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Title Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Beyond the Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Getting Started with Health and Safety at Work; Chapter 1: Making Sense of Health and Safety in the Workplace; Putting Health and Safety into Context; Benefitting Your Business; Speaking the Language Like a Pro; Chapter 2: Setting Your Health and Safety Policy; Deciding Whether to Go It Alone or Seek Assistance; Navigating the Maze of Official Guidance; Preparing Your Health and Safety Policy; Implementing Your Statement of General Policy

Chapter 3: Engaging Your Workforce with Health and SafetyDeveloping a Positive Safety Culture in Your Workplace; Taking Control; Co-operating with Health and Safety; Talking the Talk: Communicating about Health and Safety; Investing in Your People; Chapter 4: Assessing Health and Safety Risks in the Workplace; Thinking about Risk; Conducting Your Risk Assessment; Controlling Your Risk Level; Transferring Financial Risk with Insurance; Chapter 5: Getting Your House in Order; Working Up a Healthy Sweat; Staying Safe and on the Move; Considering Employee Welfare

Part II: Managing and Implementing Health and Safety in Your BusinessChapter 6: Moving to a Recognised Safety Management System; Discovering Why Safety Doesn't Manage Itself; Choosing a Recognised Safety Management System; Looking at Safety Management System Elements; Implementing a Recognised Safety Management System; Chapter 7: Developing Safe Systems and Procedures; Developing Safe Systems of Work; Preparing Emergency Procedures; Contracting Procedures; Chapter 8: Monitoring and Reviewing Health and Safety in the Workplace; Monitoring Your Safety Management System; Using KPIs and Targets

Conducting Inspections and AuditsLearning from Accidents; Improving Health and Safety Performance; Part III: Controlling Workplace Risks; Chapter 9: Tackling Behaviour-Based Issues: Workplace Woes; Lifting the Lid on Violence; Stressing Out; Wising Up to Drugs and Alcohol; Chapter 10: Harnessing Gravity and Managing Workplace Transport; Working at Height; Controlling Workplace Transport; Chapter 11: Unpacking Manual Handling and Other Ergonomic Risks; Introducing the Problem; Taking Practical Steps to Handle Loads Safely; Getting Comfortable with Workstations

Chapter 12: Working Safely with MachineryGetting to Know Your Machinery's Hazards; Controlling Machinery Risk; Making Safeguards Count; Using Your Machinery; Chapter 13: Shocking Truths: Electrical Safety; Keeping Current on Electrical Hazards; Preventing Danger: Controlling Your Electricity Risk; Chapter 14: Fanning the Flames: Fire Risk; Playing with Fire; Assessing Fire Risk; Selecting Options for Fire Prevention and Protection; Chapter 15: Getting the Chemistry Right: Controlling Hazardous Substances; Assessing the Risks to Health from Chemical Substances; Keeping Chemicals under Wraps

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