1. Organizing for health and safety3
Chapter
Organizing for health and safety

2. Figure 1 Organizing for health and safety
After reading this chapter
you should be able to:
1. Outline the health and safety roles and
responsibilities of employers, managers, supervisors, employees and other relevant parties
2. Explain the importance and means of consulting with employees on health and safety issues and the means to achieve effective consultation
Figure 1 Organizing for health and safety

3. Figure 3.1 Everyone has health and safety responsibilities

4. Figure 3.4 Typical Supply Chain

5. Figure 3.5 Buying second hand
Examples of problems that may arise when purchasing include:
second-hand equipment which does
not conform to current safety
standards such as an office chair
which does not provide adequate
back support or have five
feet/castors
starting to use new substances
which do not have safety data
sheets
machinery which, while well guarded
for operators, may pose risks for a
maintenance engineer.
Figure Buying second hand