Unit 4 - Laboratory Techniques and their Application (UNIT4)
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BTEC APPLIED SCIENCE UNIT 4 A HEALTH AND SAFETY IN SCIENTIFIC ORGANISATIONS
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HEALTH AND SAFETY IN SCIENTIFIC
ORGANISATIONS
INTRODUCTION
The objective of health and safety in scientific organisations is to define the appropriate
health and safety regulations as well as to describe hazards and explore aspects of health
and safety managements as a worker you must protect your workers and others from getting
injured or ill during work if you do not follow the needs -a regulator such as the HSE or a
local authority may take criminal action against you, the person injured may seek
compensation from you under civil law -applying civil law or establishing guidelines for how
civil issues should be handled are not the responsibilities of the HSE or local authorities
under the health and safety law you have the responsibility to protect the workers from the
risk to their health and safety.
The health and safety in a laboratory in the UK follows a law that broadcasts guidelines that
are to be met so that there would be promised safety and ensures that nothing terrible goes
wrong.
HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE UK
Health and safety in the UK has a law. As an employer, you have a legal duty to protect
employees and others from risks to their health and safety.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) or local authority is usually responsible for enforcing
health and safety laws. The type of workplace defines who is responsible for monitoring.
Acts of Parliament and statutory enactments govern health and safety in the UK
(Regulations).
The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 is a key piece of legislation (HSWA).
This can be found at legislation.gov.uk. Some work activities are regulated by special rules,
such as rules for:
construction or removal of asbestos.
Legislation regulating occupational health and safety.
An offence under the HSWA does not require that someone be injured;
Only that an offence under the HSWA does not require injury to an individual;
There is a risk of injury.
The most important thing is what you do to manage and control risks in the workplace. The
documentation doesn't show this
you obey the law
If you do not follow the law,
If you fail to comply with the regulations appropriate to your work, you are generally
committing an offence and may face:
oral or written advice,
notice of improvement or limitation (PDF),
or prosecution.
Employers must have employer's liability insurance in most cases. This allows you to cover
the costs of injury or illness to your employees. If you don't have one, you're breaking the
law. Your insurer can advise you on risk management and risk control. They may require
you to keep specific types of evidence to demonstrate that you have tried to reduce the
hazards of your work. Don't be tempted to praise the risk management practices you have in
place or try to improve them, as this can put you at a disadvantage if you have to defend a
claim. [2]
In this report I am going to pick two companies which are:
1. [YOUR] School
2. The NHS
, [YOUR] SCHOOL
[YOUR] school laboratory is a school lab that monitors and maintains all the equipment that
are stored and used in the laboratory throughout the science department. They use a
software called lab expert [1] to store and keep up to date all the data in the school
laboratory. Labexpert is a software example of LIMS. LIMS is a Laboratory Information
Management System which allows us to manage samples and data that are associated.
They use it twice a year. An outside organisation comes to check all equipment, if it's good
they get a sticker and place it on the laboratory indicating that they are satisfied and have
visited.
The data used is to maintain and differentiate the amount of substances and equipment held
in the laboratory. The risk assessment done for the whole school is checked every year for
this laboratory. The main hazards in this lab are the chemicals, glass, biological (microbes
bacteria and animal diseases), electrical (faulty equipment), and physical. congestion in
corridors
During lesson changeovers, when a large number of students are moving about the building,
do ot carry goods between the preparation of the room and laboratories. Cluttered floors
help to clear the preparation and laboratory floors. Keep all entrances open.
Damaged floors are all potentially dangerous damages should be reported in writing to the
site management. The main safety measures taken on a day-to-day basis are fume
cupboards that take and remove airborne hazardous substances that are created, this is free
from contaminants. This is therefore apparent why science laboratories have a fume
cupboard in the corner of the room for this certain use.
The safety measures place any constraints onto the work process by identifying what could
cause an injury or an illness in the workplace, they must decide how bad the person got
injured and how serious the injury is. And they must take action to remove the hazards. The
consequences to a workforce member not complying with some of the organisation's specific
health and safety rules is by fine imprisonment and disqualification of the work they had.
HAZARDS
HAZARDS RISKS CONTROL
MEASURES
Security The preparation room in the science Should be kept locked
laboratory and the store room are when not occupied.
danger areas
Storing chemicals Chemicals are to be stored in Should be kept in
accordance with the guidance provided locked cupboards
in the CLEAPSS Laboratory
Handbook.
Microbiology and living Follow guidance on it in the CLEAPSS Adopt safe procedures.
organisms Laboratory Handbook. Staff are
expected to check for hazards
Moving cupboards as Assess risk before attempting the Be careful not to bump
part of a activity into objects that could
reorganisation spill.
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