Phil Hughes

MBE

Ed
Ferrett

CHAPTER 1
HEALTH AND
SAFETY
FOUNDATIONS

CHAPTER 1

HEALTH AND SAFETY

FOUNDATIONS
1.1 The scope and nature of occupational health and safety
1.2 Moral, legal and financial reasons for promoting good standards of health and
safety
1.3 The legal framework for the regulation of health and safety including
sources and types
of law
1.4 The scope, duties and offences of employers, managers, employees
and others under
the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
1.5 The scope, duties and offences of employers, managers, employees
and others under
the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations
1.6 The legal and organizational health and safety roles and responsibilities of
clients and
their contractors
1.7 Further information
1.8 Practice NEBOSH questions

CHAPTER 1

HEALTH AND SAFETY FOUNDATIONS

(CONTINUED)

Appendix 1.1 Checklist for supply chain health and safety

management
Appendix 1.2 Summary of application and notification under CDM
2007
Appendix 1.3 Pre-construction information
Appendix 1.4 Construction phase plan

CHAPTER 2
HEALTH AND
SAFETY
MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS

CHAPTER 2

HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT

SYSTEMS POLICY

2.1 Key elements of a health and safety management system

2.2 Purpose and importance of setting a policy for health and safety
2.3 Key features and appropriate content of an effective health
and safety policy
2.4 Further information
2.5 Practice NEBOSH questions
Appendix 2.1 Health and safety policy checklist

CHAPTER 3
HEALTH AND
SAFETY
MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS 2

CHAPTER 3

HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT

SYSTEMS 2 ORGANIZING
3.1 Organizational health and safety roles and responsibilities of
employers, directors and
managers
3.2 Concept
of health and safety culture and its significance in the
management of health
and safety
in anwhich
organization
3.3 Human
factors
influence behaviour at work
3.4 How health and safety behaviour at work can be improved
3.5 Emergency procedures and arrangement for contacting the
emergency services
3.6 Requirements for, and effective provision of first aid in the workplace
3.7 Further information
3.8 Practice NEBOSH questions
Appendix 3.1 Detailed health and safety responsibilities
Appendix 3.2 List of typical legislation requiring health and
safety training

CHAPTER 4
HEALTH AND
SAFETY
MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS 3

CHAPTER 4

HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT

SYSTEMS 3 PLANNING

4.1 Importance of planning

4.2 Principles and practice of risk assessment
4.3 General principles of control and hierarchy of risk reduction
measures
4.4 Sources of health and safety information
4.5 Safe systems of work
4.6 Permits to work
4.7 Further information
4.8 Practice NEBOSH questions

CHAPTER 4

HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT

SYSTEMS 3 PLANNING (CONTINUED)

Appendix 4.1 Hazard checklist

Appendix 4.2 Example of a risk assessment record
Appendix 4.3 Risk assessment example 2: Hairdressing salon
Appendix 4.4 Risk assessment example 3: Office cleaning
Appendix 4.5 Job safety analysis form
Appendix 4.6 Essential elements of a permit-to-work form
Appendix 4.7 Asbestos examples of safe systems of work

CHAPTER 5
HEALTH AND
SAFETY
MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS 4
MEASURING,

CHAPTER 5

HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT

SYSTEMS 4
MEASURING, AUDIT AND REVIEW
5.1 Active and reactive monitoring
5.2 Health and safety auditing
5.3 Investigating incidents
5.4 Recording and reporting incidents
5.5 Review of health and safety performance
5.6 Further information
5.7 Practice NEBOSH questions

CHAPTER 5

HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT

SYSTEMS 4
MEASURING, AUDIT AND REVIEW
(CONTINUED)
Appendix 5.1 Workplace inspection exercises
Appendix 5.2 Specimen workplace inspection report form
Appendix 5.3 Workplace inspection checklist
Appendix 5.4 Page 1 of Accident/incident report form see full form at:
www.routledge.co.uk/cw/hughes
Appendix 5.5 Information for insurance/compensation claims

