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Environment, health and safety (EHS) (or health, safety and environment –HSE–, or safety, health and environment –SHE–) is an interdisciplinary field focused on the study and implementation of practical aspects environmental protection and safeguard of people's health and safety, especially in an occupational context.
Environmental Regulations for Workplaces, 1987 [142] Driven Machinery Regulations, 1988 [143] General Machinery Regulations, 1988 [144] Noise Induced Hearing Loss Regulations, 2003 [145] Pressure Equipment Regulations, 2004; General Administrative Regulations, 2003 [146] Diving Regulations, 2009 [147] Construction Regulations, 2014
Another form of economic effect is the cost of product failures during the switch to RoHS compliance. For example, tin whiskers were responsible for a 5% failure rate in certain components of Swiss Swatch watches in 2006, prior to the July implementation of RoHS, reportedly triggering a US$1 billion recall.
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As of March 2009, the relevant New Zealand regulations under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 do not specify the exact wording required for hazard statements. However, the New Zealand classification system includes three categories of environmental hazard which are not included in the GHS Rev.2:
The regulations implemented European Union directive 89/654/EEC on minimum safety and health requirements for the workplace and repealed and superseded much of the Factories Act 1961 and Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963. [2] Since 31 December 1995, all new and existing workplaces have had to comply with these regulations. [3]
The principal aim of the regulations is to reduce the risks of potential major accidents, such as the Flixborough disaster, that are associated with the handling of hazardous substances. The regulations operate on two levels depending on the establishment's status which is divided into two categories,'Lower Tier' and 'Upper Tier', determined by ...
To be included in this list an obsolete occupation should in the past have employed significant numbers of workers (hundreds or thousands as evidenced by, for example, census data). [1] [2] Some rare occupations are included in this list, but only if they have notable practitioners, for example alchemist or phrenologist.