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Health and safety at work act 1974 health and social care setting unit 7
Health and safety at work act 1974 health and social care setting unit 7
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Manual Handling in the Pharmacy Medium Risk Manual handling in the retail pharmacy sector can occur mainly from lifting boxes and stacking shelves. For the period 2001–2010 there were 27,547 injuries (absence from work of 3 days or more) due to manual handling reported to the HSA, accounting for 33% of all accidents (HSA 2010). Section 8 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act (2005) puts the onus on the employer to ensure systems of work that are planned, organised, performed, maintained and revised as appropriate so as to be, so far as is reasonably practicable, safe and without risk to health. Section 19 of the Act requires the employer to conduct a risk assessment of work activities and Schedule 3 of the Act provides the general principles of prevention to ensure the safety of employees in the workplace. Manual Handling is specifically regulated for in Chapter 4, Part 2 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work, (General Applications) Regulations 2007 (S.I. no. 299 of 2007). In the Regulations, Manual Handling is defined as any transporting or supporting of any load by one or more employees, and includes lifting, putting down, pushing ,pulling, carrying or moving a load, which by reason of its characteristics or unfavourable ergonomic conditions, involves risk, particularly of back injury, to employees. The Regulations set out a framework to help employers avoid or reduce the risk of injury resulting from manual handling activities. The basic principle is that where manual handling of loads, which involves a risk of injury (particularly to the back) is present, the employer must take measures to avoid or reduce the need for such manual handling. There are three key requirements in these Regulations and they are: 1. Av... ... middle of paper ... ...f the person in contact with the infected person and the environment in which the contact occurs. Currently this is considered a low risk in the retail pharmacy sector due to the short time frame an infected patient could be present in the shop. Section 8 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act (2005) puts requires safe systems of work to be developed by the employer. Section 19 of the Act requires the employer to conduct a risk assessment of work activities, including infectious diseases and Schedule 3 of the Act provides the general principles of prevention to ensure the safety of employees in the workplace. The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Biological Agents) Regulations require that where vaccines are available, employers must offer vaccination, free of charge, to employees who are at risk of occupational exposure to biological agents such as TB.