CHAPTER 6
WORKPLACE
HAZARDS AND
RISK CONTROL

CHAPTER 6

WORKPLACE HAZARDS AND RISK

CONTROL
6.1 Health, welfare and work environment requirements
6.2 Violence at work
6.3 Substance misuse at work
6.4 Safe movement of people in the workplace
6.5 Working at height
6.6 Excavations
6.7 Further information
6.8 Practice NEBOSH questions
Appendix 6.1 Checklist of typical scaffolding faults
Appendix 6.2 Inspection recording form with timing and frequency
chart

CHAPTER 7
TRANSPORT
HAZARDS AND
RISK CONTROL

CHAPTER 7

TRANSPORT HAZARDS AND RISK

CONTROL

7.1 Safe movement of vehicles in the workplace

7.2 Driving at work
7.3 Further information
7.4 Practice NEBOSH questions

CHAPTER 8
MUSCULOSKELET
AL HAZARDS AND
RISK CONTROL

CHAPTER 8

MUSCULOSKELETAL HAZARDS AND RISK

CONTROL
8.1 Work-related upper limb disorders
8.2 Manual handling hazards, risks and control measures
8.3 Manually operated load handling equipment
8.4 Mechanically operated load handling equipment
8.5 Further information
8.6 Practice NEBOSH questions
Appendix 8.1 Workstation self-assessment checklist
Appendix 8.2 Manual handling of loads: assessment checklist
Appendix 8.3 A typical risk assessment for the use of lifting
equipment
Appendix 8.4 Examples of manually operated load handling
equipment

CHAPTER 9
WORK
EQUIPMENT
HAZARDS AND
RISK CONTROL

CHAPTER 9

WORK EQUIPMENT HAZARDS AND RISK

CONTROL

9.1 General requirements for work equipment

9.2 Hand-held tools
9.3 Machinery hazards
9.4 Control measures practical safeguards
9.5 Further Information
9.6 Practice NEBOSH questions

CHAPTER 10
ELECTRICAL
SAFETY

CHAPTER 10

ELECTRICAL SAFETY

10.1 Hazards and risks associated with the use of electricity at work
10.2 Control measures
10.3 Further information
10.4 Practice NEBOSH questions

CHAPTER 11
FIRE SAFETY

CHAPTER 11

FIRE SAFETY

11.1 Principles of fire initiation, classification, spread and legal

requirements
11.2 Fire risk assessment
11.3 Principles of fire prevention and prevention of fire spread
11.4 Fire alarm and fire fighting equipment
11.5 Evacuation of a workplace
11.6 Further information
11.7 Practice NEBOSH questions

CHAPTER 11

FIRE SAFETY (CONTINUED)

Appendix 11.1 Fire risk assessment checklist (as recommended in Fire

Safety Guides
published by the Department for Communities and Local
Government in
2006)
Appendix 11.2 Example form for recording significant findings (as
published in 2006 by the
Department for Communities and Local Government in
their Fire Safety
Guides)
Appendix 11.3 Typical
fire notice
Appendix 11.4 Example fire safety
maintenance checklist

CHAPTER 12
CHEMICAL AND
BIOLOGICAL
HEALTH
HAZARDS
AND RISK

CHAPTER 12

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL HEALTH

HAZARDS
AND RISK CONTROL
12.1 Forms of, classification of, and health risks from hazardous
substances
12.2 Assessment of health risks
12.3 Workplace exposure limits
12.4 Control measures
12.5 Specific agents
12.6 Safe handling and storage of waste
12.7 Further information
12.8 Practice NEBOSH questions

CHAPTER 12

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL HEALTH

HAZARDS
AND RISK CONTROL (CONTINUED)
Appendix 12.1 EU Existing Risk Phrases
Appendix 12.2 EU Existing Safety Phrases
Appendix 12.3 GHS Hazard (H) Statements (Health only)
Appendix 12.4 Hazardous properties of waste (as listed in the
Hazardous Waste
(England and Wales) Regulations 2005)
Appendix 12.5 A typical COSHH assessment form

CHAPTER 13
PHYSICAL AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL
HEALTH
HAZARDS

CHAPTER 13

PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL

HEALTH HAZARDS
AND RISK CONTROL
13.1 Noise
13.2 Vibration
13.3 Radiation
13.4 Stress
13.5 Further information
13.6 Practice NEBOSH questions
Appendix 13.1 Example of a noise assessment record form

