INTRODUCTION
Most people would agree that poor working conditions of any type have the potential to affect a
worker’s health and safety. It would also be agreed that our aim should be to eliminate or at
least minimise the risk of accident or injury; and to protect workers from the effects of ill-health
caused by their working conditions. However, those aims are not that simple to achieve in
practice.
Take almost any country in the world and people are still killed either at work or as a result of
work activities; many more have non-fatal injuries at work or suffer from work-related ill-health.
The cost of workplace accidents or diseases is very high. There is both a direct cost to the
employer in lost working time, medical costs, repair or replacement of equipment, etc., and also
a much higher indirect cost which affects the injured or sick workers and their families.
This element sets out a framework of health and safety by looking at the practical, moral and
financial issues surrounding the goal of a safe workplace environment, and the legal and
organisational framework which seeks to ensure that goal. In doing so, the element is designed
to meet the following aims and learning outcomes as specified by NEBOSH for this part of the
Nobosh syllabus for the International Certificate.
Most people would agree that poor working conditions of any type have the potential to affect a
worker’s health and safety. It would also be agreed that our aim should be to eliminate or at
least minimise the risk of accident or injury; and to protect workers from the effects of ill-health
caused by their working conditions. However, those aims are not that simple to achieve in
practice.
Take almost any country in the world and people are still killed either at work or as a result of
work activities; many more have non-fatal injuries at work or suffer from work-related ill-health.
The cost of workplace accidents or diseases is very high. There is both a direct cost to the
employer in lost working time, medical costs, repair or replacement of equipment, etc., and also
a much higher indirect cost which affects the injured or sick workers and their families.
This element sets out a framework of health and safety by looking at the practical, moral and
financial issues surrounding the goal of a safe workplace environment, and the legal and
organisational framework which seeks to ensure that goal. In doing so, the element is designed
to meet the following aims and learning outcomes as specified by NEBOSH for this part of the
Nobosh syllabus for the International Certificate.
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