In this assignment I will be talking about the four legislative factors that influence health and safety in sport. On each of the four legislative factors I will be describing them in more details also I will be giving examples for each of them. Here are four legislative factors that I will be talking about: • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) 2002 • Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) • COSHH 2002 • Health and Safety First Aid (1981) Legislative factors Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): This was created in 2002 to look after people in the work environment, the people are made to wear the right clothing for work to prevent them from any hazard at a workplace. This is very vital for my sports club because …show more content…
• Also you need to make sure that they need to plan the training. This is an important legislation because without this legislation, people could become seriously injured. As you know in the sports centre it will be full of substances. An example of this would be chlorine in the swimming pool. If COSHH wasn’t then the people in the swimming pool would die because COSHH need to make sure that they put the correct amount of chlorine in the water, if they overdo it then it could lead to skin disease on people skin. It a good thing this act is created because the amount of chlorine is controlled. Health and Safety First Aid (1981): The Health and Safety First Aid legislations is also an important legislation for my sports club because there will always be a first aid kit around and most possible a qualified first aider around the workplace. There is also a code of practice, which everyone can have a copy of the Health and Safety First Aid (1981) guide. Here is the stuff it tells you …show more content…
An example of this would be that the manager of the sports centre has a higher duty of care because they are ones responsible for health and safety to everybody. Statutory Law: This law is for everybody. This is a written law that must be followed by everyone. If someone breaks these laws then they will face charges. This law ensures that health and safety is done properly. An example of this would be that they don’t follow the law, they will face charges. It affects the sports club because it has a swimming pool, so the chlorine levels in the water are controlled well so that nobody can be harmed that is why the statutory law is there. Civil law: This is where the individuals exercise their rights to seek compensations for damages or injuries. Also this is a law that is not controlled by the judges based on previous things that had happen in the past. This law was created so that accidents on trampoline don’t happen again so that they look after the safety of people on it. This affect my sports club because an example of this would be that the trampolines would not be allowed to use without any spotters on each trampoline otherwise there would be an risk of
It is vital when investigating or using law that you look at the most up to date version, as some things may modified to meet current standards. All the laboratories workers should be aware of this law. In laboratories there must be 'Health and Safety at Work' displayed somewhere because posters explain the basics laws and
1.4 – State why and when health and safety control equipment, identified by the principles of protection, should be used relating to types, purpose and limitations of each type, the work situation, occupational use and the general work environment, in relation to:
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‘Health and Safety at work act 1974’ is a very important Legislation when working in healthcare as this is here to keep everybody involved as safe as possible. This has a huge contribution to health care provisions as it involves mainly everything with the job, it will include providing the right training for the certain job they do, carrying out risk assessment for service uses and the equipment used. Making sure there is a safe environment to be working and providing the correct information on health and safety. There are many policies under this one legislation for example, First Aid. Every staff member working for the NHS and in health care should all have this basic training in case needed in an emergency. The...
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and remedies applied by courts of law in civil proceedings giving the plaintiff or claimant relief
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