CHAPTER 14
CONSTRUCTION,
ENVIRONMENTAL
AND
INTERNATIONAL
ASPECTS OF

CHAPTER 14

CONSTRUCTION, ENVIRONMENTAL AND

INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF HEALTH
AND SAFETY
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Construction activities
14.3 Environmental considerations
14.4 International issues
14.5 Further information
Appendix 14.1 Summary of application and notification under
CDM 2007
Appendix 14.2 Scaffolds and ladders
Appendix 14.3 International travel tips
Appendix 14.4 Emergency numbers in some countries world-wide

CHAPTER 15
SUMMARY OF
THE MAIN LEGAL
REQUIREMENTS

CHAPTER 15

SUMMARY OF THE MAIN LEGAL

REQUIREMENTS
15.11 Health and safety (Consultation with employees) regulations 1996
15.12 Control of substances hazardous to health regulations (COSHH) 2002 and
2004 amendment
15.13 Dangerous substances and explosive atmospheres regulations
(DSEAR) 2002
15.14 Health and safety (Display screen equipment) regulations 1992
15.15 Electricity at work regulations 1989
15.16 Employers liability (Compulsory insurance) Act 1969 and
regulations 1998 amended
in 2002, 2004 and 2008
15.17 Regulatory reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
15.18 Health and safety (First Aid) regulations 1981 as amended in 2002
15.19 Health and safety (Information for Employees) regulations 1989

CHAPTER 15

SUMMARY OF THE MAIN LEGAL

REQUIREMENTS (CONTINUED)
15.20 Hazardous waste (England and Wales) regulations 2005
15.21 Ionising radiation regulations 1999
15.22 Lifting operations and lifting equipment regulations (LOLER) 1998 as
amended in 2002
15.23 Management of health and safety at work regulations 1999 as
amended in 2003
and 2006
15.24 Manual handling operations regulations (MHO) 1992 as amended
in 2002
15.25 Notification of conventional tower cranes regulations 2010
15.26 Control of noise at work regulations 2005
15.27 Personal protective equipment at work regulations 1992 as
amended in 2002
15.28 Provision and use of work equipment regulations 1998 (except
Part IV) as amended
in 2002

CHAPTER 15

SUMMARY OF THE MAIN LEGAL

REQUIREMENTS (CONTINUED)
15.29 The reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences
regulations 1995
15.30 Safety representatives and safety committees regulations 1977
15.31 Health and safety (Safety Signs and Signals) regulations 1996
15.32 The supply of machinery (Safety) regulations 2008
15.33 Control of vibration at work regulations 2005
15.34 Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) regulations 1992 as
amended in 2002
15.35 Work at height regulations 2005 as amended in 2007
15.36 Other relevant legislation in brief
15.37 Common Sense, Common Safety: Lord Youngs Report October
2010

CHAPTER 16
STUDY SKILLS

CHAPTER 16
STUDY
SKILLS

16.1 Introduction
16.2 Find a place to study
16.3 Planning for study
16.4 Blocked thinking
16.5 Taking notes
16.6 Reading for study
16.7 Free learning resources from the Open University
16.8 Organizing for revision
16.9 Organizing information
16.10 How does memory work?

CHAPTER 16
STUDY SKILLS
(CONTINUED)

16.11 How to deal with exams

16.12 The examiners reports
16.13 The written examinations
16.14 NGC3 the practical application
16.15 Conclusion
16.16 Further information

CHAPTER 17
SPECIMEN
ANSWERS TO
NEBOSH
EXAMINATIONS

CHAPTER 17
SPECIMEN ANSWERS TO NEBOSH
EXAMINATIONS

17.1 Introduction
17.2 The written examinations
17.3 NGC3 the practical application
Appendix 17.1 Specimen candidate report
Appendix 17.2 The practical assessment

CHAPTER 18
SOURCES OF
INFORMATION
AND GUIDANCE

CHAPTER 18
SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND
GUIDANCE

18.1 Introduction
18.2 How to search the Internet effectively
18.3 For-a-fee searches
18.4 Dont forget the phone book
18.5 Privacy issues
18.6 Some useful web sites