Health and Safety Questions and Answers is a practical handbook providing best practice solutions to a comprehensive set of frequently asked questions about health and safety. This book explains and covers approved codes of practice, legal requirements and the latest guidance on a wide range of health and safety topics.
Although employment environments may differ, the laws that apply are generally the same and employers need to adapt solutions and procedures to suit their way of working. The end result must always be to minimise risk and reduce the likelihood of harm to individuals.
Health and Safety Questions and Answers:
- uses an accessible and clear Q&A format for easy reference
- offers a pragmatic, practical approach to complying with the latest health and safety legislation
- contains checklists and templates to aid the reader in their design of health and safety management systems
Covering the most significant topics of health and safety, this book highlights an employer’s key responsibilities, and provides an invaluable easy reference guide for everyday questions.
Pat Perry MCIEH, MIIRM, MIOSH, qualified as an Environmental Health Officer in 1978 and spent the first years of her career in local government enforcing environmental health laws, in particular health and safety law, which became her passion. She has extensive knowledge of her subject and has served on various working parties on health and safety, fire safety and food safety. Pat contributes regularly to professional journals and speaks at conferences and seminars. She has written a number of books on health and safety and food safety and her latest book on the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 was published by ICE Publishing in June 2015.