. A manager is ______ for the day-to-day
management of health and safety risks.
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8. A manager is ______ for his/her actions
and may be required to explain them to
others.
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8. A manager is ______ for his/her actions
and may be required to explain them to
others.
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9. Can effective health and safety
management save you money?
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9. Can effective health and safety
management save you money?
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10. Legally, how much must an employer be
insured for?
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10. Legally, how much must an employer be
insured for?
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11. If a worker is injured and cannot work,
will insurance cover all financial losses?
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11. If a worker is injured and cannot work,
will insurance cover all financial losses?
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12. What is the cost of workplace accidents
each year to British society as a whole?
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12. What is the cost of workplace accidents
each year to British society as a whole?
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Managing health and safety gives you a
helping hand with your other responsibilities:
•enhancing your reputation
•increasing your profits
•reducing wastage and
insurance premiums
•maintaining a happy,
healthy workforce
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Keep your business healthy and safe by:
•thinking about health and safety when
planning work
•talking about health and safety with your
team
•demonstrating safe and
healthy behaviour
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Managing health and safety is an
essential part of your job,
not something you do in addition to your job.
Remember:
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•Why is it important to manage safely?
•What are your responsibilities
as a manager?
Key learning points:
Introducing managing safely
•Why is it important to manage safely?
•What are your responsibilities
as a manager?
Key learning points: