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REASONS FOR MAINTAINING AND PROMOTING GOOD STANDARDS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY.
the three main reasons why an organization has to manage health and safety are :
1.moral.
2.social.
3.econimic.

. So the moral reason relates to the moral duty that one person has to another. Many people are killed. Injured or made sick by their work. This is morally unacceptable and society as a whole demands that people are safe whilst at work.
. The social (or legal) reason relates to the framework of laws that govern the conduct of businesses and organizations. An employer has a duty to provide a safe place of work. Safe plant and equipment. Safe systems of work. Adequate training and supervision. And competent employees.

. The economic reason relates to the fact that accidents and ill health cost money when an accident occurs there will be direct and indirect costs as a result of that event. Some of these losses can be insured against : many of them will be uninsured.

DEFINITIONS:
1.HEALTH: the absence of disease or ill health. For example - asbestos creates a health risk because if you inhale asbestos dust you may contract lung cancer (a disease) at some stage later in life (perhaps 10 or 20 years after you inhaled the dust). health relates not only to physical ill but also to physiological ill health example -, exposure to extreme stress can lead to nervous breakdown).

SAFETY.

2 SAFETY : the absence of risk of serious personnel injury. For example - walking under a load suspended from a crane during a lifting operation is not safe because if the load falls serious personal injury or health could result. Staying out of the danger area results in safety.

3.WELFARE : Access to basic facilities such as toilet facilities. Hand wash stationary. Changing rooms. Rest rooms. And places where food can be prepared and eaten in relatively hygienic conditions. Drinking water and basic first-aid provisions.

BARRIERS TO GOOD STANDARDS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY.
there are many barriers to good standards of health and safety in a workplace :

1 COMPLEXITY:workplace can be complicated areas. involving the co-ordination of many people performing many different activities finding a solution to a specific health and safety problem or issue can be complex. Requiring extensive background knowledge and an awareness of the possible consequences of the various courses of action that are available.
2 CONFLICTING Demands . there are often competing and conflicting demands placed upon people and organizations. A common conflict of interest is that between the need to supply a product or a service at an appropriate speed so as to make a profit. And the need to do so safely and without risk to people's health. Another conflict can be created by the need to comply with different types of standards at the same time. Health and safety law as well as environmental protection law.
3.BEHAVIOURAL ISSUES. Good health and safety practice often relies on the perfect behavior of individuals. And people sometimes do not behave in this ideal way. The solution to a health and safety problem usually requires a worker to carry out their job in a particular way. For example. A worker on a construction site should wear a hard hat to protect themselves from falling objects but people are not robots : they do not behave as they are supposed to all the time. Workers sometimes make mistakes (they do the wrong thing thinking that it is the right thing to do). Sometimes they deliberately to do the wrong thing. Knowing that it is wrong. But doing it anyway. The fact that health and safety standards are affected by worker behavior can be a significant barrier to maintaining good standards in a workplace.

THE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY NATURE OF HEALTH AND SAFETY.

workplace health and safety practice brings together knowledge from many different disciplines. Some health and safety topics are simple to understand : others are technical and require specialist knowledge. Sometimes the practical solution to a health and safety problem is straightforward: at other times the solution is complicated and demanding and requires the correct application of technical knowledge and thinking.
In order to fully understand a health and safety issue you need to be familiar with the :
1.technical background to the issue and have the relevant knowledge.
2.standards that may apply to the workplace and to the specific health and safety issue under consideration.
3.possible strengths and weaknesses of the various options available to solve the problem.

So the study of health and safety involves the study of many different subjects including the sciences (chemistry. Physics. And biology.). Engineering. Psychology. Sociology and the law.

First day I will try to make a scope about health and safety and I will open a window to try understand this field step by so let's go together to discover HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK.

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