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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.
The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER) are set of regulations created under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 which came into force in Great Britain on 5 December 1998 [1] and replaced a number of other pieces of legislation which previously covered the use of lifting equipment.
Companies may adopt a safety and health management system (SMS), [c] either voluntarily or because required by applicable regulations, to deal in a structured and systematic way with safety and health risks in their workplace. An SMS provides a systematic way to assess and improve prevention of workplace accidents and incidents based on ...
For a Fair Deal was a political manifesto published by the Liberal Democrats under the leadership of Ed Davey, ahead of the 2024 general election. The 116-page document was launched at campaign event in London to the tune of " Take a Chance on Me " by ABBA .
The Fair Deal reforms helped to transform the United States from a wartime economy to a peacetime economy. [12] In the context of postwar reconstruction and the Cold War, the Fair Deal sought to preserve and extend the liberal tradition of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal. [5]
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The HSE was created by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, and has since absorbed earlier regulatory bodies such as the Factory Inspectorate and the Railway Inspectorate though the Railway Inspectorate was transferred to the Office of Rail and Road in April 2006. [3] The HSE is sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions.
A competent person is designated by a company to ensure that the company's health and safety responsibilities are being met. [1] [2] This may be a legal obligation required of the company, to ensure that the business understands, and can act on, the health and safety risks that might occur during their particular type of work.